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U.S. Muslims to Launch Major News Media Education Campaign (Popularity:  )
http://www.cair.com
On Tuesday, November 13, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will hold a noon news conference in the nation's capital to announce the launch of a major initiative to help enhance understanding of Islam and Muslims in the news media. Similar news conferences will be held at CAIR offices in Princeton, N.J.; San Diego, Calif.; Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio; Tampa, Fla.; and Dallas, Texas. To contact a CAIR chapter, go ...
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Lutheran Presiding Bishop Asks U.S. Religious Leaders to Call for Mideast Peace (Popularity: )
http://www.elca.org
Out of concern for growing casualties and human suffering in the Middle East, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), has asked other U.S. religious leaders to join him in calling for "the cessation of all violence, for an international peacekeeping force and a negotiated agreement for a just peace." Hanson made the plea in an open letter this week to several ...
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Hurricane Ike Recovery: World Vision Helping Churches Assist in Hard Hit Areas (Popularity: )
http://www.worldvision.org
As thousands of evacuees remain on the move and more families return to see the damage on their homes, World Vision, the Christian relief agency, is equipping and facilitating church response to assist victims of hurricane Ike. The aid organization has set up a call-in number (469.362.2665) as a clearinghouse to connect churches in need with churches who want to help others. This week, World Vision's assessment team delivered nine ...
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U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March 23 (Popularity: )
http://www.census.gov
The following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: SUNDAY, MARCH 23: BIG EGG HUNT Profile America -- Sunday, March 23rd. Today is Easter Sunday, one of the most joyous days in the calendar of all Christian denominations. One of the ways the day is celebrated involves Easter eggs. Ancient Greeks, Persians and Chinese gave gifts of eggs at spring festivals and brightly colored ones were ...
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Colorado's Cherry Creek Schools Unlawfully Urge Churchgoing (Popularity: )
http://www.ffrf.org
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog and the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, is suing the Cherry Creek School District in Denver, Colo., for urging that children spend an hour a week at a religious institution. Filed on behalf of three parents and their three children, the lawsuit challenges a program known as "40 Developmental Assets," promoted by defendant Supt. Monte C. Moses and the school ...
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2008 Jerusalem Conference of Mayors to Focus on Improving Quality of Life in Cities (Popularity: )
A delegation of six U.S. mayors will travel to Israel in mid-September for the 26th Annual Jerusalem Conference of Mayors, which is hosted by Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski. The meeting is sponsored by the Council for World Jewry and the American Jewish Congress, which also covers the costs of the mayors' participation, and is supported by The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "In sponsoring this ...
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Authorities Asked to End Md/Va Muslim Citizenship Delays Cair-Md/Va: (Popularity: )
http://www.cair-net.org
The Maryland and Virginia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD/VA) today called on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expedite the cases of local Muslims who have been waiting for up to seven years to take their citizenship oaths. CAIR-MD/VA says the individuals experiencing the delays are legal residents who have fulfilled all requirements necessary to become American citizens. In ...
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Catholic Bishops' Official Available for Interview/Comment on Supreme Court Partial Birth Abortion Case (Popularity: )
http://www.secondlookproject.org
The following is being issued by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities: WHAT: Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood, both challenging the federal partial-birth abortion ban. WHEN: Wednesday, November 8, 2006 WHO: Deirdre McQuade, chief spokesperson on abortion and abortion- related issues for the Catholic bishops of the United States, is available for interview and comment. WHERE: Ms. McQuade ...
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How to Feed 3 Million Children in 33 Days -- One Woman Leads Campaign to feed America's Hungry, Launches Nov. 29, 2006 (Popularity: )
http://www.feed333.org
How do you feed 3,000,000 starving children in the USA in 33 days? Inspired by the groundbreaking new movie, "The Secret," Spryte Loriano envisioned a world where all children receive the nourishment for their bodies, to fuel the expansion of their minds, to ignite the fires in their hearts, to live as the greatest possibility of their spirits. Therin lies the answer. We hoped for significant reach with our program, ...
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Lionsgate Sees The Light On Larry Charles/Bill Maher Documentary About World Religion (Popularity: )
http://www.lionsgate.com
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, announced today that it has acquired distribution rights to an untitled documentary about world religion, directed by Larry Charles (BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and starring political humorist and author Bill Maher ("Real Time With Bill Maher," "Politically Incorrect"). Jonah Smith and Palmer West of Thousand Words (A SCANNER DARKLY, REQUIEM ...
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