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Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development Sunday, April 13, 2008 On Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 2 pm, Washington National Cathedral presented Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development Summit to End Global Poverty, a forum for international leaders from faith communities, governments, donors and NGOs to convene and announce new commitments to engender global poverty alleviation efforts. The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, gave the keynote. The Summit also officially launched the Women, Faith, and Development Alliance (WFDA). Events were free and open to the public, and were webcast live. Watch video on-demand: Entire Breakthrough Summit | Keynote by the Hon. Madeleine K. Albright Remarks focusing on Youth by Ashley Judd The Sunday Forum with Thoraya Ahmed Obaid (10 am) | More about this Forum Sermon by Dr. Agnes R. Abuom (11:15 am service) | More on this sermon Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 (Media inquiries regarding photos: Donovan Marks, manager of Photography and Imaging, at dmarks@cathedral.org)
Photo 2: The voices of the (African Episcopal Church of) St. Thomas Gospel Choir, Waltier Blocker, director, filled the Cathedral nave during the Musical Prelude. |
