The Shalom Center - Justice and Race

40TH ANNIVERSARY INTERFAITH FREEDOM SEDER, MARCH 29, 2009: A SEDER FOR THE EARTH

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:16:41 -0500

By Arlene Goldbard & Rabbi Arthur Waskow
[Goldbard is a writer and expert on cultural change and is chair of the Board of the Shalom Center; Waskow is its Executive Director.]

In every generation, Pharaoh;
In every generation, Freedom

INTRODUCTION

The Shalom Center will hold a Fortieth Anniversary Interfaith Freedom Seder on March 29, 2009, ten days before Passover, two weeks before Easter, and less than a week before the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's death, infusing each of these events with new energy and depth.

A flagship Seder in Washington, DC, will draw national attention to the project, highlighting the many local Fortieth Anniversary Freedom Seders held simultaneously in communities around the U.S., uniting people of all faiths and races who love justice in a common dedication to equality, to a fair and humane economy and to peace.

Conjoining MLK & Inauguration Day: Relearning Heschel, Rebirthing King, Re-Inaugurating America, Jan. 14, 19, 20, 2009

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:30:43 -0500

(Rabbi Arthur Waskow for The Tent of Abraham, Hagar, & Sarah)

Relearning Heschel, Rebirthing King, Re-Inaugurating America:
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Day
As a new government takes office,
January 19-20, 2009>

As Barack Obama becomes President and a new Congress takes office in January 2009, there is a remarkable opportunity to bring together large sections of American society to reflect on our history and our future. The opportunity is strengthened by the fact that the day before Inauguration day (Tuesday, January 20) is Martin Luther King's Birthday. And January 14 is the yohrzeit (death-anniversary) of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Dr. King's close friend and ally.

Katrina + 2: A Message from an Organizer to the Left and Progressive Forces inside the

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:28:19 -0400

by Curtis Muhammad

With this second anniversary of Katrina upon us, there are a few words
I wish to speak. This letter is written to the progressive, left
movement for justice in the USA. In the last two years, every left
organization has been in New Orleans, but despite that there is still
no sign of a mass movement. There is still no sign that most activists
are willing to put their knowledge and resources at the service of the
grass roots and take their leadership from the bottom.

I have found myself wondering, have poor black people been so vilified and
criminalized that they are completely off the radar even of the

Freedom Songs/Passover Concert

Mon, 16 May 2005 01:00:00 -0400

Annette John-Hall, Inquirer Staff Writer, 5/16/2005

Music that transcends race, religion
Black

Jewish activists get together to launch coalition for social justice

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:00:00 -0400

Sue Fishkoff / JTA.org, 4/18/2005

This article is from JTA News

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif., April 17 (JTA) More than 250 Jewis

FREEDOM SONGS FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN & JEWISH COMMUNITIES:

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:00:00 -0500

Kim & Reggie Harris, Pete Seeger, & Rabbis Kligler & Waskow SING & REMEMBER, 2/16/2005

Two excellent and well-known African-American singers, Kim and Reggie Harris, have wonderfully teamed up with Rabbi and singer Jonathan Kligler, Pete Seeger, and

Martin Luther King: "Beyond Vietnam," April 4, 1967

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:46:05 -0400

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

BEYOND VIETNAM: A TIME TO BREAK SILENCE
Martin Luther King

[Dr. King gave this speech at Riverside Church, New York City, 4 April 1967, exactly one year before he was killed. Emphases have been added by the editor -- AW]

I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I am in deepest agreement with the aims and work of the organization which has brought us together: Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam. The recent statement of your executive committee are the sentiments of my own heart and I found myself in full accord when I read its opening lines: "A time comes when silence is betrayal." That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam.