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Please Join Us in Honoring the
85th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
IMAC's Second Annual
PRAY-IN FOR THE CLIMATE
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:30am - 1:00 pm
Please join our multi-faith gathering at the American Petroleum Institute and The White House to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 85th Birthday by calling for action to end the ongoing devastation of the planet by the fossil fuel industry.
10:30 am – 11:30 am American Petroleum Institute
1220 L St., NW, Washington, DC.
(Nearest Metro Stop–McPherson Square)
Remarks by Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Procession to The White House
Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhists, New England Peace Pagoda
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
(Nearest Metro Stop–McPherson Square)
Participants to include:
1:00 pm Emergency Nonviolent Direct Action
to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline South
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
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Please Join Us in Honoring the
85th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
IMAC's Second Annual
PRAY-IN FOR THE CLIMATE
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:30am - 1:00 pm
Please join our multi-faith gathering at the American Petroleum Institute and The White House to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 85th Birthday by calling for action to end the ongoing devastation of the planet by the fossil fuel industry.
10:30 am – 11:30 am American Petroleum Institute
1220 L St., NW, Washington, DC.
(Nearest Metro Stop–McPherson Square)
Remarks by Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Procession to The White House
Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhists, New England Peace Pagoda
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
(Nearest Metro Stop–McPherson Square)
Participants to include:
- Tim Bullock / Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhists
- Patrick Carolan, Franciscan Action Network
- Jessica Church, Good Steward Campaign, GreenFaith
- Rev. Dr. Richard Cizik, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good
- Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb, National Board, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life;Chair, Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light
- Katherine Egland, Chair, NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Board
- Rev. Dr. Terence Ellen, Executive Director, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice in the Nat’l Capital Region
- Ted Glick, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
- Imam Johari Abdul Malik, Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center
- Robert Miranda, Singer/Songwriter
- Luci Murphy, Singer
- Joelle Novey, Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light
- Jacqueline Patterson, Director, NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program
- Mary Phillips, Omaha/Laguna Pueblo
- Ibrahim Ramey, Muslim American Society
- Rabbi David Shneyer, Past President, Ohalah, Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal
- Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
- Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus
1:00 pm Emergency Nonviolent Direct Action
to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline South
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
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