Religion Briefs
Lecture, panel take up environmental justice
The concept of justice in managing and using natural resources will be explored by the keynote speaker in the annual Umematsu and Yasu Watada Lectures next week.A panel of local activists will interact with the Rev. Adora Iris Lee after her lecture at 7 p.m. Monday at Church of the Crossroads on "Environmental justice challenges for the 21st century: How can people of faith respond?"
They will include Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele, leader of the Independent Sovereign Nation of Hawaii, Lynette Cruz, coordinator of Ahu Pua'a Action Alliance, and Dr. Fred Dodge, of Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.
Lee works in the United Church of Christ national office on public life and social policy. Before entering the ministry, she worked for 25 years as a public health advisor in Washington, D.C., where she won acclaim for leadership in HIV prevention and services and as an advocate for health care for underprivileged people.
She will also speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the University of Hawaii law school, classroom 2. Her topic is "the role played by youth and students in the emerging global environmental justice movement." The talk will be preceded by a reception.
The school's environmental law program is co-sponsoring the event.
World Day of Prayer service at St. Andrew's
Prayers composed by Christian women in Lebanon, celebrating the fragile peace in their country, which has suffered a long civil war, will be used at the annual World Day of Prayer service.Members of several local churches will participate in the event at 4 p.m. tomorrow at St. Andrew's Cathedral Parke Chapel. It is open to the public.
The Hawaii service is timed to mesh with events in 179 countries so that prayers are offered from sunrise to sunset around the globe.
The Hawaii chapter of Church Women United is the sponsor.
For free parking, enter from Beretania Street. Call Barbara Vlachos, 955-6868, to arrange child care.
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