GWAIR Interfaith Antiracism Alliance Conference

Submitted by nikki on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 9:53am
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Date: 
Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location : 
DC

Greater Washington Allies In Reconciliation

An Interfaith Antiracism Alliance
2nd Annual Regional/Community Conference
The Dollars and Sense of Racial Justice

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

Plymouth United Church of Christ
5301 N. Capitol Street, NE (Fort Totten Metro)

July 18, 2009 9am-5pm

Featuring Interfaith Worship, Local Leaders Panel, Music & Workshops

To Inform, to Inspire and to Organize:

Health Care Now w/ Robert Zarr, MD, Physicians for National Health Care
Organizing Across the Black-Brown Divide w/ Ruth Castel-Branco, Jobs w/ Justice
Alternative Economic Cooperatives w/ Ajowa Ifateyo, MBA/popular educator
Alternatives to Homelessness w/ Rev. Art Brown, 3rd Street Outreach Ministries, Bob Boulter of Faithworks and homeless activists
White Allies, Re-Packing Our Knapsacks for the Journey, w/Sonya Hochevar and Barby Morland, GWAIR coordinating team
From Bankruptcy to Abundance, Spiritual Resources for the Struggle, w/Rev. Valerie Barnes, UMC Balt.-Wash. Conf, Commission on Race and Religion & Louisa Davis, GWAIR outreach
Union Organizing and the Struggle for Economic Justice w/ Mike Hatchey et al from UNITE-HERE
Open Space Time for Organizing and Networking

REGISTER:
WWW.GWAIR.ORG
or at:
GWAIR, 1121 Oates St. NE, Washington, DC 20002

SUGGESTED DONATION: $10-25 includes lunch (youth, seniors, unemployed free)

FOR MORE INFO: 703/860-1203, email: louisaldavis@verizon.net