Rare Appearance by John Conyers, Chair of House Judiciary.
The Rumi Forum this week hosted it's awards. The awardees were diverse and included a wise-cracking Nun (who has written a book undermining Papal infallability by tracking all Papal policy positions and statements which have changed over the ages which she was sure would get her in trouble) who runs an interfaith public radio show at 3:00 pm on WAMU every Sunday, an esteemed Catholic U. professor of ancient middle eastern languages, Congress-persons and other esteemed notables.
John Conyers, it is worth noting made a delightful appearance at which he indicated that he ran on a platform on "Jobs, Justice and Peace" more years ago than most of us remember but it is still as timely a message and mission as when he first ran for Congress. He very strongly denounced the anticipated "Surge" of troops in Afghanistan and decidedly indicated he would let his buddy Obama know that such a move would not solve ultimately the crisis that country faces. He believes if we surge or not we will still be facing the same mess, more or less, which cannot be solved militarily.
The room, full of people with a mind to bridge the religious divide to make hostilities cease and peace reign heartily applauded this House veteran who reminded us that he is the only sitting House member who was officially endorsed by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself. That's how old he is, but don't tell him, because he is as boldly vibrant as any of the youth in the House now. It was a huge thrill to get to see him address the collection of prayer warriers at the Rumi Forum event.
Many thanks to the Forum for hosting such a delightfully inspiring evening.
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