Stones Cry Out Virtual Delegation: “Maintaining the Momentum, Mobilizing for Change
Throughout this summer, the Stones Cry Out will be offering a series of webinars as part of a Virtual Delegation, focused on equipping, mobilizing, and empowering a broad spectrum of faith leaders for advocacy. The capstone for and culmination of these summer webinars will be a September 23-27, Washington D.C. gathering of church leaders and human rights activists, there to speak out to the Biden Administration and Congress, through witness, worship, advocacy, and direct action. The goal? To change U.S. policy on Palestine and Israel.
Sam Bahour, a Ramallah-based Palestinian-American businessman and activist, is the presenter for the first webinar in the series, Wednesday, June 5, 1 pm ET. Register here.
Sam Bahour
The next of the June webinars will be Monday, June 17 at 1 pm ET with Omar Haramy, the Sabeel Palestinian Liberation Theology Center, Jerusalem. Register here
Following that on Thursday, June 20, at 1 pm ET, the webinar will be with Rifat Kassis, Global Kairos for Justice, and the Rev. Munther Isaac, Christmas Lutheran Church, Bethlehem and Christ at the Checkpoint. Register here.
The last webinar in June will be at 1 pm ET on Wednesday the 26th with Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian ER doctor who has worked extensively in Gaza. Register here.
This Stones Cry Out Virtual Delegation builds on, and is an extension of, the advocacy of the first Stones Cry Out delegation this past March (See story in UCC PIN’s March E-News). Prime movers in the Stones Cry Out planning are Michael Spath, Indiana Center for Middle East Peace; Mark Braverman, Kairos USA; and Doug Thorpe, Episcopal Bishop’s Committee on Peace & Justice in the Holy Land, Diocese of Olympia. UCC PIN is one of several organizations supporting this initiative, including Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace, Christians for Ceasefire, Churches for Middle East Peace, Sabeel, FOSNA, and many others.
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