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Posted by Nick Sementelli
Faith in Public Life, November 16, 2011
As we've been tracking, the faith community has been an important supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement since its beginnings.
Today, in response to Mayor Bloomberg's early-morning raid to evict the protesters from Zucotti Park, New York churches are stepping up to fill the need for space. A coalition of local faith leaders have announced that they'll be temporarily opening up their places of worship to the displaced occupiers to sleep over the next three days.
They'll also be holding an interfaith candlelight vigil tonight at 5:30 at Judson Memorial Church to demand Mayor Bloomberg allow the occupiers to re-establish their camp "so that they can return to the important work of addressing the economic disparities that threaten the soul of this nation."
Faith leaders involved include:
- Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, Senior Minister, Middle Collegiate Church
- Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Senior Minister, The House of the Lord Church
- Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Executive Director Rabbis for Human Rights-North America
- Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, The Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood
- Rev. Stephen Phelps, Interim Senior Minister, The Riverside Church
- Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, Senior Minister, Judson Memorial Church
- Bishop Tavis Grant
- Ven. Bhikku Bodhi
- Debbie Almontaser
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