2nd Annual Community Conference "The Dollars and Sense of Racial Justice: Faith, Hope And Organizing in a Time of Economic Crisis"

Submitted by Jake on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 1:55pm
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Date: 
Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location : 
DC

Keynote by Bill Fletcher, Jr., Director of Field Services for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Editor, Black Commentator and former President of TransAfrica

Goal: to inspire, to inform and to support organizing across our activist sectors and religious communities for racial-ethnic economic justice and opportunity now!

Sat., July 18, 2009 9-4 pm
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ  
5301 N. Capitol Street, NE (3 blocks to Fort Totten Metro on the red line)

Featuring: Local Leaders Panel, Interfaith-Shabbat Service and Inspiring Music, Action-Oriented Workshops on: Black-Brown Organizing, Alternatives for the Homeless, Cooperative Economic Alternatives, Workers Rights/Living Wage, Immigration Reform, White Allies and The Wealth Gap, From Bankruptcy to Abundance—Spiritual Resources for the Struggle, Health Care Now, Table Fellowship, followed by OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY and a “happy hour” musical celebration for organizing together.


FOR MORE INFORMATION: call 240/338-5156 or email: louisaldavis@verizon.net
        
Registration is available at WWW.GWAIR.ORG or by mail at:
GWAIR, 1121 Oates St. NE, Washington, DC 20002

SUGGESTED DONATION:  $10-25 (youth, unemployed, seniors free, lunch provided, call for childcare)