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“The Rally for Peace”
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Leif Erickson Park
Noon-3pm
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Featuring Keynote Speaker,
David Hogg
“Engage in the Change: Our Generation Must Own Democracy”
Author, activist, and survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida,
​and co-founder of the March For Our Lives Movement.

 
This year marks the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Peace United Church of Christ. We are marking this important event with a gift to our community. The Rally for Peace is an event whose purpose is to promote a peaceful, nonviolent world, encouraging voter registration and engagement in our democracy.
This rally will also feature speakers from our high schools, universities, Mayor Emily Larson and others. The vision is to register voters and inspire youth to become involved.
 
This gift is true to the mission of Peace Church to be an accessible, open and affirming community growing in Christian faith, committed to peace and justice, and reaching out in healing love to all of creation, including all people, respecting and valuing the diversity of people’s sexual orientation, race, culture, gender, age, opinions, and physical and mental abilities.
 
The Rally for Peace will bring together people of all ages, but most importantly, young people who have been through so much the past three years and whose futures are uncertain with the rise of gun violence and continued school shootings. The climate crisis, new discriminatory laws facing the LGBTQ+ community, and so many other issues, make it more important than ever to reengage our youth, encourage them to become involved, register to vote and create the world they want to live in.

Our featured speaker, David Hogg, was thrust into the world of activism by the largest school shooting in American history. A total of 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Parkland survivor David Hogg has become one of the most compelling voices of his generation. His call to “get over politics and get something done” challenges Americans to stand up, speak out and work to elect morally just leaders, regardless of party affiliation. Passionate in his advocacy to end gun violence, David’s mission of increasing voter participation, civic engagement and activism embraces a range of issues.
 
Hogg is the co-founder of the March For Our Lives, the third largest demonstration in American history, and apart from inspiring a wave of youth-led protests, Hogg and his other co-founders were responsible for registering over 800,000 new voters during the movement. He is the co-author of #NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws the Line and is a student at Harvard University.
 
For more information contact:
Jim Mitulski, Interim Pastor, Peace UCC, 323-578-4454, pastor@peaceucc.org
​Marsha Hystead, committee chair, 218-343-0118, mhystead@haileysault.com