Commemorating 9/11

• "9/12: From Chaos to Community" will be featured opening night of the Brooklyn Art Council's screening series, September 11th Remembered in Film.  Friday, Sept. 7th, 6:00 PM, at the Brooklyn Arts Council
  55 Washington Street, Suite 218 DUMBO, Brooklyn.  Free event.  www.912film.com

• Nassau County's 9/11 Memorial will be unveiled on Sept. 9 at Eisenhower Park's Capin Lakeside Theater at 10a.m.

• New Hyde Park Community Candlelight Vigil for Prayer & Remembrance will be held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, New Hyde Park Tuesday evening, Sept. 11th at 7:30 pm. All are welcome.  Gloria Dei Lutheran Church is located at 600 New Hyde Park Road, between Hillside Avenue and Jericho Turnpike in New Hyde Park, NY.  Call 516-354-6956 for information.

• The WTC Survivors Network will be hosting commemorative events in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 9 and Sept. 11.  RSVP is required, so for more details, please visit www.survivorsnet.org.

• On Sept. 11, NYDIS joins the NY Buddhist Church and the Buddhist Council of NY in presenting their annual 9/11 WTC Memorial Service Floating Lantern Ceremony in the Hudson River at Battery Park. The ceremony will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at Pier 40 at West Houston Street. This event is free and open to the public.  For more information call Rev. TK Nakagaki, NY Buddhist Church: 212.678.0305 www.newyorkbuddhistchurch.org

• My Good Deed is committed to making Sept 11 a national day of voluntary service.  To date, more than 170,000 people have posted good deeds on this site. Join people and organizations everywhere who are pledging to keep the 9/11 spirit of unity alive by performing good deeds on 9/11 and every day throughout the year.

• If you choose to make a charitable donation, please consider LDRNY. You can earmark your gift for any of our programs, including Faithful Response, New Ground Day Camps, and the Unmet Needs Roundtable, which is still assisting, among others, many Ground Zero recovery workers who have fallen ill. You can find us at LCF Charity Finder or at 22 Cortlandt St, 20th fl. New York, NY 10007

LDRNY recently provided a grant to the InterRelations Collaborative for their PeaceMaking Initiative.  The initiative included screening of the PBS film, "Caught in the Crossfire:  Arab Americans in Wartime,"  featuring Lutheran Pastor Khader El-Yateem.  New York City youth from diverse faiths also offered Peace Readings at a ceremony on September 11 to honor those who lost their lives and to encourage understanding between cultures.  InterRelations Collaborative published a book in association with artist Faith Ringgold titled "What Will You Do For Peace?  Impact of 9/11 on New York City youth."  LDRNY was pleased to be a part of this ambitious and spiritual project.  For more on IRC, email IRCinfo@earthlink.net .

LDRNY 2005 Commemoration

Held at Harbour Lights Restaurant, and sponsored by HSBC; Stroock, Stroock, and Lavan, LLP; Capell, Barnett, and Matalon, LLP; John Scibilia; and Griffin Communications.