Oakland, CA: Interfaith Panel: Working Together for a Just Peace
Thursday, May 1at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
2619 Broadway (at 27th St.)
Join us for a panel with faith-based leaders from the Bay Area as they discuss the moral imperative in their respective traditions to speak up and to cease complicity with injustice and violence. They will share the actions that their communities are taking to deepen the conversation within their congregations about Israel-Palestine and to support the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Join us for a panel discussion as we strengthen interfaith relationships and build coalition in the work to end the Israeli occupation and restore justice in the region.
Moderator: Rabbi Alissa Wise, Jewish Voice for Peace
Clergy giving Invocations:
Rev John Anderson, St. John's Presbyterian Church, SF
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Freedom Fellow at Fellowship of Reconciliation
Rev Phil Lawson, co-founder, National Council of Elders
Imam Dawood Yasin, Zaytuna College
Panelists:
Jose Arcellana, Buena Vista United Methodist Church
Dr. Hatem Bazian, Chair, Northern California Islamic Council
Rita Cahn, Kehilla Synagogue
David Jones, First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
Therese Mughannam-Walrath, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Santa Rosa
Current list of Endorsers:
American Muslims for Palestine Bay Area
Arab Resource and Organizing Center
Bay Area Women in Black
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
Beyt Tikkun Synagogue
Clear View Project
Committee on Church & Society, Buena Vista United Methodist Church
Ecumenical Peace Institute
First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo
Friends of Sabeel Northern California
Interfaith Peace-Builders
Kehilla Synagogue Middle East Peace Committee
Middle East Children's Alliance
Newman Nonviolent Peacemakers/Fr. Bill O'Donnell Social Justice Committee
Pacific Lutheran Theology Society
Peace & Social Concerns Committee, San Francisco Friends Meeting
Social & Environmental Action Committee, Berkeley Friends Meeting





