Winnie Mandela to Have a “Conversation” with the Public at The Word Dome on March 8th!

Feb. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA – On, Monday, March 8th, from 5:00-6:30pm, Winnie Mandela, former wife of South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela and herself, the former President of the African National Congress Women’s League, will conduct a town hall meeting at Faith Chapel Christian Center’s Word Dome. This historic event, “A Conversation with Winnie Mandela”, will mark Ms. Mandela’s first visit to the state of Alabama and to the city of Birmingham, whose Civil Rights efforts inspired South Africa during the apartheid movement. “A Conversation with Winnie Mandela” is being held in conjunction with the 45th Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee organized by the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute in Selma.

Thousands of people will gather in Selma, Alabama on March 5-13, 2010 to participate in the Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee commemorating the 45th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and reenacting the Selma-to-Montgomery March. The theme for this year’s Jubilee is “Education: The Bridge out of Poverty”.

The town hall meeting at Faith Chapel is free and open to the public. So attendees should come prepared with questions. No one should miss this historic occasion.

For more details, visit the Faith Chapel Christian Center website at www.faithchapel.net. To learn more about Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee visit https://selmajubilee.com/ or to learn more about the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute visit www.nvrm.org/.

About Winnie Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela‘s extraordinary life has been marked by vicious and constant harassment by the apartheid regime and prolonged separation from those she has loved.

Madikizela-Mandela’s involvement in the South African liberation struggle dates back to the 1950’s. Her first detention was in 1958 and coincided with the mass arrests of women involved in the anti-pass campaign. At the time she was the chairperson of the Orlando West branch of both the African National Congress (ANC) and the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL).  

With the democratic breakthrough of 1994, Madikizela-Mandela became a Member of the Parliament and a Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture. Upon leaving the Cabinet and Parliament, she dedicated her energy on working with different communities especially people affected by HIV and AIDS, poverty and suffering.

At the historic Polokwane Conference of the ANC in Decmber 2007, Madikizela-Mandela was elected into the current National Executive Committee of the ANC with 500 votes more as no. 1. She was elected back to the National Parliament during the 2009 general elections.

About Faith Chapel Christian Center (www.faithchapel.net) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Chapel_Christian_Center)

Faith Chapel started in April, 1981 in Dr. Michael D. Moore's home in the Wylam community of Birmingham, Alabama.  The church began with four people: Dr. Moore, his wife Kennetha, his mother, and a friend. In six months, the church grew then moved in June, 1981 to Stallworth Funeral Home. Within a year, the church re-located to the YWCA in downtown Birmingham.  Today the congregation has reached over 7,000 members and is housed in the world’s largest monolithic dome. The Word Dome is located at 100 Lexington St, just blocks from the original church.

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Faith Chapel Christian Center, a nondenomimational megachurch in Birmingham, Alabama, is the home of The Word Dome-the largest monolithic dome in the world. Pastor Michael D. Moore's weekly television broadcast, airs internationally on the Word Network.