Worship and Witness in Washington, DC
April 29-30, 2009
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Wednesday, April 29
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, NW (all events)
Opening Convocation
12:30-1:30 p.m
Noah Baker Merrill — Quaker, Cofounder of Direct Aid Iraq, a humanitarian and peacebuilding effort working with Iraqi refugees
Kathy Kelly – Catholic, traveled to Iraq 24 times and lived in Baghdad throughout the “shock and awe” bombardment of March 2003
Workshops
2:00 p.m Nonviolence training
2:00 p.m Advocacy training
4:30 Legal Briefing for Nonviolent Direct Action
WORSHIP & WITNESS
7:00 p.m. National City Christian Church
Featured Preachers & Speakers
Tony Campolo — Author, pastor, social activist, sociologist, and passionate follower of Jesus
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. — Minister, community activist, president of the Hip Hop Caucus, and U.S. Air Force Reserve Veteran
Sr. Dianna Ortiz, OSU — U.S. born survivor of torture in Guatemala, Founder of Torture Abolition and Survivors’ Support Coalition International
Elizabeth McAlister — Peace activist and co-founder of Jonah House
Najlaa Al-Nashi — Iraqi displaced by war and Middle East Coordinator for Direct Aid Iraq will send a special video address from Jordan to the CPWI
Worship continues with candlelight procession to White House.
Witness and Nonviolent Action at the White House
Rev. Raphael Warnock – Senior Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the spiritual home of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Kathy Kelly – Catholic Kathy Kelly has been to Iraq 24 times and lived in Baghdad throughout the “shock and awe” bombardment of March 2003
Thursday, April 30
Continue the witness with Congressional visits, and by joining Witness Against Torture’s 100th Day action (www.100dayscampaign.org)
