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2004 Conference Agenda

Marriott Wardman Park

7:30 – 8:30
Sign In & Continental Breakfast
Cotillion Foyer

8:30 – 9:00
Proud Past: Morning Plenary (Read transcript in PDF)
Cotillion Ballroom

Invocation

  • Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Associate General Secretary of Public Policy, National Council of Churches

Welcome

  • John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress

Introductory Speech

  • Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

9:00 – 10:30
Presentation of Papers (Read transcript in PDF)
Moderator: Sister Maureen Fiedler, SL, Host, Interfaith Voices

The Role of Spirituality in the Civil Rights Movement

  • Rev. Bernard LaFayette, Director, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, University of Rhode Island

Changing the Wind: Movements of Faith for Economic Justice

  • Jim Wallis, Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners Magazine

International Human Rights and the Women's Movement

  • Dr. Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College

Remarks

  • Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

10:45 – 12:15
Promising Future: Concurrent Policy Discussions

Hoover Room (Read transcript in PDF)

The National Budget: A Reflection of Our Values
Moderator: Christian Weller, Senior Economist, Center for American Progress

  • Rev. Cheryl Sanders, Senior Pastor, Third Street Church of God
  • Dr. Heather Boushey, Research Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research 
  • Professor Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council

Salon 1 (Read transcript in PDF)

Ethical Foreign Policy and the Global Community
Moderator: Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

  • Rev. Bryan Hehir, President, Catholic Charities of Boston
  • Dr. David Elcott, Director, Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Council
  • Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Founder, American Sufi Muslim Society
  • Dr. Susan Thistlethwaite, President, Chicago Theological Seminary

Coolidge Room(Read transcript in PDF)

Balancing Priorities: Meeting National Energy Needs While Being Responsible Stewards of the Earth
Moderator: Mark Agrast, Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress

  • Carol Browner, former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
  • Rev. Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches and former Member of Congress
  • Stephanie Kaza, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont
  • Peter Adriance, NGO Liaison, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States

12:30 – 2:00
Lunch and Keynote Speech (Read transcript in PDF)
Cotillion Ballroom

Blessing

  • Father Charles Currie, SJ, President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

Introductory Remarks

  • Rev. Welton Gaddy, President, Interfaith Alliance

Keynote Address

  • Rev. Dr. James Forbes, The Riverside Church

Closing Statements

  • John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress

Reflections & Benediction

  • Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim Chaplain, Georgetown University Campus Ministry