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On Sunday, Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-01) will welcome a delegation of ten Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members led by CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield to Ferguson, Missouri to attend a special church service that will both honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and show support for increasing civic participation in the local community.

The public is invited to join the CBC as they pray for unity, courage, healing and direct transformative action in Ferguson, New York, and across our nation.

Reporters, photographers, and camera crews are invited to attend. 

WHO:

Reverend F. Willis Johnson, Pastor of Wellspring Church

Congressman G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus

Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-01)

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)

Congressman Jim Clyburn (SC-06), Assistant Democratic Leader

Congressman André Carson (IN-07)

Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37)

Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03)

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11)

Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee (TX-18)

Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-12)

Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02)

WHAT:                

CBC to Attend Church Service in Ferguson to Commemorate Dr. King’s Legacy and Show Support for Civic Participation in Community                           

WHEN:

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Program begins at 10:45 a.m. CST

WHERE:              

Wellspring Church

33 South Florissant Road

Ferguson, MO 63135

Contact:             

CBC/National Press: Kim Atterbury, (202) 465-5125 or Kim.Atterbury@mail.house.gov

Rep. Clay/Local Press: Steven Engelhardt, (314) 504-4029 or Steven.Engelhardt@mail.house.gov

Wellspring Church: Nina Thompson, (314) 550-2004 or NichePRandComm@yahoo.com  

Media should arrive to start set-up at 10:00 a.m. CST on Sunday

www.TheCongressionalBlackCaucus.com

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