Seventh
Annual 40 Hour Fast Events Across New York State March 5-7,
2002
For the Dignity of All
EL SEPTIMO AYUNO
ANUALDE 40 HORAS POR LA DIGNIDAD DE TODOS
Albany
Tuesday, March 5
11AM— Statewide Opening Press Conference. [Click
here for coverage.]
Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Albany, a half block
west of the Legislative Office Building. Use entrance at 85 Chestnut
Street.
7:30-9 PM —Un Servicio de Oración
Interdenominacional En Solidaridad con la Campaña de Amnistía
para los Indocumentados, Interfaith Prayer Service in Support
of Amnesty for the Undocumented. Cosponsored by the Capital
District Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
Thursday, March 7
NOON —Breaking of Fast with traditional soup and bread lunch.
Labor Temple, 890 Third Street, Albany (behind OTB Teletheater
off Watervliet Avenue from Central Ave.)
For information about Albany events, call Bill Peltz
at 518/ 436-0442.
Brockport
Tuesday, March 5
6 PM— Pre-fast potluck dinner followed at 7 with an Opening
Service.
First Presbyterian Church, 35 State St., Brockport.
Thursday, March 7
NOON— Closing of the Fast with a soup and bread luncheon
and closing prayers. Newman Catholic Center, 101 Kenyon St., Brockport.
For more information call Barbara Deming at 585/
637-7504.
Buffalo
Tuesday, March 5
3 PM—Opening Prayer Service with workers and clergy.
Gather in front of Sheridan Manor Nursing Home, 2799 Sheridan
Drive in Buffalo.
For more information call Maria Whyte at 716/ 892-5877.
Ithaca
Wednesday, March 6
5-6 PM—Public Art and Vigil at the Commons, the main pavillion
in front of the Center Ithaca Mall. Workers at a table facing
empty plates (and farmworkers without even a seat at the table)
will ask the public to give up at least one meal to reflect on
the absence of justice for all workers.
7:30 PM— Interfaith Service for the Dignity
of All, First Unitarian Church, 306 North Aurora Street, Ithaca
with guest speaker Rev. Kenneth Clarke, Sr., Director, Cornell
United Religious Work. Sponsored by the Religious Task Force of
the Tompkins County Living Wage Coalition.
For more information call Edie Reagan, Coordinator
of Justice and Peace Ministry at Catholic Charities, 607/272-5062.
New Paltz
Thursday, March 7
NOON— Breaking of the Fast Interfaith Service, United Methodist
Church, 1 Grove St., New Paltz, followed by a light meal prepared
by a former farmworker from Orange County. Sponsored by Rural
and Migrant Ministry, an interfaith ministry whose mission is
to educate and work alongside disenfranchised rural residents
and agricultural workers, and the Independent Farmworker Center
(CITA), an organization of poor, immigrant farmworkers located
in Florida, NY.
Call 845/ 485-8627 for more information and luncheon
reservations.
New York City
Wednesday, March 6
1 PM— Rally in Support of Low-waged, Immigrant Limousine
Drivers. Gather near the bull sculpture at the northern tip of
Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan (the square between Broadway, Whitehall
and State Streets). Take the 4 or 5 train to the Bowling Green
Station. Come stand with the limousine drivers in their fight
for dignity and a living wage!
Thursday, March 7
NOON—Interfaith Closing Service and Break the Fast at St.
Mary's Episcopal Church, 115 West 126th Street, Harlem (between
Broadway and Amsterdam). Share readings, song, liturgy, food and
inspiration!
For more information call Rabbi Michael Feinberg
at 212/ 406-2156 ext. 4637 or email: labrelig@aol.com.
Rochester
Tuesday, March 5
6 PM—Opening meal and ceremony at NYSUT, 30 North Union Street,
Rochester. Please RSVP at 716/ 262-7021 or 716/ 262-7167.
Thursday, March 7
NOON—Closing meal and ceremony at the Islamic Center, 727
Westfall Rd. , Rochester. Please RSVP at 716/ 262-7021 or 716/
262-7167.
For more information call Marvin Mich at 716/ 262-7021
or email to mmich@cfcrochester.org.
Syracuse
Tuesday, March 5
7:30 PM —For the Dignity of All Who Hunger for a Living
Wage: Interfaith Service of Solidarity with Low-wage Workers
to be held at South Presbyterian Church, West Colvin St., corner
of South Salina St., Syracuse.
Thursday, March 7
NOON— Celebrate the breaking of the fast at a closing ceremony
including a light meal to be held at Southwest Community Center,
401 South Ave., Syracuse.
For more information call Bonnie Pierce: 315/ 431-4040,
ext. 40
Utica
Tuesday, March 5
6 PM— Interfaith Service "For the Dignity of All"
to focus attention on the need to enact a living wage law for
Utica's working poor. Rev. Kaaren Anderson of the Unitarian Universalist
Church will be joined by Father Daley of the St. Francis de Sales
Church and Rev. John Sisley. Unitarian Universalist Church, 10
Higby Rd. , Utica.
Thursday, March 7
6 PM —Breaking of the Fast with soup and bread, also at the
Unitarian Universalist Church on Higby Rd. in Utica.
For more information call Johanna Albrecht at 315/
732-3769 or John Furman 315/ 725-0974. Fast 200 events are co-sponsored
by the Mohawk Valley Labor-Religion Coalition, Utica Citizens
in Action, the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist
Church and Cornhill Community for Change
Please contact us about additional events: info@labor-religion.org
