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Big Sunday - Big Sunday Rejects Notion of Los Angeles as Hotbed of Racial and Ethnic Conflict, Bringing Together People of Every Race, Religion, Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status for the Largest Volunteer Project in Los Angeles History, With Over 3500 Volunteers Involved in Over 145 Projects in Every Part of the City. May 2, 2004
(Co-Sponsored by David Lehrer & Joe Hicks, Community Advocates)
...(..more.)... German-Jewish Dialogue - A Watershed Los Angeles Event Bringing Together the Children of Nazis and the Children of Holocaust Survivors for the First Ever Public Forum. Friday, April 16, 2004
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Press Release Read More obout Community Advocates (CAI) Visit Co-Sponsor Community Advocates Web Site Watch Big Sunday Special on Fox Television Big Sunday Rejects Notion of Los Angeles as Hotbed of Racial and Ethnic Conflict, Bringing Together People of Every Race, Religion, Ethnicity and Socio-Economic Status for the Largest Volunteer Project in Los Angeles History, With Over 3500 Volunteers Involved in Over 145 Projects in Every Part of the City. Volunteers Come From and Help In Every Los Angeles Neighborhood. Everyone, Regardless of How Rich or Poor You Are, How Old or Young, What Race, Ethnicity or Religion, Can and Does Help Someone Else. Too
often, What
distinguishes Big Sunday from other grassroots volunteer projects,
and what makes it an unprecedented national rather than a local story, is
its unique philosophy: everyone, regardless of how rich or poor you
are, how old our young you are, what race, ethnicity or religion you are,
can help someone else. This approach was borne out of a conversation
that Big Sunday founder, David Levinson, had with Covenant House,
an agency providing shelter and service to homeless and runaway youth:
“I called Covenant House and asked how we could help them. The
case manager there said that their kids didn't just want to get help --
they needed to do community service, too. That changed everything.
Suddenly it was clear that everyone, from all strata could help others.
That year we had a car wash at Covenant House which included the kids
there (homeless, runaways, former drug addicts, transgender, etc.), as
well as various temple and church youth groups. We raised money to
send to an orphanage in Big
Sunday is a story about an American city in which a poor
day laborer volunteers side-by-side with a wealthy corporate CEO working
together on a common goal that everyone feels good about. It is a
story about Los Angeles, a city where everyone has something to offer
someone else. It is a story about an American city in which a richly
diverse, ethnically mixed population interacts in ways that are, for the
most part, civil and positive, a city where common interests and common
concerns, more often than not, trump race, ethnicity and religion. Big
Sunday, scheduled in 2004 for May 2nd, takes place on one
Sunday each spring, and will involve over 3500 volunteers of all ages,
from preschoolers to seniors. A strictly non-denominational and
apolitical program, volunteers come from all over the city and span the
ideological spectrum, originating from over 100 different organizations,
including churches, synagogues, Buddhist centers, secular, religious and
private schools, and other groups throughout the city. The
volunteers work on more than 145 projects, coming from and helping in
neighborhoods all over Big
Sunday is funded by private and corporate cash grants and in-kind
donations. Volunteers donate time and talent, emphasizing the idea behind
Big Sunday - everyone has something to offer someone else, and everyone
wins when everyone helps. Big Sunday is often the catalyst for good
works in several communities that continue throughout the year. The web
address is www.bigsunday.org.
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the first time after nearly 18 years, the German-Jewish Dialogue of Los
Angeles, bringing together the children of Holocaust survivors and the
children of Nazis, will take place in a public forum on Friday, April
16th. This watershed moment in the history of the Dialogue, a
Dialogue that has proven to be a unique ......(back)....
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