Upcoming Events:FCNL

Upcoming Events: Ecumenical Advocacy Days, Native American Media Symposium Mark your calendar now! This March you have the chance to take part in two exciting events happening in Washington, DC. A national media symposium, organized by FCNL, will examine how to increase media coverage of Native American issues, and the fourth annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days, which FCNL cosponsors with many other faith-based organizations, will provide practical tools for people of faith seeking to influence the government. With sincere wishes for peace, Kathy Guthrie Ecumenical Advocacy Days (March 11-13, 2006): More than 1,000 people of faith will participate in the fourth annual national gathering of grassroots progressive religious activists in Washington, DC. Participants will focus on a broad spectrum of international and domestic policies and develop strategies and tactics to advocate for building a just global community that nurtures peace, alleviates poverty, and protects the integrity of God's creation. FCNL is sponsoring this year's Ecumenical Advocacy Days along with more then 30 other faith-based groups. The event will provide Friends, church leaders, lay-persons, and others interested in advocacy with a mix of worship, music, prayer, issue briefings, speakers and advocacy training workshops. The three-day session ends with a day of lobbying during which participants will meet with their representatives in Congress to communicate their concerns about domestic and foreign policies. Find out more at http://www.advocacydays.org Communications and Contemporary Native Americans (March 2-3, 2006): The absence of Indian voices in the mainstream media and popular culture affects public policies and public perceptions. Participants in the Native American media symposium, “Who Wants to Hear Our Story,” will include American Indian leaders, Native and Non-Native opinion makers, congressional staff and members of Congress, religious leaders, and other advocates. The symposium will be held in Washington, DC following a meeting of Native American leaders. The event will include discussions comparing and contrasting the current challenges and realities in Indian Country with the public images portrayed in the media; focused workshops to create a better representation of Native Americans in the news and entertainment industries; and presentations on the effect a compelling Native narrative would have on public policy. Learn more about the event and register at: http://www.fcnl.org/nativeam/media_symp.htm ________________________________________ Contact Congress and the Administration: http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/ Contribute to FCNL: http://www.fcnl.org/donate/ Order FCNL publications and "War is Not the Answer" campaign bumper stickers and yard signs: http://www.fcnl.org/pubs/ http://www.fcnl.org/forms/forms.php?type=bump Subscribe or update your information to this list: http://capwiz.com/fconl/mlm/. To unsubscribe from this list, please see the end of this message. Subscribe to other FCNL legislative, policy, and action alert lists: http://www.fcnl.org/forms/forms.php?type=ls. ________________________________________ Friends Committee on National Legislation 245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795 fcnl@fcnl.org * http://www.fcnl.org phone: (202)547-6000 * toll-free: (800)630-1330 We seek a world free of war and the threat of war We seek a society with equity and justice for all We seek a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled We seek an earth restored.