Day on the Hill
Change Begins With Us - Day on the Hill 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
JRLC's Day on the Hill is our annual policy briefing and lobby day. Participants are briefed on portions of the JRLC agenda that are being debated and voted on at our State Capitol. Clergy and lay people from across the state attend Day on the Hill to show our interfaith commitment to social justice and to participate in the lawmaking process. Registration is required. Participants gather in the morning at RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul for inspiration and issue briefings. Buses then transport us to the Capitol for a short rally. Meetings are held with legislators in the afternoon. Buses shuttle between RiverCentre and the Capitol until 4 p.m.
Tentative Schedule
RiverCentre, 7th St. and Kellogg Ave, downtown St. Paul
8:30 Gathering, Registration, Breakfast
8:55 Welcome, Opening Prayer, About the Day
9:30 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, Islamic Society of North America
10:00 Issue Briefings Brian Rusche, JRLC and Marie (Reigstad) Ellis, Catholic Charities Office for Social Justice
10:30 District Table Discussion, Alison Killeen, JRLC, and District Leaders
11:15 Bus to the Capitol
Rotunda and State Capital Complex
11:45 2011 Interfaith Social Justice Awards
- iCAN Key Advocate of 2012 Award
- 2012 Interfaith Social Justice Community Award
- 2012 Lawrence D. Gibson Interfaith Social Justice Award
12:15 A Prayer for Justice
Afternoon Meetings with your legislators in Capitol or State Office Building
2:00 iCAN Key Advocate Caucus
3:15 Closing Action and Prayer
Drop off debriefing sheets and evaluation form and recycle name tags at front door of Capitol
4:00 Last shuttle back to RiverCentre
Shuttle Service: 17 school buses will begin departing RiverCentre at 11:15 to get all of us to the Capitol by 11:45. Look for the JRLC sign in the bus window. Two school buses will regularly shuttle between the front entrance of the Capitol and RiverCentre starting at 1:00 pm and the last shuttle departs from the Capitol at 4:00 pm.
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Last year's Day on the Hill was held March 20, 2012 —
And What Does God Require?
800 participants joined us on March 20, 2012 for our annual Day on the Hill.
Rev. Alika Galloway, Kwanzaa Community Church, was our keynote speaker. The theme, And What Does God Require?, comes from Deuteronomy 10: 12-13, 17-18.
Our 2011 Keynote Speaker was Father David McCauley, Interim Executive Director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference. You can watch video of Father David McCauley here. You can also click here to hear Governor Dayton address our 2011 Day on the Hill attendees.