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Revival

4 Black gay men have been murdered in NYC since Feb.
2005 and another has been severely assaulted.
These attacks have taken place in a climate made
increasingly hostile towards Black LGBT people in NYC
by some ministers.

A coalition is forming to encourage more Black leaders
in the faith community to become active in ending violence against
LGBT people of African descent in NYC!

Come help us celebrate this momentous occasion with
our kick-off event that will be a celebration of the victory of grace over spiritual violence!

REVIVAL! Victory Over Spiritual Violence Through Grace

Sunday, July 31, 2005, 4-7pm
Riverside Church, Assembly Hall
490 Riverside Drive (Between 120th & 122nd Streets)
Harlem, NY

Confirmed Speakers include:

• Keynote: Elder Joseph Tolton, Christ Conscious Ministries
• Bishop Carlton Pearson, Higher Dimensions Family
  Church, Tulsa, OK (videotaped message)
  
• Reverend Valerie Holly, Unity Fellowship Church
  
• Arun Gandhi, PhD, M.K. Gandhi Center for Institute for
  Nonviolence
  
• Krishna Stone, minister, staff at GMHC
  
• Robert Miller, Ph.D. M.Phil., L.M.S.W., Seminarian and Prof at SUNY Albany
  
• Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields,
  Welcome
  
• Master of Ceremonies: Reverend Cari Jackson, The
  Center of Spiritual Light
  
• Music by Lavender Light Choir
  
• REVIVAL! is co-sponsored by: Gay Men of African
  Descent, New York State Black Gay Network, Soulforce,
  Empire State Pride Agenda's Pride in the Pulpit.
  Endorsers include: Ali Forney Center, Audre Lorde
  Project, Balm in Gilead, Manhattan Regional Faith-based Committee, Maranatha Group of Riverside Church, Metropolitan
  Community Church of NY, National Black Justice
  Coalition, National Coalition of Anti-Violence
  Programs, New York AIDS Coalition, Out & Faithful,
  People of Faith for LGBTI Civil Rights, SAGE, and
  Unity Fellowship Church, & Urban Mana.
  For more information, please contact
  Kenyon Farrow at 212.828.9393, ext 138 or
  kfarrow@nysbgn.org
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