Source: PRNewswire

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-13-2005/0004106463&EDATE

On September 13, 2005 PRNewswire reported, "[A] Memorial Service and Press Conference [will be held] during the opening day of the United Nations' World Summit. The Service will memorialize the lives of countless victims of extreme poverty, including 30,000 children that die everyday in the world of disease and malnutrition and the recent victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Press Conference will kick-off a three day Interfaith Vigil in the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, just blocks away from the United Nations and site of the World Summit. Thousands of people of faith are showing support for the vigil, with over 8,000 people who have pledged to fast and pray for three days... [The service and press conference will be led by] Interfaith Religious Leaders and The Right Reverend Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of South Africa... Among the 20 religious leaders participating are: Jim Wallis, Editor and Founder, Sojourners Magazine; Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals; [and] Dr. Uma Mysorekar, President, The Hindu Temple Society of North America."