2010 Briefing Sheets (Word document)

Schedule

RiverCentre, 7th St. and Kellogg Ave, downtown St. Paul

8:30 Gathering, Registration, Breakfast

9:00 Welcome Bishop Thomas Aitken, Northeastern Synod, ELCA

9:05 Opening Prayer Bishop Lee Piché, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

9:10 Opening Remarks Brian Rusche, JRLC

9:20 Keynote Speaker Rabbi Harold Kravitz Senior Rabbi, Adath Jeshurun Congregation

9:40 Building our Networks Rev. Dr. Karen Smith Sellers, Minnesota Conference, United Church of Christ

9:45 Break

10:00 Issue Briefings Brian Rusche, JRLC

Save the Safety Net • Ending Poverty • Impartial Judiciary • Budget and Taxes

10:30 District Table Discussion — Alison Killeen, JRLC and District Leaders

11:05 Bus to the Capitol

Rotunda Rotunda and State Capital Complex

11:30 2010 Interfaith Social Justice Awards

iCAN Key Advocate of 2010 Award, Eunice Eckerly

2010 Lawrence D. Gibson Interfaith Social Justice Award, Rev. Dr. James Gertmenian

2010 Interfaith Social Justice Community Award, St. Stephen’s Human Rights

11:45 A Prayer for Justice, Fartun Ahmed, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Civic Center

12:00 Lunch Distributed in the Great Hall, ground floor, west wing of the Capitol (no food in the rotunda)

Afternoon Meetings with your legislators in Capitol or State Office Building

Drop off debriefing sheets and evaluation form and recycle name tags at front door of Capitol

4:00 Last shuttle back to RiverCentre

Shuttle Service: 17 school buses will begin departing RiverCentre at 11:05 to get all of us to the Capitol by 11:30. Look for the JRLC sign in the bus window. Two school buses will regularly shuttle between the front entrance of the Capitol and RiverCentre starting at 1:00 pm and the last shuttle departs from the Capitol at 4:00 pm.