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| "H O S A N N A !" Pastor Bruce Ray of Kimball Avenue Church welcomes participants to the gathering. |
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| "I will be a remedy for violence!" Pastor Bruce, Pastor Erik Christensen of St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Logan Square, and St. Luke's members Jessica Schimpff, Will Storm (seminarian), and Noel Spain. |
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| Lori Crowder, Executive Director of the Alliance of Local Service Organizations (ALSO), with Jennifer De Leon. |
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| "Tu vida es mi vida!" Members of Humboldt Park United Methodist and their signs. |
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| Master of Ceremonies Andy Willis (r), a member of Kimball Avenue Church, introduces Pastor Ramon Nieves, of Humboldt Park United Methodist Church (on his right). A member of the ALSO/Ceasefire team holds up Andy's original poster art for the event, together with a Ceasefire "STOP. Killing. People." poster. To Pastor Ramon's right is Jennifer Leon from Lutheran Social Services, who assisted with English-Spanish translation throughout the event. |
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| Participants signed a banner reading "I will be a remedy for violence" and "Yo sere un remedio a la violencia!" The banner will be carried by community members in ALSO's June 8 Walk for Justice. |
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| Pastor Ramon Nieves provides an interview for the Univision coverage of the event. |
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Think back on everything that has happened in the last year. Is it time for things to quiet down? To have a "nice" spring? To sit back and be entertained by the usual presidential campaign circus?(See Occupy Palm Sunday in 2016)
I've been thinking about the Occupy movement and what it has to do with
Christian witness. The conclusion I've come to is: a lot! In fact, I
think it's central to our understanding of what Christ's life and death
meant.(See Occupy Palm Sunday! on the Scarry Thoughts blog )
Chicago, March 29, 2012 -- Members of congregations from across Logan Square and
Humboldt Park streamed from their respective houses of worship
to the Logan Square monument at the end of services on April 1 to
Occupy Palm Sunday! Participants sang and chanted songs of
protest and praise as they occupied the green space at Kedzie, Milwaukee
and Logan Boulevard . . . . (See Occupy Palm Sunday! in Logan Square)
On
Palm Sunday (April 13, 2014) the Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance
(LSEA) hosted its 3rd annual public witness at the Logan Square monument
from 12pm—1pm.
As in previous years, we gathered to celebrate the very public and
political nature of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and his call to people
of faith to resist the values of empire and seek instead “the kingdom of
heaven.”(See What do we want? SALVATION! When do we want it? NOW! )
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