The following is an e-mail that was sent out as a reminder about tomorrow’s constitutional reform hearing. Please pass this information on to anyone that you think would be interested…
Hello Constitutional Reform Advocates,
I just wanted to send a quick reminder about the Public Hearing on SB52 tomorrow (Valentine’s Day) from 10:00am to 12:00pm in Room 727 of the State House Building (11 South Union Street) in Montgomery. Remember, if you would like to speak in support of SB52, please arrive no later than 9:45am to sign-up.
After the public hearing, people are invited by Greater Birmingham Ministries to walk down Dexter Avenue to the King Memorial Baptist Church to break bread together. In the downstairs meeting room, you can eat the lunch that you have brought or you can pre-order and buy a lunch that will be waiting for you. If you are interested in being a part of this, please go to the following web page (as soon as possible) for details: http://www.gbm.org/al_constitution_reform.htm
I hope to see many of you in Montgomery this Valentine’s Day as we urge our Legislators to Show Alabama Some Love & Let the People Vote!
Take care,
Hill
Hill Carmichael
Training & Communications Organizer
Constitutional Reform Education Campaign
Greater Birmingham Ministries
2304 12th Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35234
205.326.6821, ext. 108
http://www.gbm.org
Filed under: church fires
Here it is: an extremely short entry allowing me to throw in my two cents worth about the senseless church burnings in Alabama recently.
I feel sorry for the two “friends” (as the profiled suspects have been described by news accounts) that have to get their kicks by destroying houses of worship in the dark of night. I am extremely sorry that the congregants of these churches have to suffer as emotional a loss as visiting the remains of their buildings and now only having their memories of these structures in these communities. The people that are suffering now though have something that our currently elusive criminals most likely do not; the strength to continue on and support each other as a church community. Those buildings are important, but not nearly as important as the life that goes on outside of those buildings week after week that is shared when the community comes together. They are only destroying a physical structure while the one that has developed over the years among attendees continues to grow and survive.
When they are captured, these guys will probably not even realize that their attempt to destroy has only led to more building and support than ever before. I feel sorry that they will not be able to comprehend that either.N.B. I have added a couple more groups to my list of progressive organizations with the original post. Let me know if you have any others. Thanks…