Top row: Hundreds of marchers protesting the Republican National Convention, held in New York City August 30-September 2, were arrested on Fulton Street beside St. Paul’s Chapel. Members of the group, organized by the War Resisters League, had set out from the World Trade Center site, and were later surrounded by police. Chapel staff handed out bottled water to those waiting to be arrested. Declaring the St. Paul’s churchyard a crime scene, police entered and took up positions on the other side of the fence from protesters.

Photos by NATHAN BROCKMAN

Second row: Among the groups participating in the huge rally on Sunday, August 29, when an estimated 300,000 protesters marched in the city, was Episcopal Peace Fellowship. Some members of the Diocese, including the Rev. Mark Hummell, center, participated in a worship service, hosted by Riverside Church, that ended with “Faith Lights Up Broadway,” a human chain in the Morningside Heights neighborhood to bring attention to poverty and social justice issues. Archdeacon Michael Kendall participated in a march sponsored by the Coalition for the Homeless. “We were witnessing to the great concern we share over the increase of the number of homeless and hungry people in New York City and the United States,” Kendall said.

Photos by/courtesy of JOHANNA YOUNG/THE VOICE, the REV. MARK HUMMELL and ARCHDEACON MICHAEL KENDALL

Third row: Some delegates and visitors to RNC, coming from Tennessee, Georgia, Oklahoma and Nebraska, attended Sunday services at Trinity, Wall Street, and were greeted by Bishop Herbert Donovan. United States Senator Jeff Sessions and delegates from Alabama volunteered at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, located in Holy Apostles Church in Manhattan. Delegates at the Convention were encouraged to do volunteer work in their home states before coming and then in New York during their stay. Two delegates and a volunteer are joined by New York City’s Public Advocate, Betsy Gotbaum, far right. Scott Myers, left, an alternate delegate from Alabama, serves drinks with the Rev. Rand Frew at the soup kitchen.

Photos by NATHAN BROCKMAN and MARY BETH DISS

Fourth row: St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery in Manhattan served as a place of sanctuary for protesters with refreshments and medical services. Members of St. Mark’s also formed their own protest group on Sunday, August 29 to join the larger afternoon protest. St. Mary’s, Manhattanville, and Holy Apostles were two Manhattan congregations that took part in the Stonewalk, sponsored by Peaceful Tomorrows. Volunteers took turns pulling the memorial stone, dedicated to “unknown civilians killed in war,” from Boston to New York City, where it arrived during the convention.

Photos by MARY BETH DISS

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