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JANUARY 2004
January 2004 --
Honda Announces
Hybrid 'Accord' as Advocates Celebrate 2004 'Car of the Year' to Toyota
Hybrid
January 7, 2004, Washington, D.C. --
NCC, Other
Groups to Launch Massive Voter Registration Effort January 14
January 13, 2004, NEW
YORK CITY -
NCC, WCC
Launch Year-Long Effort to Overcome Violence in the U.S. at January 12
Service Honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 13, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -
NCC Leads 30-Member
Ecumenical Delegation to Cuba Jan. 22-28
January 14,
2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Amid Candid
International Assessments of U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Committee Plans Next
Steps for Decade to Overcome Violence
January 14, 2004,
WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Guantanamo Bay
Detainees Have a Right to Due Process, NCC Asserts in "Friend of the Court"
Brief Filed Today with U.S. Supreme Court
January 14,
2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. –
NCC Part of Drive to
Activate Two Million New Low-Income Voters
January 19, 2004 --
Address Needs on
Earth Before Heading to Mars, Edgar and Gaddy Write Bush
January 21, 2004, Washington, D.C. -
Religious and Public Education Communities Unite on Behalf of Children;
Faith Groups Pledge to Support Public Schools
January 21, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -
U.S.
Ecumenical Delegation Denied Visit to Guantanamo Detainees NCC Continues to
Press for Detainees' Due Process Rights
January 23, 2004, Columbia, S.C. -
New
National Anti-Poverty Effort to be Launched January 30-31 in Columbia, S.C.;
NCC Sponsoring Interfaith Worship, Strategy Session; Participating in
Candidates' Forum
January 2004 -- Three Stories on the
Multi-Agency All Our Children Campaign:
Theater for
Traumatized Children Fills a Need in Post-War Iraq;
Continued Support from
All Our Children a Boost in the Face of Ongoing Humanitarian Need in Iraq;
Facts About the All Our
Children Campaign
FEBRUARY 2004
February 8, 2004, NEW
YORK CITY --
In Tense
Times, Maintaining Contact is All the More Important, Concludes NCC
Delegation to Cuba Links
to Steve Horswill-Johnston's daily reflections.
February 10, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
National Council of Churches Renews Mobilization to End Poverty in the U.S.;
Coordinating Committee Will Meet in Chicago March 2 to Expand 2004 Efforts
February 12, 2004, New York City --
Multidisciplinary
Committee Plus 'Senior Sages' to Lead Reflection on Human Genetic Technology
February 16, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Interfaith Relations Commission Offers Reflection Guide for Controversial
'Passion of the Christ' Film
February 20, 2004, NEW YORK CITY:
NCC General
Secretary Condemns Hutton Gibson's Holocaust Dismissal, Other Anti-Semitic
Remarks
February 24, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Statement: Secretary
Paige's Statement Equating NEA with Terrorists Was Wrong, Mean, National
Council of Churches Says
MARCH 2004
March 1, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Statement: NCC Sees
a Moment of Hope in Haiti as Multinational Stabilization Force Moves In
March 1, 2004 --
NCC Marks First Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq.
March 1, 2004, LONDON --
Guantanamo
Families and Religious Leaders Take Campaign to the U.S.
March 5, 2004 --
Bill Moyers Interviews William Sloane Coffin on PBS March 5 - Click Here for
the Transcript
March 8, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Statement
About Nuclear Disarmament by Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar, General Secretary,
National Council of Churches USA
March 8, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Respect
for God-Given Human Dignity Undergirds Faith Community's Call For Due
Process for Guantanamo Detainees, National Council of Churches Says
Dr.
Edgar's full statement.
