7th Annual Unity Walk
Sunday, September 11, 2011
12:30 pm Registration Opens – Washington Hebrew, 3935 Macomb Street, Washington, DC 20016
12:30-2:15 pm Service Fair – Details TBD
1:00-1:25 pm Kirtan Musicians – performing in auditorium as participants gather
1:25pm Muslim Call to Prayer – Imam Abdullah Khouj, Islamic Center of Washington
1:30-2:00 pm Program Begins – Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Opening Remarks – MC Maureen Fiedler, SL Interfaith Voices, WAMU 88.5
- Senior Rabbi Bruce Lustig, M.A.H.L., Washington Hebrew Congregation
- Special Remarks – “title of speech,” Sheikh Hamza Yusuf
- Most Rev. Barry Knestau, Auxiliary Bishop, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
2:15 – 4:15 pm Open Houses – Participants must choose between activities during three blocks of Open House presentations. Volunteer ushers will guide foot traffic between stops and at major road intersections.
2:15-2:45 pm
- Christ Church – “Blessings, Speaking in Tongues and Miracles”
3855 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Annunciation Catholic Church – Guided tours of the church
3810 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - National Gurdwara- Turban-tying demonstration
3810 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - St. Albans- Choral Music Presentation and Tour
3000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
3:00-3:30 pm
- National Gurdwara- Turban-tying demonstration
3801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Community of Christ – TBD
3526 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - St. Nicholas Cathedral – Guided Tour
3500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Soka Gakkai International- “A Chance to Chant”
3417 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
3:45-4:15 pm
- Embassy of the Vatican- Greeting from Jean Francis
3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Khalil Gibran Memorial Park –“The Experience of Mantra Meditation” led by Bali Adawal
3100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW - Islamic Center of Washington – Guided tours of the Mosque preceding the program
2551 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
4:30-5:00 pm Unity Walk Program Resumes
Islamic Center of Washington, 2551 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
- Welcome: Imam Abdullah Khouj, Islamic Center of Washington
- Special remarks – The Rev. Bill Haley / Rabbi Jack Moline
- Title of speech: Karen Armstrong, Charter for Compassion, Winner, TEDPrize
- Tell People to walk – Arun Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
- “Amazing Grace,” St. Augustine’s Gospel Choir – All faiths join together for a dramatic statement from the Islamic Center in Washington, DC to the World
5:00-5:45 pm Procession and Closing Celebration ending at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
- “O Happy Day!” – A “Gandhi-style Walk” and gospel procession led by Arun Gandhi and the St. Augustine Gospel Choir
- Introduction – TBD, representative, United Hindu Jain Temple Association
- Arun Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
- Imam Mohamed Majid, Islamic Society of North America
- Closing Prayer – TBD