Religious communities must stop blessing war and violence...
Saturday September 13, 2003
Coming Up: A Busy September 20th and other dates
ICUJP/Valley Interfaith Community • Immigrants' Rights: Rally and Ecumenical Mass • Walk for Hope • Rev. Lawson's Birthday Celebration
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP)
http://icujp.org
email: icujp@pacbell.net (coordinator)
webmanager@icujp.org (web and email)
see the icujp.org web calendar for meeting times,
local events and other Peacemaking opportunities
Saturday September 20, 2003
There are 3 events on this Saturday September 20 which ICUJP urges all who can to attend. Join our friends of the SF Valley Interfaith Network in the afternoon / evening, after a morning participating in either the Rally to support the national Immigrants' Freedom Ride at L.A. City Hall or the Walk for Hope in Huntington Beach. See below...
Saturday September 20, 2003
3:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Please come to any or all of the activities!
San Fernando Valley Interfaith Network and ICUJP
co-host a Day of Interfaith Discussion, Community and Action
3:00 pm
Rev. Dr. George F. Regas
Peace from the Pulpit: Will It Play in the Pews?
The Challenge of Building a Peace and Justice Congregation
5:00 pm
Peacemakers' Potluck
(please bring main dish or salad for 8)
6:00 pm
Peace Vigil
at Reseda and Superior
(in front of the church)
Northridge
United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
9650 Reseda Blvd. at Superior
(Enter parking lot from Superior)
directions
Saturday September 20, 2003
10:00 am - 12 NOON
Kick-off Rally at Los Angeles City Hall
Immigrant Workers
Freedom Ride
West Lawn
Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring St.
directions
Inspired by the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights Movement, immigrant workers and their allies will set out from nine major U.S. cities and cross the country in buses in late September 2003.
They will converge on Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress and then travel to Liberty State Park in New Jersey October 3, and then Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York for a mass rally on October 4, 2003.
more information:
Sylvia Carranza
213-381-5611, ext. (*)851
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
Saturday September 20, 2003
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
BeTheCause presents
5 Kilometers (3 Miles)
2nd Annual Walk for Hope to Build Inspiration
Raise funds for Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, India, California
Huntington State Beach
17950 Pacific Coast Highway
Corner of PCH and Warner
The Walk for Hope is designed to build inspiration around the 2nd anniversary of 9/11.
The Walk is a volunteer-driven effort being orchestrated as a collaborative effort among many groups.
Organizations representing various causes are asked to showcase their exhibits.
September 20th will be about progress; it will be about a 5-kilometer Journey into Kindness.
Presented by: Awareness Magazine, Amnesty International, The Aware Show, ASHA (LA), S.A.R.A.H, Alliance for Spiritual Community, Church of Religious Science (H.B.), California Sikh Council, Unitarian Church (Anaheim), Brahma Kumaris, Sat Nam Rasayan, Full Spectrum Yoga .
to register and for more information:
http://www.bethecause.org
Sunday September 21, 2003
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Rev. James Lawson's
Birthday Party
Celebration and Appreciation!
Westwood
United Methodist Church
10497 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles City
directions
In addition to celebrating Reverend Lawson, the event is also an opportunity to raise funds for the newly founded Lawson Justice Fund.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP to:
323 731-5400
Monday September 22, 2003
1:30 pm
Ecumenical Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral
to Celebrate and Bless the
Immigrant Workers
Freedom Ride
Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Angels
555 West Temple Street
Los Angeles
directions
"But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."
– Leviticus 19.34
Gather to bless the Freedom Riders on their cross-country quest for understanding, justice and human rights for Immigrants in the United States. Join together to surround the Freedom Riders with our love and fortify them on their way with our prayers.
more information:
Sylvia Carranza
213-381-5611, ext. (*)851
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
Also join us on these dates...
September 27
Water Project to Save Immigrant Lives:
Press Conference & Caravan of Volunteers
September 28
March & Rally to End the Occupation - Bring the Troops HOME NOW.
Hollywood and Vine 12 NOON
October 13
ICUJP Monday Night Forum:
Can the Forces of Democracy Prevail In El Salvador?:
with El Salvador Presidential candidate Schafik Handal
November 16, 2003
ICUJP Fall Conference at USC:
Religious Communities Confront the Religious Right
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