<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ann Rasmus</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ann@universityymca.org">ann@universityymca.org</a>></span><br>

Date: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:27 PM<br>Subject: Nuns on the Bus, please promote!<br>To: "<a href="mailto:presbyrev@mac.com">presbyrev@mac.com</a> \"<a href="mailto:dcamp@wesleypantry.org">dcamp@wesleypantry.org</a>\"" <<a href="mailto:dcamp@wesleypantry.org">dcamp@wesleypantry.org</a>>, "Szoke, Claire O" <<a href="mailto:cszoke@illinois.edu">cszoke@illinois.edu</a>>, Keith Harris <<a href="mailto:presbyrev@me.com">presbyrev@me.com</a>>, Rachel Storm <<a href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com">rachelstrm@gmail.com</a>>, Nancy Dietrich <<a href="mailto:nancydietrich@juno.com">nancydietrich@juno.com</a>><br>

Cc: Mike Doyle <<a href="mailto:mike@universityymca.org">mike@universityymca.org</a>>, Megan Flowers <<a href="mailto:megan@universityymca.org">megan@universityymca.org</a>>, "Wantland, Ross A" <<a href="mailto:wantland@illinois.edu">wantland@illinois.edu</a>><br>

<br><br>Dear Friday Forum team,<br><br>Here's the blurb for <b>Nuns on the Bus</b>.  Please, please take a few minutes to look at your address book and find some folks to forward it to personally.  Duplication is good!<br>

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Megan has done an excellent job in getting the word out with press release, etc. but as we know personal invitations go a long way.<br><br>Thanks very much.  I'm excited to get this series going!<br><br>Ann<br clear="all">


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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif">Catholic Sisters, Missioned to Stand with People in Need for Economic Justice  </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">


 </p><div><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;font-size:9pt">Inspired
 by the national "Nuns on the Bus" tour organized by NETWORK, A National
 Catholic Social Justice Lobby, Sister Mary Ellen Lacy will highlight 
the work Catholic Sisters do to meet the needs of people at the economic
 margins, revealing how federal budget cuts proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan 
(R-WI) and passed by the House of Representatives will hurt struggling 
families in our communities.</span>
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</div><p style="font-size:9pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;margin-top:0px">"Nuns on the Bus" is a part of he Spring 2013 Friday Forum Series<strong> Faith in Action</strong>,
 featuring speakers from across the spectrum of faith traditions who are
 compelled by their faith to engage in bold and creative forms of 
action. All lectures are  free and open to the public.  Lunch  is 
available at the Y Eatery for $6.50/3.00 student (The Y Eatery now 
accepts credit and debit cards).<strong>   </strong></p><p style="font-size:9pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;margin-top:0px"><a shape="rect">For more information, please visit our website:</a>  </p>


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</strong><div style="text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><em>Friday
 Forum is sponsored by the University YMCA, Channing-Murray Foundation, 
The Chapel of Saint John the Divine Episcopal Church, First Mennonite 
Church, McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, Saint Matthew 
Lutheran Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, Wesley Foundation at 
the University of Illinois, UIUC Hillel/Cohen Center, Office of 
Inclusion and Intercultural Relations, Interfaith in Action (RSO), Paid 
for by SORF. </em></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><a name="13c89112bc028300_13c831650b2403dd_LETTER.BLOCK48"></a> <br>-- <br>Ann Rasmus<br>Program Director<br>Art @ the Y, Faith & Justice<br>University YMCA<br>

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