Sojourners Presidential Candidates Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty



I'm putting out sections of this press briefing from Sojourners. It will be broadacast by CNN from 7-8 p.m. ET. Not sure if it will be rebroadcast in the same prime time period out here in Pacific Time.
I'm pleased to add into this that Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) -- my denomination -- will be among the panelists who will be questioning the three Democratic candidates -- Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama.




Presidential Candidates Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty in June


The first candidates forum on faith and values attracts leading candidates Clinton, Edwards, and Obama
WHAT: Presidential Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty
WHEN: Monday, June 4, 2007, at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Lisner Auditorium,
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
WHO: Senator Hillary Clinton, former Senator John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama

Washington, DC – (Wednesday, May 16, 2007) Sojourners, the largest national network of progressive Christians, announced today that it will host a candidates forum on faith, values, and poverty on Monday, June 4, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. featuring the three leading Democratic presidential contenders: Senator Hillary Clinton, former Senator John Edwards, and Senator Barack Obama. CNN has joined Sojourners as a media partner and has agreed to broadcast the forum live from the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Jim Wallis, the bestselling author of God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It, and a founder of Sojourners, invited the leading Democratic candidates to participate in a substantive national conversation on faith and values, with a particular emphasis on poverty. Senators Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, and Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) have agreed to participate in the forum. The question and answer format will be used with each candidate, who will appear on stage one candidate at a time. Sojourners has extended an invitation to the leading Republican candidates for a September forum in Iowa.

The forum will take place during Sojourners’ annual Pentecost conference, which is a national mobilization of progressive Christian lay and clergy leaders, and will be co-sponsored by Catholics In Alliance for the Common Good, the ONE Campaign, Oxfam America and Eastern University.

"We are excited that the leading candidates will be meeting with faithful voters who are hungry for a real conversation about the big moral issues of our time," said Wallis. "The forum will focus on faith and values, with a special emphasis on poverty. This conversation will offer faithful voters insights into each candidate’s moral compass and help to guide their decisions as they consider the candidates running for president of the United States."
Sojourners/Call to Renewal is a Christian ministry whose mission is to articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world. Visit http://www.sojo.net/, http://www.redletterchristians.org/, and http://www.godspolitics.com/.

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