January 19th — honoring Dr. King, preparing for the Inauguration
This week, a Facebook page was created for the big "Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America" event that will take place in the nation’s Capitol this coming January. Please join us on Facebook! Also, here is the text of the ad that will appear in next month’s issue of Fellowship magazine about the effort (curricula materials to be posted soon):
January 19, 2009
In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday
PLEASE JOIN members of the Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership
in Washington, D.C. — or in your own local community
for an interfaith celebration and call to remember Dr. King’s vision:
“Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America”
Organized by members of:
American Muslim Voice, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, Faith Voices for the Common Good, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jewish Voice for Peace, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Pax Christi, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, The Shalom Center, Unitarian Universalist Association, United Methodist Church General Board of Church & Society, and others.
In the Nation’s Capitol, on the day before the Presidential Inauguration
5:00 doors open, 5:30 p.m. liturgy begins
All Souls Church, Unitarian
1500 Harvard Street, N.W., www.all-souls.org
Other participating organizations include leaders from: Chautauqua Institution, Christian Church/ Disciples for Christ, Common Cause, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Gold Star Families for Peace, Healing of the Nations Foundation, Islamic Society of North America, National Council of Churches of Christ, National Council of Jewish Women, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Nonviolence International, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Sojourners, Tikkun, U.S. Catholic Conference, Veterans of Hope Project, Witness Against Torture, and more.
Local interfaith gatherings are encouraged in communities nationwide.
For more information — including curricula materials on how to frame an event in the context of Dr. King’s vision of building the Beloved Community and ending militarism, racism, and materialism — visit:
