Advocacy Opportunities

Beloved Community gathering this Saturday

This Saturday's gathering at Cookman United Methodist Church on the Beloved Community, featuring several veterans of social-change efforts from around the country.

Saturday, February 10, 10:00 to 4:00

Cookman United Methodist Church

12th and Lehigh in North Philadelphia

Featuring:

• Grace Lee Boggs: a long-time civil rights activist who had done tremendous work in Detroit.
• Rev. Nelson Johnson: a pastor and activist who runs the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Rachel Harding: a writer and historian working on issues of faith, culture and activism in contemporary social justice movements.
• John Maguire: A colleague of Dr. King with who has been involved in community organizing and democratic renewal.and others.

We will be gathering from 10:00 to 4:00 p.m. Obviously, you might not be able to come for the whole day. We envision two different times for discussion: 10:00 a.m. to noon, and again 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
You would be welcome to either of these.

We will be discussing a range of issues, particularly as they affect youth and young adults ages 14-26, including public education, housing, liveable wage jobs, violence reduction/peacemaking, and healing.

The goal of our reflection will be to learn how we can be better organizers, and how we can be more strategic and effective in identifying issues in Philadelphia and working, separately or collectively, to make a difference on those issues. We feel your presence at this gathering would be a tremendous asset to our common vision of social change in Philadelphia.

We hope you can make it. For more information on the Beloved Community Network, see www.belovedcommunitiesnet.org.