March 10, 2004, NEW YORK CITY - 'Top 25' U.S. Churches
List Now Includes Four Pentecostal Bodies, According to the National Council
of Churches' 2004 'Yearbook'
March 11, 2004, NEW YORK CITY - Upon News of Five
Guantanamo Detainees' Release, National Council of Churches Renews Call for
Due Process
March 12, 2004, IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- Human Rights
Leaders Demand Largest Fast Food Company to Respect Workers' Rights; NCC
Pres. Thomas J. Hoyt, Jr., to Participate in March 15 News Conference
March 15, 2004, IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- NCC President Hoyt
Addresses Immokalee, Fla., News Conference for Farm Workers' Rights
March 16, 2004, NEW YORK CITY (CWS/NCC) - 'All Our
Children' Approves New Projects for Iraq's Youngest
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2004 -- Religious Leaders Call
on President Bush to Protect Children's Health by Opposing EPA Reduction of
Mercury Emissions Standards
March 22, 2004, New York City --
NCC Laments Renewal of Violence in Kosovo
March 26, 2004,
Washington, D.C. -- Church Leaders Urge Bush
Administration, Congress to Address Hunger, Poverty and the Spread of
HIV/AIDS
APRIL 2004
April 2, 2004, New York City -- April 4 Parade Magazine Features
'Great American Bake Sale' to End Child Hunger; NCC Is a Partner
April 2, 2004, New York City -- NCC Joins
'Faithful Democracy,' a New Interfaith Coalition that Promotes Voting as a
Matter of Faith
April 5, 2004, New York City -- NCC Easter Message 2004:
Fear and Amazement in a Troubled World
April 8, 2004, New York City -- Despite Years of
Delays, Faith Community Keeps Working for Policy that Lifts Families Out of
Poverty
April 7, 2004, New York City -- Pulitzer Prize Winner
Samantha Power to Keynote NCC April 23 Remembrance of Rwandan Genocide
April 8, 2004, NEW YORK CITY - National Council of
Churches USA Receives Medgar W. Evers Award
April 8, 2004, Washington, D.C. -- Earth Day Not Just
for the Secular: Congregations Celebrate Earth Day Sunday
April 15, 2004, Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Church Leaders,
Citing Risks, Fault President Bush for Concessions to Israel's Prime
Minister Sharon
April 18, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. - Service April 18
Commemorates 89th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
April 21, 2004, New York City -- 'All Our Children'
Grieves Deaths of Iraqi School Children
April 21, 2004,
Washington, D.C. -- On the Occasion of
Your 60th Birthday: A Message to the IMF and World Bank
April 22, 2004, Washington, D.C. -- Christian Leaders
Chastise President Bush's 'Clean Air' Policy as Immoral
April 23, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif. -- Samantha Power,
Rwandan Genocide Survivors Address NCC April 23 Event
MAY 2004
May 5, 2004, New York City -- NCC Statement on
Devolution of the Iraq Crisis (Updated May 12)
May 5, 2004, New York City --
Two New Books Focus on
Important Pieces of Ecumenical History
May 7, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Church
Leaders Press President Bush on Problems Facing Holy Land Christians
May 11, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC Publishes
Ecumenical Pastoral Letter on Iraq
May 18, 2004, CHICAGO, Ill. - NCC EXECUTIVE BOARD ASKS
URGENT INTERVENTION IN THE SUDAN
May 24, 2004, Washington, D.C. --
National Clergy, During D.C. Service, Sign Unity Statement on Overcoming
Poverty
May 25, 2004, NEW
YORK CITY -
Church
Leaders Meet with Kofi Annan on Iraq, Urge Significant U.N. Role
May 26, 2004, Atlanta, Ga. --
Jimmy Carter Calls Taco Bell, Parent Yum! Brands to Account
May 25, 2004, New York City -- NCC's President Thomas Hoyt, Other Delegates See Exclusion
and Hope Among Afro-Colombians
TAMPA, Fla. -- "Come to the Feast" May
26-31, 2004, in Tampa Supports Creative, Revelant Young Adult Ministries
May 27, 2004, Washington, D.C. - Tears, Flowers
Mark May 27 Memorial Service in D.C. for All Iraq War Dead
May 27, 2004, NEW YORK, N.Y. - NCC, Faith Groups
Nationwide Host Memorial Services for Iraq War Dead
May 28, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
National Council of Churches, Counterparts in Canada,Europe Join in
Statement for D-Day Anniversary June 6
June 4, 2004,
WASHINGTON, D.C. --
'H2oly Water: Source of Life' Regional Training Events Focus on Water
June 4, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
'Honor the Legacy' Campaign Calls U.S. to Rededicate Itself to the Geneva
Conventions and International Law
June 7, 2004,
Washington, D.C. -- Religious Leaders Urge
Bush Administration to Jumpstart Middle East Road Map
June 15, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. -
"LET JUSTICE ROLL" FAITH-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCES NATIONAL
ELECTION-YEAR INITIATIVE
Click here for a transcript of the audio news conference
June
22, 2004, NEW YORK CITY –
NCC Asks Bush Administration to Reverse Cuba Policy, Lift Embargo
June 23, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Faith Works to Save the
Bay: 'H20ly Water' Training Events Focus on Protecting the Chesapeake
June 24, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC's Challenge to FCC
