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- March 30 - News Advisory:
The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
will
announce the first recipient(s) of the Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom
Award at a press conference on Friday, April 9, in New York City.
Established in 1998, the award will honor an
individual(s) whose courageous actions have embodied the values of civility, tolerance,
diversity, and cooperation in the advancement of public dialogue and policy on traditionally controversial and divisive issues.
WHO: Walter Cronkite, Rev. Welton Gaddy and TBA Award
Recipient(s)
WHERE: The Lotus Club
5 East 66th Street
New York City
WHEN: Friday, April 9 at noon
DRESS CODE: Lotus Club DRESS CODE requires jackets and ties for
all men
and clothing of equivalent formality for women. If this affects your
participation, please advise.
BACKGROUND:
On Friday, March 26, the Award Selection Committee reviewed
nominations and selected the winner(s). Committee members include:
The
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, General Secretary of the National Council of
Churches of Christ in the USA; The Honorable Gerald R. Ford, 38th President
of the United States; The Honorable John Lewis, Member of the Congress
representing the 5th Congressional District of Georgia; Bill Moyers,
award-winning journalist and author, Public Affairs TV; Cokie Roberts,
co-anchor, This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts; and, The
Honorable Andrew Young, chairman, Goodworks International LLC.
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Founded in 1994, The Interfaith Alliance (TIA) has grown into a
national grassroots organization of people of faith and goodwill drawn
from over 50 faith traditions dedicated to promoting mutual respect,
cooperation and civility in the life of our nation. From these shared
principles, TIA challenges those who manipulate religion to promote divisive
and exclusionary political agendas. With a membership of 80,000, the
Religious Leaders Network in 50 states, a cyber-network of 10,000 activists,
and local clergy-led Alliances in 38 states, The Interfaith Alliance is
encouraging the active involvement of people of faith and goodwill in civic
life.
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