KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives (Welcome Page)
Home Page (English) Who we are Programme Areas Take Action! Resources Network and Events Media Room and Statements Donations, Volunteers, and Jobs
Advanced Search Options
  View a printable version of this pageShare a link to this page by e-mail

 

MEDIA ADVISORY
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Lights Out for Earth Hour:
KAIROS and Church of the Holy Trinity Host Event

 

For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Attention: Environment, Religion, City and Entertainment Editors and Reporters

WHO:

KAIROS Toronto Central Committee and The Church of the Holy Trinity

WHAT:

Songs, stories and rituals for the healing of the earth at a candle-lit community event to draw attention to global climate justice as part of Earth Hour.

Special guests:
Dub-poet Michael St. George
Metis Artist Jani Lauzon
Cameroonian Activist Georgine Kengne Djeutane

Members of the public will sign a banner to Prime Minister Stephen Harper by candle light calling on the government of Canada to develop a just and sustainable energy policy.

WHERE:

Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square (behind the Eaton Centre)

WHEN:

8:00 – 9:00PM, Saturday, March 29th, 2008

WHY:

We care for all of creation and are committed to ecological justice

KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives is a church-based nongovernmental organization that works on a wide range of social justice issues in Canada, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, including ecological justice.

- 30 -

For more information:

Adiat Junaid
Communications Coordinator
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
(416) 463 5312, ext. 223
ajunaid
www.kairoscanada.org

Sheilagh McGlynn
KAIROS Program Associate
(416) 463 5312, ext. 246
smcglynn

Top of page

 
   
 
KAIROS
Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
129 St. Clair Ave. West • Toronto, ON • Canada • M4V 1N5
Tel: 416-463-5312 | Toll-free: 1-877-403-8933| Fax: 416-463-5569

E-mail KAIROS

Visioncraft: Envisioning new possibilities, crafting a world renewed.