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Friday, January 21, 2005
United WE Stand: Our Values, Our Vision, Our Mission
Come to a rally and cultural festival to showcase solidarity in living color. All disciplines, generations, issues and communities are welcome. Guest speakers include comedian and actor Rosie O'Donnell; Leslie Cagan, national coordinator of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ); the Rev. Graylan Hagler, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ and co-founder of UFPJ; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink; Damu Smith, founder of Black Voices for Peace; and Adele Welty, of the 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and mother of Timothy, a firefighter killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.
Come, add your voice and help set the post-inaugural agenda on Friday, Jan. 21, from 7 to 10 p.m., at the Plymouth Congregational UCC (5301 N. Capitol St. NE; Fort Totten Metro), which is hosting the event with Dream Catcher Films Inc. Donations will be requested for "Finding Our Voices," a Dream Catcher Films production, in association with Prosperity Media, that puts a human face on the issues of war, civil liberties and social injustice.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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