2012

Middle Collegiate Church for MLK Day 2012

Celebrating King | Middle Collegiate Church

Join us on Sunday, January 15, 2012 for a wonderful day full of justice works and joy celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jacqui Lewis will preach a sermon called “Where Do We Go From Here?” and both our choirs will offer special music. Rabbi Jonathan Stein and Hussein Rashid will help to lead this interfaith worship celebrating our ongoing call to justice. Stay for our soul food brunch, and Adriene Thorne’s class, “Gandhi, King, and Our Faith.” The Middle Project will also sponsor a King Day workshop for btw_youth in conjunction with Chicago’s Edutainment project and the Lower East Side Girl’s Club.

Quoted on NYPD Spying

My original piece at Religion Dispatches: Muslim Boycott of Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast | Religion Dispatches

‘I AM NOT A TERRORIST’ shirt at Bloomberg event (via @capitalnewyork) – YouTube

Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event to Protest Spying – ABC News

Bloomberg Avoids Surveillance Controversy at Interfaith Event – WNYC

At Mayor’s Interfaith Breakfast, Some Muslim No-Shows – NYTimes.com

Interfaith Breakfast Boycott Protests NYPD’s Alleged Surveillance Of Local Muslims – NY1.com

‘I’m not a terrorist’: One man quietly protests NYPD at Bloomberg’s breakfast | Capital New York

Kelly on his department’s relationship with Muslims; a Muslim professor on his protest T-shirt | Capital New York

Muslims Skip NYC Mayor’s Event To Protest Spying – From the Wires – Salon.com

Espionnage à New York : des musulmans boycottent un déjeuner avec le maire | International | Radio-Canada.ca

AFP: Muslims boycott NY mayor event over alleged spying

Muslim Academic Wears “I’m Not A Terrorist” To Bloomberg’s Interfaith Breakfast: Gothamist

Interfaith Breakfast: Controversy with Your Coffee?