Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Concert Sept. 4 Labor Day Weekend

Northern California Interreligious Conference

4335 Virginia Avenue

Oakland, CA  94619

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release                                                            

August 27, 2011


Contact:
Jackie Wright
415 525 0410
                                                                      

NCIC Supports  “The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Concert at Miracles of Faith Community Church” & Launches Peaceful Path Public Service Announcements

Northern California Interreligious Conference & Community leaders will hold a free “Peace Concert” with area performers to celebrate Labor Day Weekend in the High Street Community.

WHO- The Northern California Interreligious Conference;  invited guests: Mayor Jean Quan, the Oakland City Council, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, citizens of Oakland and the Bay Area.

WHAT- The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Concert featuring Ricardo Scales and Band, Ron Stewart & the Bay Area Blues Society, Rhonda Benin & Soulful Strut and Jazz Latin Salsa Performer Alexa Webber Morales.  Plus, Peaceful Path Public Service Announcement Call to Action. Examples of the public service announcements can be found on the Internet at  http://ncic-justiceandpeace.blogspot.com/2011/08/ncic-appeals-to-media-to-give-peace.html

WHEN- Sunday, September 4, 2011 3 p.m.

WHERE- Miracles of Faith Community Church (ECLA), 4335 Virginia Avenue

WHY- The peace concert is the offshoot of several community gathers over the year that was catapulted by the  “Take Back High Street Block by Block” March, Clean UP and Community Outreach launched on January 21, 2011 in protest of the violence taking the lives of young people in Oakland.

In January, the neighborhood rose up in arms to begin a neighborhood cleanup and march that culminated with a community commemoration of the work of Dr. Martin Luther Jr. at the Miracles of Faith Church. It was sponsored by High Street Coalition, the Northern California Interreligious Conference and supported by Oakland City Council members: Desley Brooks, Rebecca Kaplan, Libby Schaaf, Larry Reid and Ignacio De. La Fuente and Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby, the launch event was themed: “Together We’re Cleaning Up, Reaching Out and Changing Our Neighborhood Hand in Hand.”

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Editors Note:  For day of point of contact, you can call Reverend Greggory L. Brown at 510 499-3700.

NCIC Appeals to Media to "Give Peace A Chance" via its Peaceful Path Campaign

Northern California Interreligious Conference

4335 Virginia Avenue

Oakland, CA  94619

Public Service/Calendar Notice

For Immediate Release
August  25, 2011                                                                       

Contact:

Jackie Wright, 

415 525 0410                                                                             

Peaceful Path Campaign

Air Dates: Now-September 4, 2011

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NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference is open to every religious or non-religious organization.  Founded in 1919, NCIC is open to all interested in using peaceful methods to improve lives and create justice for all.  Contact NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510 536-6700 or NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES@GMAIL) for details.  It’s not about religion.  It’s about life.  Join the peaceful fun 3 p.m. Sept 4^th. It’s the Dr. Martin Luther King Jazz/Blues Peace Concert featuring Ricardo Scales and Band, Ron Stewart & the Bay Area Blues Society, Rhonda Benin & Soulful Strut and Jazz Latin Salsa Performer Alexa Webber Morales at Miracles of Faith Community Church, 4335 Virginia Avenue in Oakland.

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Everyone has dreams of making it.  The best way to make a dream come true is to help someone else with their dream.  Treat others as you wish to be treated.  You don’t have to fight and kill to make it.  Find out how to make your dreams come true through non-violence.  Call NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510 536-6700 NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES@GMAIL) for more information. It’s not about religion.  It’s about life. Join the peaceful fun 3 p.m. Sept 4^th.  It’s the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jazz/Blues Peace Concert featuring Ricardo Scales and Band, Ron Stewart & the Bay Area Blues Society, Rhonda Benin & Soulful Strut and Jazz Latin Salsa Performer Alexa Webber Morales at Miracles of Faith Community Church, 4335 Virginia Avenue in Oakland.

Run Dates: Evergreen, Now until further notice.

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NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference is open to every religious or non-religious organization.  Founded in 1919, NCIC is open to all interested in using peaceful methods to improve lives and create justice for all.  Contact NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510 536-6700 NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES@GMAIL) for details.  It’s not about religion.  It’s about life.

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Everyone has dreams of making it.  The best way to make a dream come true is to help someone else with their dream.  Treat others as you wish to be treated.  You don’t have to fight and kill to make it.  Find out how to make your dreams come true through non-violence.  Call NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510 536-6700 NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES@GMAIL) for more information.

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Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  taught non-violence for a reason.  Peace is a powerful weapon to fight injustice.  Whether you face a bully at school, in your neighborhood, or anywhere in your community, peaceful solutions can change things powerfully.  Don’t let violence rob you of life and peace.  For more information on peaceful power, contact NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510-536-6700 NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES@GMAIL).  It’s not about religion.  It’s about life.

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Life is your most precious possession.  Getting angry and picking up a gun, not only ends the life of the person you hurt.  You end your life too.  Whether in a man made prison or the prison of your mind, you pay with your life when you kill someone.  For more information on the power of peace, contact NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510 536-6700 or NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES @GMAIL). It’s not about religion.  It’s about life.

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Are you angry because you didn’t get your way or respect? Picking up a gun and taking a life won’t help.  Why do you think your wants and wishes are superior to someone else’s to the point that you would remove a life from the face of the earth? Use your power for peace to build life.  Don’t destroy your life by taking a life.  Contact NCIC, Northern California Interreligious Conference at 510 536-6700 or NCICCARES@GMAIL (N-C-I-C-CARES@GMAIL).  It’s not about religion.  It’s about life.