From: http://www.picturethehomeless.org Dear Friends and Members, Please join Picture the Homeless for an Interfaith Memorial Service dedicated to our Homeless Brothers and Sisters who have passed away this year. This powerful event is held annually on the longest night of the year (December 21st). This year's theme: HONORING OUR ANCESTORS: STANDING UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY! With presentations from Pastor Katrina Foster of Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church, Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid of the Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood, Rabbi Michael Feinberg of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, New York City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, and community ministers from Judson Memorial Church. Friday, December 21, 2007 Hosted by Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square So.

Carolers To Serenade Congressional Scrooge On Staten Island MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY STATEN ISLAND PO Box 40921 Staten Island, NY 10304 statenisland@ mds-nyc.org www.mds-nyc. org Contact: Elaine Brower 917.520.0767 Richie Marini 718.781.4443 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOLIDAY CAROLERS TO VISIT OFFICE OF NEW YORK CITY'S "ONLY CONGRESSIONAL SCROOGE" Staten Island, NY. On Fridaym December 21st, the fourth iteration of the Iraq Moratorium, holiday carolers will gather at the Staten Island office of New York City's only "Congressional Scrooge" - Rep. Vito Fossella (R, 13th CD). Peace activists and military veterans from around the City will join members of the Raging Grannies at 4434 Amboy Road at 7 pm - to serenade Fossella who has "stubbornly refused to meet with his constituents to discuss his voting record on the Iraq War," according to military mom Elaine Bower, who lives in Great Kills.