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Kickoff of The Year of Dialogue on Race

Join us on June 21, 2007, at 6:00 pm, on the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol building in Jackson for the kickoff of the year of dialogue!

DRAFT SCHEDULE — SUBJECT TO BE REVISED

6:00 p.m. Call to the table:
Christian ringing of church bells
Jewish Shofar
Muslim Call to Prayer

6:07 p.m. Opening song by Mississippi Girls’ Choir

6:10 p.m. Invocations
Dr. Dolphus Weary, Mission Mississippi
Rabbi Batsheva Appel, Goldring/ Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life
Muslim cleric

6:13 p.m. Welcome
Gov. William F. Winter, Governor of Mississippi, 1980-1984
Justice James E. Graves, Mississippi Supreme Court

6:17 p.m. Spiritual Context of the Year of Dialogue on Race
Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church
Rev. Edgar Berryman, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Rev. Chuck Poole, LifeShare Foundation Community Ministry

6:27 p.m. Music by Choir

6:30 p.m. Explanation of the Year of Dialogue on Race
Young people from Jim Hill High School, Millsaps College, University of Mississippi
(How it will work and a call to commitment, with instructions on going to the designated spot between 6:30 and 8:00 pm to sign the commitment and get more information. There will be a table with information on the website and events already planned.)

6:32 p.m. Closing Song by entire crowd

6:35 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Music by a series of choirs, food and drink, jazz and blues band

THIS IS A DRAFT SCHEDULE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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