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The first ten organizations that respond to this email will receive a full registration to the Interfaith Alliance Conference: Mountains of Hope, New Frontiers of Religious Liberty. Please email me at dredwing@interfaithalliance.org before Wednesday, April 18 at noon, mountain time. Put SCHOLARSHIP in the subject line. Include the name and the contact information for the scholarship recipient.

I have full scholarships that I would like to give to Colorado and Wyoming non-profits. Please respond ASAP. And please read below, we have an extraordinary conference, incredible workshops and world-class speakers.



Donna Red Wing
First Freedom First Director
Senior Advisor for Program & Development
The Interfaith Alliance & The Interfaith Alliance Foundation


The Interfaith Alliance

11th Annual

National Leadership Gathering

Denver, CO - May 3-6, 2007

At the Omni Interlocken Hotel

Hands on Activism and Learning to Protect Religious Freedom

The first ten organizations that respond to this email will receive a full registration to the Interfaith Alliance Conference: Mountains of Hope, New Frontiers of Religious Liberty. Please email me at dredwing@interfaithalliance.org before Wednesday, April 18 at noon, mountain time. Put SCHOLARSHIP in the subject line. Include the name and the contact information for the scholarship recipient.

I have full scholarships that I would like to give to Colorado and Wyoming non-profits. Please respond ASAP. And please read below, we have an extraordinary conference, incredible workshops and world-class speakers.



Donna Red Wing
First Freedom First Director
Senior Advisor for Program & Development
The Interfaith Alliance & The Interfaith Alliance Foundation


The Interfaith Alliance

11th Annual

National Leadership Gathering

Denver, CO - May 3-6, 2007

At the Omni Interlocken Hotel




Thursday, May 3, 2007

4:45 pm Legislate to Stop the Hate Rally

City & County Building, Denver, Colorado



Friday, May 4, 2007

8:00 am Breakfast

9:00 Welcome with

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy

9:15 Opening Ritual

10:00 Remarks by Governor Bill Ritter

10:30 Keynote Address by

Rev. Amos Brown, civil rights leader

11:45 Luncheon Speaker Bob Edgar

1:30-5:00 pm Workshops*

5pm-7pm Political Cartoons & Cocktails featuring cartoonist Mike Keefe



Saturday, May 5, 2007

8:00 am Breakfast

9:15 One Nation Many Faiths

10:30 Youth and The Interfaith Alliance

11:45 "Preaching to the Choir,"

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy

1:30-5:00 pm Workshops*

6:30-9:00 pm The Bishop Francis Murphy

Awards Banquet



Sunday, May 6th, 2007

9:00 am Sunday Brunch with Jazz Piano

11:00 First Freedom First:

Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy and

Rev. Barry Lynn





Register Online At: interfaithalliance.org/nlg, Or Call Shantá Gray: 800.510.0969

The Interfaith Alliance, 1331 HSt. NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC20005

www.interfaithalliance.org









Workshop Descriptions

Basics of non-profit organization - the fundamentals, structure and operations of a nonprofit organization
Bridging the divide - working with progressives and conservatives towards common goals
Netroots Grassroots - using technology in activism
110th legislative priorities - TIA's top priorities in the 110th congress
Organizing youth programs - a workshop that will help adults learn the basics of organizing youth
Religion and sexuality - The director of The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing, an ecumenical, interfaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society will speak to the issues at the intersection of religion and sexuality.
Effective TIA lobbying - Local alliances will speak to their successes and challenges lobbying at the state level
Building coalitions for action - case study of three issues that brought together interesting and challenging coalitions.
Postcards from the field - best practices and great challenges are shared from veteran field activists
Foundations Project
First Freedom First house party - join the First Freedom First staff and learn about America's first freedoms at a simulated first freedom first house party...
Working with state legislatures - learn the basics of working with your state legislators with former Colorado State Representative and current Director of NCSL's Center for Ethics in Government, Peggy Kearns
Film on hate crimes - "A Dream in Doubt" is an immigrant story in a world in which patriotism has morphed into murder."
Film discussion - "A Dream in Doubt" producer Preet Singh will facilitate a discussion of the film.
Making your vision for the community a reality - Romal Tune, president of Clergy Strategic Alliances will offer skills and strategies and challenge you with new levels of responsibility around political, social, and economic action.
Court-stripping - Dealing with efforts to take jurisdiction or discretion away from a court or a particular judge, often to deny a particular group access to the courts.
Managing Membership - How to really listen to and hear your membership. Hands on workshop designed to create better membership relationships.
Conflict Resolution - Tools for Conflict Resolution in Interfaith Dialogue
Direct Marketing Boot Camp - The science and the art of direct marketing
Setting and Defining Priorities - the ying and the yang relationship of local and national priorities
Earth Charter -Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda, the Vice Provost for Internationalization and a John Evans University Professor at the School of Law, University of Denver, will lead the Earth Charter discussion as you experience the display.
Facilitating Interfaith Dialogue - TIA Vice President, Suzie Armstrong, will lead a panel on the best practices creating and sustaining interfaith dialogue
Faith-based Initiatives & The Criminal Justice System - Grassroots Leadership, a North Carolina social justice group will help us understand private prisons and faith specific prisons.
Making the Ask - Our development department will help you create your strategy to ask people for money, face-to-face.
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Donna Red Wing
First Freedom First Director
Senior Advisor for Program & Development
The Interfaith Alliance & The Interfaith Alliance Foundation
1331 H Street, NW | Washington, DC 20005
P. 303-670-5013| F. 303-679-8762| C. 303-903-3621| TREO. 202-689-4068

dredwing@interfaithalliance.org | www.interfaithalliance.org


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