If you are interested in joining us for all of the National Training & Lobby Day events, which include the Prayer Breakfast and the Jubilee 10th Anniversary Celebration, please complete the online Registration Form.

If you plan to attend only the Prayer Breakfast, please RSVP to Danielle Pals  danielle(at)jubileeusa.org.

If you plan to only attend the Jubilee 10th Anniversary Celebration, please RSVP to Abbey Fisher at abbey(at)jubileeusa.org.

Scholarships are available to cover the cost of transportation to Washington, D.C. for this event. Apply Online.

Washington, D.C. has several inexpensive housing options. We've put together a guide, listing housing in the District. If you know of affordable housing not on this list, please email Danielle at danielle(at)jubileeusa.org.

• Download Inexpensive Housing Options in D.C.

If you haven't yet registered for the Cancel Debt Fast use our Online Registration Form to complete your commitment to contacting your Member of Congress about the Jubilee Act (HR 2634).

October 16-18, 2007, Washington, DC
Download a detailed schedule of Training & Lobby Days events

October 16
We will break the 40-day Cancel Debt Fast to end global poverty with a Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill at 8 am on Tuesday, October 16, led by religious and political leaders including:

* Zambian MP Given Lubinda;
* Tanzanian Ambassador the United States Ombeni Sefue
* Rev. David Duncombe, retired Minister, initiator, Cancel Debt Fast
* Representatives Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
* Right Reverend James Curry, Episcopal Bishop Suffragan of Connecticut;
* Dr. Stephen M. Colecchi, Director, Office of International Justice and Peace,U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
* the Rt. Rev. Jean Zache Duracin, Episcopal Bishop of Haiti;
* Ruth Messinger, President of the American Jewish World Service; 
* Jim McDonald, Vice President, Bread for the World
* German Theologian Ulrich Duchrow;
* Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun
* Hilary O. Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, NAACP
 Moderated by Rev. Bernice Powell Jackson, North American President of the World Council of Churches. The prayer breakfast will be followed by a day of education sessions on debt and global poverty and lobby training. Participants will have an opportunity at this time to meet with supporters from their state to plan their lobbying meeting on Wednesday. 

October 17
The Jubilee USA National Lobby Day for debt cancellation will be held October 17 in Washington, DC. We ask that participants set up meetings with their Senators and Representative on this day to express their support for the Jubilee Act.  Jubilee USA can provide assistance in scheduling these meetings upon request.

October 18
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jubilee USA will hold its annual Network Council Meeting.  This is the annual meeting of the member organizations of Jubilee USA Network. Official local Jubilee chapters and Jubilee member organizations are required to attend; others are welcome to observe the meeting, space permitting. The meeting will include speakers, planning, and business matters.

A special reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. will end the Lobby Days, bringing Congressional supporters, U.S. grassroots supporters and international debt campaigners together in a celebration of both Global White Band Day, an international day of action to eradicate global poverty, and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Jubilee USA Network.