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«Sunday April 20, 2008»
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Munger Place United Methodist Church Presents Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
Start: Apr 20 2008 - 10:50am
End: Apr 20 2008 - 12:00pm

The Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery of Atlanta, “the dean of the civil rights movement,” will be the guest preacher at Munger Place United Methodist Church, 5200 Bryan Street, Dallas, 75206 on Sunday, April 20, 2008, at the 10:50 a.m. worship service. Dr. Lowery will be in Dallas to accept the prestigious Robert O. Cooper Peace and Justice Fellowship from Southern Methodist University.
An internationally acclaimed minister and civil/human rights activist, Dr. Lowery and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In 1965, he was chairman of the delegation to take demands to then Alabama Governor George Wallace during the historical Selma to Montgomery March.
            Come hear a power-packed message from, one of the greatest preachers in America. Munger Place United Methodist Church is located on the corner of
Munger Boulevard
and
Bryan Street
in Old East Dallas across from Garrett Park. All are welcome.
For more information: (214) 823-9929.
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Oak Cliff Earth Day
Start: Apr 20 2008 - 11:00am
End: Apr 20 2008 - 5:00pm

Come celebrate the Second Annual Oak Cliff Earth Day at historic Lake Cliff Park in Oak Cliff. Become a part of the effort to save and protect our environment. Visit information booths on environmental issues and products. Enjoy the all day entertainment, browse and shop art from local artists and eat great food. Bring your children, your pets (on leashes), and your family. Please park at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 1441 N. Beckley Ave., in parking lot # 10 on the east side of the 1400 block of N. Beckley.

Be sure to bring your old cell phones and ink cartidges for recycling. The Chiapas Project, which will be at Oak Cliff Earth Day, fights poverty and protects the environment at the same time by simply collecting old cell phones and ink cartridges. The Chiapas Project receives up to a $300 donation for every used cell phone and up to a $5 donation for every used ink cartridge collected.

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Cooper Lecture: Joseph Lowery
Start: Apr 20 2008 - 7:00pm

The Robert O. Cooper Peace & Justice Fellowship Lecture will be presented by Joseph Lowery, an icon of the Civil Rights movement, and presidentof the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1977 to 1997.

Also that evening, the The William K. McElvaney Award in Social Justice will be awarded to SMU students actively involved in human rights and social justice issues.

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Play: "A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer"
Start: Apr 20 2008 - 7:00pm

“A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” a one-person play starring former minister and hospital chaplain Al Staggs, brings the life of one of the great heroes of the 20th century to the stage. The audience is brought into the prison cell where Bonhoeffer awaits execution and listens to his struggles with evil, injustice and God. Bonhoeffer tells of the profound influence of fellow Union Theological student Frank Fisher, an African-American who introduced Bonhoeffer to the blight of racism in America. Bonhoeffer expresses moral outrage against the Nazi treatment of Jews and explains how that outrage led him to become involved in the German resistance movement, a commitment that would result in his execution by hanging on April 9, 1945.
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