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Here are some of the photos taken at our inauguration eve event Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America. Click here to browse the album at Flickr, or enjoy the slideshow below.
Ayesha Ali
Ayesha Ali
Salam Alaikum. I was blessed to attend the program. It was wonderful.
February 11 at 2:05pm
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Click to download a PDF of the flyer.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence
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This week, a Facebook page was created for the big "Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America" event that will take place in the nation's Capitol this coming January. Please join us on Facebook...
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Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership Thanks for posting about the 1/19/09 event, Michael. We now have an official event page on Facebook where you can RSVP and invite your friends: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35978973089

We'll post more details in the next month.

November 24, 2008 at 11:42am · Report
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Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday PLEASE JOIN members of the Olive Branch Interfaith Peace Partnership in Washington, D.C. – or in your own local community for an interfaith celebration and call to remember Dr. King’s vision:

“Rebirthing King, Rebirthing America”

Organized by the Olive Branch Inter...faith Peace Partnership with members of:

American Muslim Voice, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, Faith Voices for the Common Good, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jewish Voice for Peace, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Pax Christi, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, The Shalom Center, Unitarian Universalist Association, United Methodist Church General Board of Church & Society, and others.

In the Nation’s Capitol, on the day before the Presidential Inauguration

Doors open at 5:00 p.m., program begins at 5:30pm.
All Souls Church, Unitarian
1500 Harvard Street, N.W., http://www.all-souls.org

Other participating organizations include leaders from: Chautauqua Institution, Christian Church/Disciples for Christ, Common Cause, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Gold Star Families for Peace, Healing of the Nations Foundation, Islamic Society of North America, National Council of Churches of Christ, National Council of Jewish Women, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Nonviolence International, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Sojourners, Tikkun, U.S. Catholic Conference, Veterans of Hope Project, Witness Against Torture, and more.

Local interfaith gatherings are encouraged in communities nationwide.

For more information – including curricula materials on how to frame an event in the context of Dr. King’s vision of building the Beloved Community and ending militarism, racism, and materialism – visit:
http://olivebranchinterfaith.org/sections/rebirthing-king-rebirthing-america

Lifting up King's vision on the eve of an historic inauguration
Time:5:00PM Monday, January 19th
Location:All Souls Unitarian Church
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