2009 CRLN Public Policy Delegation: Ecumenical Advocacy Days!

Join CRLN members and friends from March 13 - 16, 2009 for a Public Policy Delegation to Washington DC in collaboration with Ecumenical Advocacy Days!  Whether you are living in Illinois - where we hope to have at least one person attend from each of Illinois' 19 Congressional districts - or are from the CRLN diaspora in other states, we NEED YOU there!  We will join over 1,000 religious advocates from a wide array of Christian communions. Together we'll receive training in advocacy and discuss ways to allocate the abundance of our world in a way that is fair and just for all creation. The event culminates with lobby visits on Monday to legislators and their staffs.

 

CRLN invites you to participate with us in workshops focusing on Latin America, and explore ways to bring about a world with Enough for All Creation.  Latin American civil society leaders as well as human rights advocates here in the U.S. will lead workshops for the Latin America track.  Together, we will then visit with key staffers from Illinois Congressional offices, including Senators and Representatives and urge them to support a more just and fair U.S. policy toward Latin America, one in which there is enough for all creation. Will you come with us?

 

Registration: Register online through the Advocacy Days website: http://www.advocacydays.org/. The cost for the 2009 weekend conference is $160, which includes two lunches and Sunday dinner. Registration after February 13th will be $175. Student scholarships are also available. For more information, visit the Advocacy Days website or email scholarships@advocacydays.org. Also, please consider making a donation to a CRLN Ecumenical Advocacy Days scholarship fund.

 

Conference Site Lodging: All sessions Friday through Sunday will be held at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, which is located across the Potomac River from Washington, DC, in Alexandria, Virginia. Make your reservation under the name "Ecumenical Advocacy Days" for the special $109 (plus tax) per night room rate. The room block is limited so call early! To make reservations, call the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel at (877) 783-8258 or (800) 445-8667. If you want to lower your cost by sharing a room, contact Danielle at the CRLN office to pair with a room-mate.

 

Flights:  Please purchase your own airline tickets to Washington National Airport (DCA) - a free shuttle ride away from the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center and right on the Metro subway line.  Plan to arrive by Friday evening March 13, and depart Monday March 16 at 5:30 pm or later after the lobby day. 

 

 

We need you.  Will you go with us?  Please contact Danielle Wegman at the CRLN office (773/293-2964 or dwegman@crln.org) to join us!