Contents: WHY REMEMBER SOWETO? • TOWARD A NEW SOUTH AFRICA • PRELUDE Bennie Jo Williams • WELCOME Bishop George Hunt • STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Joseph Newsome • PROCESSIONAL Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson • CALL TO WORSHIP Evelyn Johnson Moore • MEDITATION Ntsiki's Testimony Mpho Matima • SONG Azanian Freedom Song, R.I. Feminist Chorus • READING The Birth of Our Daughters, George Bass • SONG Asimbonanga, R.I. Feminist Chorus • READING Ramona Bass • SONG Oh, Freedom • READING The Night Keeps Winking (excerpts), Kambaze Elemad • RESPONSE • SONG Go Down, Moses, Church of God and Saints of Christ Congregational Choir • READING The Cordoned Heart,...
Contents: WHY REMEMBER SOWETO? • TOWARD A NEW SOUTH AFRICA • PRELUDE Bennie Jo Williams • WELCOME Bishop George Hunt • STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Joseph Newsome • PROCESSIONAL Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson • CALL TO WORSHIP Evelyn Johnson Moore • MEDITATION Ntsiki's Testimony Mpho Matima • SONG Azanian Freedom Song, R.I. Feminist Chorus • READING The Birth of Our Daughters, George Bass • SONG Asimbonanga, R.I. Feminist Chorus • READING Ramona Bass • SONG Oh, Freedom • READING The Night Keeps Winking (excerpts), Kambaze Elemad • RESPONSE • SONG Go Down, Moses, Church of God and Saints of Christ Congregational Choir • READING The Cordoned Heart, Venus Prescott • RESPONSE • SONG Hymn of the Partisans, by Hirsch Glik, Sue Metcalfe • READING I Am a Rebel and Freedom is My Cause, Lebogang Mashile and Emma Katzberg • MESSAGE Archbishop Desmond Tutu • SONG They Are Marching in Africa, Joyce Katzberg-Grady • TESTIMONIES FROM FAITH TRADITIONS • SONG: Someday the World Will Be as One, Suzanne and Kingsley Swan • OFFERING Carol Bragg • OFFERTORY MUSIC Bennie Jo Williams • SONG We Shall Overcome • CALL TO ACTION Rev. Preston Magana • SONG: God Bless Africa • LIGHTING OF CANDLES • BENEDICTION Rev. Preston Mangana • POSTLUDE • Program for an event on the 12th anniversary of the Soweto uprising at the Cathedral of St. John on June 12 sponsored by Rhode Island Divest and the religious community of Rhode Island. The program describes the student uprising in Soweto on June 16, 1976, where 20,000 African students marched to protest making the Afrikaans language compulsory in black schools. A South African judge's investigation found that police opened fire after some youths threw stones, first wounded a 13-year-old boy and then killing a number of students. The protests grew to encompass the full range of black grievances against apartheid. In 1977, boycotts and unrest grew after Steve Biko was killed while in detention; the government had detained scores of people and banned 18 Black Consciousness organizations. Sponsors of the Interfaith Service are Advocacy, Justice, and Service Department of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches; American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island; American Friends Service Committee; The Baha'is of Providence; Church in Society Committee of the Rhode Island Conference, United Church of Christ; Community Affairs Vicariate, Diocese of Providence; Community Relations Council Executives, Jewish Federation of Rhode Island; Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island; Ministers Alliance of Rhode Island; Providence Monthly Meeting of Friends; Rhode Island Divest; Rhode Island United Methodist Association; and Sisters of Mercy Peace and Justice Office. The program mentions strikes, African townships, funerals, Marti Rosenberg, journalist John Kane-Berman, the South African Students Organization (SASO), and Winnie Mandela.
