Interfaith Death Penalty Abolition Dinner Salem, 13 March, St. Mark's.

[John Gear]

Any UUCS members who want to attend this dinner and join the campaign to abolish the death penalty in Oregon are invited to join Rev. Rick and other faith leaders in this important celebration of the idea that a society can advance past barbarism and can admit that killing as a sanction or deterrence for killing has failed completely.

Don't let cost turn you away; if you cannot afford the dinner and still want to attend, contact John Gear for assistance.

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Based on the success of the “People of Faith Against the Death Penalty” fund-raising event in Portland, on October 16^th of last year, OADP has set plans in place to replicate the event in both Salem and Bend in March. The reactions were very positive from those in attendance, from all of the religious leaders who spoke that evening, and from our co-sponsor, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO).
          EMO Executive Director David Leslie stated, “The Portland dinner was very successful and meaningful in helping to inform, energize and mobilize the faithful. We are very pleased to move forward with similar events around the state.”
          Thursday, March 13, is the date set for the Salem event, which will take place at St. Mark Lutheran Church, in downtown Salem. A line-up of thirteen religious leaders has been established and the program host will be Rev. Karen Wood, Willamette University Chaplain.
          A “simple soup supper” will be served starting at 6PM. Tickets are a modest $20, which should allow for a good-sized crowd and for OADP to raise some funds for the important work being done across the state. The program will begin at 7PM with speakers present from the faith communities of Baptist,  Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopal, ELCA Lutheran, Jewish, Mennonite, Presbyterian, Sikh, Society of Friends (Quakers), United Church of Christ, United  Methodist and Unitarian Universalist faiths.  Each will make a brief statement of their faith’s teachings and position on the death penalty.
          Ticket can be purchased by going to the Donate page of OADP's website, www.oadp.org, or by calling (503) 990-7060. Tables of eight can be reserved as well.
          A similar event and format is planned for Bend, on Thursday March 27^th. The line-up for Bend has not been completed, but those committed to speak that night include the bishops of both the Catholic and Episcopal churches of Eastern Oregon, along with a number of other faith leaders.
          Tickets for this event are available in the same manner as stated above for the Salem event. In Bend, the dinner will be held at the First United Methodist Church. Ticket prices are $20 and church groups are encouraged to reserve tables of eight.
          Plans are underway for similar events in McMinnville, Corvallis, Eugene, Medford and Ashland later in the year. If any OADP supporters would like to assist in setting up such an event in your town or helping to stage the events now being planned, please call (503) 990-7060.