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Greetings!
What an amazing January! To commemorate an amazing month, I'd like to offer you three gifts:
First, January 11th was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Please accept this poem, And to the Little Ones as a way to connect with those who are so often so voiceless.
 Second, along with about two million others, NY Faith & Justice leaders hopped on planes, trains, and automobiles to witness history on January 20th. It was an emotional trip, full of stories, laughter, and tears of joy. Click here to read my blog, An Inauguration Pilgrimage: Dreams from my Mother. Enjoy. We give a special shout-out to our friends at Sojourners who put us up for the night! Thanks so much for your generous hospitality, Aaron and Amy!
Third, One of our partners, Church of the Holy Trinity-Peace and Justice Committee, launched Prayers for the First 100 Days. An initiative to soak the Obama administration's transition in prayer. Please join me on your knees for our President and our world.
As I look toward February, it strikes me that many of the things we've been praying for and working toward for the past two years are coming to fruition right now.
If you can join us for any of these gatherings, please do. If you can pray for us during any of these initiatives, please do. If you can contribute to help sustain the work ... click here to give today.
It's On!
Lisa Sharon Harper
Co-Founder and Executive Director
NY Faith & Justice
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Conversations for Change
Kick Off!
 Cops + Community + Conversation
Circles x 5 weeks
= An
Action Plan for
Change
THIS WEDNESDAY
February 4,
2008
Starting at 6:30pm@
Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC)
located at 14. W. 170th Street in
the Bronx.
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Two years ago, Walker Memorial Baptist Church hosted a Public Forum Against Violence in response to the shootings of Sean Bell and Timur Person. At the conclusion of the forum, ten citizens walked forward and committed to becoming a part of the solution. These ten souls met for one year and discerned a deep need for the type of dialogue that would build bridges of common understanding and shared action between the NYPD and citizens of their communities. Now... it's on.
If you are a resident of the South Bronx, in the 44th, 42nd, or 46th precinct, you are invited to join clergy, community leaders, concerned
citizens and NYPD police officers for five weeks of facilitated small group dialogue.
If you would like to check out these dialogues to see if one might work in your precinct, you are welcome to join us on February 4th.
Directions
Take the  train to 170th Street. LPAC is located on the SW corner of Jerome and
170th.
Conversations for
Change is sponsored by Walker Memorial Baptist Church, Latino
Pastoral Action Center, NY Faith & Justice, The Presbytery of New York -
PCUSA, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, The Bronx Ecumenical Coalition, and The
Catholic Chaplain's Office of Hostos Community College.
Please RSVP to Matt Dunbar @ mdunbar@nyfaithjustice.org or (212)
870.2219
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House Gatherings
Food
Fellowship
and
Prayers for
Justice
Brooklyn
THIS SATURDAY, February 7th 1-3pm
@ Radical Living - Hart House
32 Hart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
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Come one! Come all! And save these dates for future Brooklyn House Gatherings
- March 7th 1-3pm
- April 4th -13pm
- May 2nd 1-3pm
- June: Date TBD, All House Gathering Picnic!
Harlem
Saturday, February 28, 6-8pm
@ The Bruderhof - Harlem House
226 West 138th Street
(Btwn 7th and 8th Aves.)
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To start a House Gathering in your neighborhood or church, please contact Onleilove Alston @ dovepsu@yahoo.com.
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Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice
Faith
Leaders for Environmental Justice is a
diverse array of faith leaders committed to making deep impact on issues of
environmental justice in New York
City through
coordinated collective action. Come to the First Quarterly Breakfast of 2009!
Thursday,
February 12, 2009
Breakfast @
8:30
am
Program @ 9am
sharp
The
InterchurchCenter
475
Riverside Drive
New
York,
NY10115
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Issues of environmental injustice can be found in
every corner of our city. From "food deserts" to brown fields, faith leaders are
uniting to call for righteous policy changes. February 12, New York Lawyers for
the Public Interest will present the legislative advocacy and organizing process,
highlighting their important work in the area of waste management.
Please RSVP to Matt Dunbar @ mdunbar@nyfaithjustice.org or call him @ 212.870.2219. |
Worship | Arts | Deep | Community| Justice
| In Motion
Liberal and Conservative
Black, White, Latino, Asian, First Nations
Republican and Democrat
Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten IslandHigh Liturgy and Deep Imagination
Rich, poor, and shrinking middle class
Come.
Stand together
On one Bridge
Learn about the issues facing our city
Hear the Stories
Feel the Holy Spirit press through
Be surprised
by God
Environmental Justice ... on The Bridge
Friday, February 13, 2009
7-9pm
@ All Angels Church
255 West 80th Street
(between Broadway and West End)
New York, N.Y.
10024
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Environmentalism is about saving the environment. Environmental Justice is about saving people made in the image of God from toxins dumped into their environment. Learn more from a panel of faith leaders and advocates ... on The Bridge.
Please RSVP to Peter Heltzel @ pheltzel@nyfaithjustice.org
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