[SEMCO] The "Titanic" and Global Warming (April 14)

[Murphydalzell at aol.com]

INVITATION TO APRIL 14th GATHERING
 
The RMS "Titanic" will be remembered on Saturday afternoon, April 14th,  
during a special gathering in Hyannis that will focus attention on global  warming 
and social justice.
 
The "Titanic" hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and sank the next morning,  
with heavy loss of life....  The world was horrified and the story of the  
"unsinkable ship"  has often been told in movies and in  popular  books...... The  
"Titanic" tragedy has become a symbol of two  things....  Human  
technological pride and reckless behavior  and also - when disasters occur -  humanity's 
failure to respond to  the poor and others who are easily marginalized during 
the rush to the  lifeboats.... Keep these lessons in mind during global warming 
 discussions.
 
 
Individuals will gather on April 14, 2007, at 1:30 pm, at the corner of  
Ocean and South streets, overlooking Hyannis Harbor...  There will be a  walk to 
the Federated Church of Hyannis, 320 Main Street, for an interfaith  service 
that will begin at 2:00 pm.   All people, of all faiths, are  invited.  The 
building is accessible for people with  disabilities.   The event is sponsored by 
the Cape Cod Council of  Churches with support from the Sierra Club.
 
The featured speaker will be Rev. Robert Francis Murphy, a Unitarian  
Universalist minister who has been involved with global warming and  environmental 
justice issues for many years.
Rev. Murphy recently spoke about energy and social  justice at the  national 
environmental justice conference at Howard University Law School, in  
Washington, DC.
 
Woods Hole has a display of "Titanic" photographs and items.  In 1986,  the 
Deep Submergence Laboratory  team at WHOI discovered the wreck of the  
"Titanic"   There is a "Titanic" display at the WHOI museum in Woods  Hole....  And, 
of course,  there are many scientists and  environmentalists  in Woods Hole who 
are very concerned about global  warming issues....  For information about 
the Hyannis gathering on April  14th, please call the Unitarian Universalist 
church in  Falmouth.    Telephone: (508)  457-0449.



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