The Clergy Leadership Network will be hosting a National Gathering of progressive religious leaders this May 16-18 in Cleveland. You can learn more and register online here.
At the National Gathering, progressive religious leaders will come together to speak and to be heard! Outraged by economic policies that pander to greed and favor the rich, and international policies that set our nation against the world, we are inviting all clergy and religious community leaders to gather in Cleveland to stand together. The Gathering will express the Clergy Network's passion for change in national leadership and national policy directions.
In Cleveland, we will offer a brief but dramatic witness to God's gift of hope and to a future marked by integrity and compassion.
What will happen?
- the Democratic presidential nominee will address the Gathering
- prominent religious leaders will give voice to CLN's movement for unprecedented progressive religious involvement in electoral politics
- progressive political leaders will focus on current public policies for states and cities, for the elderly and the jobless, for the environment and for children being "left behind"
- workshops will better equip clergy for active leadership in the 2004 electoral process and help them guide their communities in political participation as spiritual witnesses
- special sessions will empower seminarians and theological students to sharpen their faith-based ethics and to organize for political impact
The National Clergy Gathering and its important events will provide a forum for our shared values of justice and peace and for our recommitment to them. It will conclude in an interfaith celebration with the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Senior Minster of Riverside Church, New York, as preacher.
From the Gathering will come a strengthened national network of clergy, religious leaders and lay men and women actively working for political leadership change and national policies of equity and opportunity that build up life for all.
Please return here for more information about the Gathering in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions, call the Clergy Network's national office: (202) 554-2121.
