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Ground for Hope -Environmental Conference

Ground for Hope is an Interfaith Religious-Environmental Education & Training Event . There will be workshops, environmental justice and advocacy training, teachings on Eco-Preaching, green facility instruction, tours of green job sites and buildings, and much more.  The keynote address will be given by the Rev. Dr. Robert Edgar, former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, and President & CEO of Common Cause.  The culmination of the conference will be an Interfaith Seder for the Earth held at Mother Bethel AME, one of the first African American churches in the U.S.  You are invited to come to all or part of Ground for Hope.  

The conference will start on April 10 @ 2pm in NW Philly at Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Ave. (off Shurs Lane in Manayunk).

The conference will move on Monday, April  11 to:  The Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia (8:30 - 6)

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The culmination will be an Interfaith Seder for the Earth at Mother Bethel AME Church, 419 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia (6:30-9 PM)

 For the full schedule, more information and registration:  www.greenfaith.org

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