February 7, 2019
Stand Out Firmly for Justice
InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront
11 E Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55101
Locations:
Starting Location -- InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel, 11 E Kellog Blvd, St Paul, MN 55101
Ending Location -- Minnesota State Capitol Complex, 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, St Paul, MN 55155
Parking:
Parking is available at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront Hotel. Additional nearby parking options include:
- Landmark Towers Parking Ramp - 336 N Market St, St Paul, MN 55102
- Capitol City Plaza Parking Ramp - 50 4th St E, St Paul, MN 55101
- Kellogg Square Parking Ramp - 111 E Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55101
- Victory Ramp - 344 Wabasha St N, St Paul, MN 55102
- Lawson Ramp - 11 W 5th St, St Paul, MN 55102
Transportation Options:
Buses will be provided during the event to and from the State Capitol Complex and the InterContinental Hotel.
Both starting and ending locations are nearby to the light rail Green Line. The InterContinental Hotel is located three blocks from Central Station and the State Capitol is located one block from the Capitol/Rice Street Station, only three stops apart.
If you would like to walk or bike between event locations, the locations are approximately one mile/20 minutes apart.
Imam Yahya Hendi is the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University, the first American University to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain, and he just concluded his 15 years of service as a Chaplain at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow of the Center for Dispute Resolution of the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary's Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. He is also the founder and the President of Clergy Beyond Borders.
Imam Hendi often visits and lectures at churches and synagogues hoping to create a new positive relationship between the followers of the three Abrahamic religions. In his lectures, Imam Hendi focuses on issues related to gender relations, domestic violence, world peace, social, economic and political justice, and inter-religious and interfaith issues.
Our 2019 Day on the Hill theme comes from Quran 4:135:
“O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even if it be against yourselves, your parents, and your relatives, or whether it is against the rich or the poor...”
In 2019, hundreds of people of faith will gather to ask themselves, their communities, and their representatives to Stand Out Firmly for Justice!
Join faithful advocates from across the state on February 7, 2019 to reflect on why we make our voices heard, to plan for continued actions in our home communities, and to make real change in the state of Minnesota.