Latest Guides

Faith & Religion News

Marian Wright Edelman to Preach at All Saints Church December 8

Published on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 | 4:07 pm
 

Marian Wright Edelman will be in the All Saints pulpit on Sunday, December 8, at the 11:15 a.m. service to preach on the intersection between prison, poverty, children and gun violence. Founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), Mrs. Edelman has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life.

The first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, Marian Wright Edelman directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi, and moved to Washington D.C. in l968 as counsel for the Poor People’s Campaign. She is in Los Angeles for the 2013 CDF Conference “Next Steps in Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline in CA.” For more information call (626) 796-1172.

All Saints Church is at 132 N. Euclid Avenue, Pasadena (directly across Euclid from Pasadena City Hall) or visit www.allsaints-pas.org.

Get our daily Pasadena newspaper in your email box. Free.

Get all the latest Pasadena news, more than 10 fresh stories daily, 7 days a week at 7 a.m.

Make a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 

 

 

buy ivermectin online
buy modafinil online
buy clomid online
buy ivermectin online