Gathering of Peace Activists at Mother Bethel AME

Church
Commemorating the lives of Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois and
Martin Luther King Jr.

WHEN: April 28th, 2018, 6:00-9:00 PM

WHERE: Mother Bethel AME Church, 419 S 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
CONTACT: yearofdubois@gmail.com

Tens of millions of people around the world are acutely aware of the danger of war including world war

and nuclear war. Peace is a decisive issue for our time. On April 28th, 2018 a gathering of Philadelphians

concerned with peace will take place at Mother Bethel AME Church from 6:00-9:00 PM. The program

entitled “BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS” will bring together Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and

Buddhist peace traditions.

The legacies of Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King Jr. will be commemorated as

fighters for world peace and against nuclear war. Their example compels us to continue struggling for

positive peace which includes racial and economic justice.

The speeches, music and words of Paul Robeson, Martin Luther King Jr. and W.E.B. Du Bois will be

played as we explore a way forward to build a peace movement in this time of perpetual war.

Organized by the Saturday Free School along with Mother Bethel AME Church, we invite the public and

activists to attend this second symposium of the 2018 Year of W.E.B. Du Bois (​www.yearofdubois.org​)