Release date: Sept. 16, 2005
Contact: Elaine Justice at 404-727-0643 or elaine.justice@emory.edu

Emory's Franklin Calls for Unity in Helping Katrina Victims

Emory's Robert Franklin is calling for Atlanta's faith communities to unite with metro and Georgia-based ministries, agencies and collaboratives in helping victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives. Franklin, in addition to being Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Emory, is president of the Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta.

The organization is partnering with the Atlanta Food Bank; Concerned Black Clergy; Faith and the City, which includes Emory's Candler School of Theology; Hands On Atlanta; the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta; and many other metro and Georgia-based groups to "rescue, restore and renew" the displaced people and communities of the gulf region.

Franklin also urged congregations to lead dialogues on "how we can become one people under God" and called for the mayor and governor "to convene conversations and town hall meetings that include every segment of our diverse communities."

The council also is planning a metro-wide worship service at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 at First Presbyterian Church. For more on Franklin's call to unity, click here. For more on the Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta, go to http://www.rccatl.org.

Reach Franklin at 404-723-8197 (cell) or rmfrank@emory.edu.

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