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DC Faith Community To Pressure Obama To Stand Up For DC Residents
Various Faith Groups Take A Leading Role In White House Rally For DC Democracy
June 22, 2011
Where: Lafayette Square Park, 16th & H St NW
When: Saturday June 25, 2011, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Note: Some DC residents have expressed interest in engaging in civil disobedience after the rally.
Contact in advance of rally: Ilir Zherka, 202-262-4687
Contact on site: Antonette Russell, 202-714-0595
Washington, DC – A wide range of faith-based groups will lend their support to the DC democracy movement this Saturday, June 25 at the White House Rally For DC Democracy. Various congregations from around the District are organizing an interfaith choir to perform, and Christian rapper Joe L. Da Vessel will perform his song “Demand The Vote.”
The rally will also include a speech by DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Various family-friendly activities will include painting "voting arm" sculptures, making rally signs and space to picnic.
“The faith community sees DC voting rights and Home Rule as a moral issue, not just a political one, and that perspective is very important to the movement,” said DC Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka. “When you remove partisan politics from the equation, the civil rights of American citizens in DC are what’s at stake.”
The following faith-based organizations will have a role in or attend the rally:
Washington Ethical Society (Co-Sponsor), contact: Rev. Amanda Poppei, Senior Leader, 202-882-6650
Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, contact: Rev. Gail Holness 202-340-5582
All Souls Church, Unitarian, contact: Susan Newman, (202) 332-5266 ext 106
Jews United For Justice, contact: Rabbi Elizabeth Richman rabbi@jufj.org
African American Ministers In Action (Co-Sponsor)
Covenant Baptist, United Church of Christ
Seekers Church
19th Street Baptist Church
Temple Sinai
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