Sign up for Amnesty’s Weekend of “Faith in Action” Oct. 19-21 ‘07 |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 2:34 pm |
| Tags: action alert, death penalty, activism, social amp 038 economic justice |
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New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty www.nyadp.org PUT YOUR FAITH/ ETHICS/ VALUES IN ACTION ON THE DEATH PENALTY THIS OCTOBER!!! WHAT IS THE WEEKEND OF FAITH IN ACTION? Every year, Amnesty International’s Program to Abolish the Death Penalty hosts its “Weekend of Faith in Action,” a weekend which serves as an opportunity for people involved in faith-based or (and, I add) ethics/values-based communities to examine critically the issue of capital punishment in our society. NYADP joins Amnesty this year in helping such communities have meaningful events. WHAT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE? In the past, activities for this weekend have ranged moments of silence during a regular service to inserts in bulletins to candlelight vigils to hosting speakers to group letter-writings to watching a film to the tolling of bells to the signing of declarations of life. Students have also been involved in bringing death-penalty related events [ Full article ] |
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