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Sunday, September 14, 2008
1:30 – 5:00 pm
Washington Hebrew Congregation
3935 Macomb Street, NW

12:30 pm
Press Conference, Freed Youth Wing, Washington Hebrew Congregation
Individual interviews with speakers to follow

1:00 pm
Registration opens - Washington Hebrew Congregation

1:03 pm
Muslim Call to Prayer

1:30 pm
Program opens
Symbolic Muslim Call to Prayer
Julia Wilson, Host “On the Continent”
Senior Rabbi Bruce Lustig
St. Augustine’s Gospel Choir
Very Rev. Samuel Lloyd
Rev. Mpho Tutu, Chair, 9/11 Unity Walk
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

2:15 pm
Unity Walk begins, passing:
Annunciation Roman Catholic Church
National Gurdwara: A Sikh Temple – Refreshments & bathrooms
Washington National Cathedral - Peace Cross only
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral

Refreshments and first aid provided by:
Community of Christ
Soka Gakkai International - USA

Embassy of the Vatican
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Papal Nuncio greeting

Unity Walk continues, passing…
Khalil Gibran Park

2:45 pm
Program stop
Islamic Center
Children’s Cloth of Many Colors, displayed by Communities of Peace Foundation
Imam Abdullah Khouj: “Welcome to The Islamic Center”
Rev. Richard Cizik, V.P., National Assoc. of Evangelicals
Most Reverend Martin Holley, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
Dr. Rajwant Singh, SCORE
Arun Gandhi, Gandhi Institute - Arun Gandhi will lead participants out of the Islamic Center
 
4:00 pm
Final program stop
Gandhi Memorial Park
Hosted by Ass. of United Hindu Jain Temples (UHJT) & Church of the Pilgrims
Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits, Bhajan Music as walkers arrive 
Dilip Jhaveri, President, UHJT, “Welcome to Gandhi Memorial”
International Youth Choir, Musical selections to follow
Acknowledgement of International Ambassadors and Diplomatic community
Imam Mohamed Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society
Rev. Clark Lobenstine, InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington
Rev. Mpho Tutu, Closing Remarks

Refreshments and food available

4:45 pm

Unity Walk concludes

5:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Transportation - shuttles available to transport people back to their cars at Washington Hebrew Congregation or DC metro bus N6 would also be available

* Program subject to change

 

Host Communities

Washington Hebrew Congregation
3935 Macomb St. NW

Annunciation Roman Catholic Church
3125 39th St., NW

National Gurdwara: A Sikh Temple
3801 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Ave.

St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral
36th St. & Massachusetts Ave., NW

The Community of Christ
3526 Massachusetts Ave., NW

St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral
3500 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Soka Gakkai-USA
3417 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

Embassy of the Vatican
34th Street & Massachusetts Ave., NW

Islamic Center of Washington
2551 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Ass. of United Hindu-Jain Temples
at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial,
Massachusetts Ave. & 21st St., NW 2007

Church of the Pilgrims
2201 P Street, NW