Policies Wins in Court: Media Consolidation Rules Must Be Rewritten
June 26, 2004,
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- NCC's Interfaith
Commission Chair Zikmund Honored by Theological Schools Association
June 28, 2004, NEW YORK CITY – NCC Welcomes Supreme
Court Rulings Affirming Due Process
JULY 2004
July 7, 2004, Washington, D.C. -- NCC President Discusses
'Let Justice Roll' and CME Church's 'Project Renaissance' with Congressional
Black Caucus
July 8, 2004, Washington, D.C. -- NCC Celebrates a
Victory in Campaign to Prevent Hasan Family's Deportation
July 8, 2004, New York City – July 12
'Religion-Related Violence' Workshop to Inform Sept. 11 Dialogue in NYC
July 9, 2004, NEW YORK CITY - NCC's Edgar, Kireopoulos
Travel to Honduras to Support Effort Against Illegal Logging
July 14, 2004,
Washington, D.C. --
NCC General Secretary Arrested in Protest Outside Sudan Embassy
July 14, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -
“Christian Principles in an Election Year” Offer Criteria for Judging
Candidates
July 15, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -- 'Hunger No More' is NCC
Television Documentary Being Prepared for October Release by ABC-TV
July 15, 2004, BOSTON, Mass. --
4:30 p.m. July 28
Boston Interfaith Worship Service and Rally Concurrent with DNC: People of
faith challenge Democrats to end hunger and poverty in our country and
worldwide
July 16, 2004, New York City
--
NCC Joins Wide NGO
Appeal to U.N. on Sudan Darfur Crisis
July 20, 2004 ,
Washington, D.C. -- National Council
of Churches, Other Religious Groups Join 100 Organizations Urging Overhaul
of Nation's Health Care System
July 29, 2004, Boston, Mass. -- Poor People
Are 'On God's Mind,' Rev. Dr. Forbes Says at Interfaith Service
AUGUST 2004
August 3, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Council Deplores
Violence Against Iraqi Churches
August 18, 2004, NEW YORK CITY - J. IRWIN MILLER, AN NCC
FOUNDING FATHER, DIES AUG. 16 IN INDIANA; Prominent Industrialist was NCC
President 1960-63; Led Work on Race, Peace
August 25, 2004, New York City --
Sudan Genocide in
the Spotlight: More Than 3,000 Sign Up to Fast, Join Webcast on Aug. 25
Darfur Crisis 'Day of Conscience'
Aug. 31, 2004, New York City --
Thousands of Christians, Jews, Muslims to Rally to SHED NEW LIGHT on
Nation's Policies
August 31, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
“Hunger No More"
Documentary to Air Beginning Oct. 24 on ABC-TV Affiliates"
SEPTEMBER 2004
September 3, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -
“LPFM: The People’s
Choice” TV Special Chronicles Low-Power Radio; Airs Sept. 26
September 1, 2004, New York City --
People of Faith
Demanding 'Let Justice Roll!' Rally, Form 'Ring of Hope' in New York
September 7, 2004, NAIROBI, Kenya --
World's Ecumenical
Leadership Writes Kofi Annan, Sudan's Church Leaders
Sept. 11, 2004, New York City --
NYC Interfaith
Dialogue Sept. 11, 2004 Considers Post 9/11 'Resources for Healing'
September 16, 2004, Raleigh, N.C. -
Mt. Olive
Pickle Co. Boycott Ends! NCC-Supported Boycott of North Carolina-Based
Company Ends with Three-Way Agreement
Sept. 19, 2004, Miami, Fla. --
(NOTE: SUBSEQUENTLY POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE JEANNE; NEW DATES TBA)
Hip Hop, Faith-Based and Community Groups Descend on Miami for Sept. 25-26
Summit to Empower, Protect Voters
OCTOBER 2004
October 1, 2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Vince Isner is Named
First Full-time Director of FaithfulAmerica.org Online Advocacy Service
October 4, 2004, Washington, D.C. --
Faith Groups Press Bush,
Kerry on U.S. Poverty, Health Care
October 5, 2004, Toledo, Ohio -- (POSTPONED: NEW DATE TBA)
Oct. 22-23 Toledo Events
Focus on Protecting Great Lakes
October 7, 2004, Washington, D.C. --
Ads Call On Leaders
to Make Environmental Protection “A Moral Priority;” Prayer Petition Asks
Politicians to Do a Better Job ‘Tending God’s Garden’
NEW YORK CITY, October 14, 2004 -
NCC’s Edgar Blasts U.S.
News & World Report For ‘Smear’ of Protestant Churches’ Activism
October 18,
2004, NEW YORK CITY --
Faith
Movement Launches Get Out the Vote Campaign
October 19, 2004, NEW YORK CITY -
NCC's "Christian
Principles in an Election Year" Inspire New Hymn
NOVEMBER 2004
Nov. 1, 2004, MIAMI, Fla. -
Final 'Let Justice
Roll' in Miami is Star-Studded Event
November 1, 2004, New York City -
NCC's Edgar
Urges U.S. to Accept Responsibility for Uighur Chinese Refugees at
Guantanamo
Nov. 3, 2004, New York City -
NCC's Edgar,
Post-Elections, Offers 'Our Best Efforts' to Unite the Nation for Justice,
Peace
Nov. 11, 2004, St. Louis, Mo. -
2004 NCC/CWS General Assembly Concludes; Highlights Included Worship,
'Church and Children' Policy, Awards, New Study Guide on Human
Biotechnology and More
Sidebar on
Young Adult Stewards
November 13, 2004, New York City --
Arson Threats
Against Presbyterian Churches for Considering Divestment Draws NCC
Response
Nov. 18, 2004, New York City -
NCC's Edgar Hails U.S.
Catholic Bishops' Agreement to Join Christian Churches Together in the
U.S.A.
DECEMBER 2004
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