Peace, brother. Peace. On behalf of friends and the Indigenous People everywhere, peace. Thank you. [applause] we introduced chief hill. His words were translated by chief oren lyons was born into a traditional indian family, grew up on the reservation of upstate new york in 1970 he became the chief and faith keeper of the turtle clan of the onondaga nation. His scholarships, stewardsships and leadership is a source of benefit and great blessing for all who know him. Now wed like to introduce rabbi joe rooks rapport. Senior rabbi of the temple here in louisville. He has been a leader in interfaith worth. He has a passion for teachen worth, and his work with youth led him to cross paths with muhammad ali. His religious theatership focuses on compassion, care, and working together with all to build a better world. Rabbi. [applause] this is a reading from our memorial prayer on yom kippur. Our day of atonement. Most sacred day of the year. It was written many decades ago by a civil rights
[silence} [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [applause] [silence] [silence] all praise is due to the lord of all the worlds. Please be seated, ladies and gentlemen. In accordance with muslim tradition and consistent with the wishes of muhammad ali may god have mercy on him. We begin this program with a brief recitation from the koran, the scripture of the muslim, a young emom from a midtown mosque in memphis tennessee for spear heading a neighborhood renewal effort in one of the most blighted areas in memphis. It is centered around a mosque and one of the few graduates of the university will share a few verses from the koran. [applause] laj, Hamsa Abdullah malik. Ladies and gentlemen. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] [singing in native tongue] now with the translations of thos
[cheers and applause ] tell the next president of the United States that she shall seek a constitutional amendment to make all national and state elections funded by congress and the state legislatures and all other sources of money be banned, including money from corporations from individuals, all other money, make it all public funding. [ applause ] tell her that the way to achieve Homeland Security is not for us to try new ways of domination, the strategy of domination of the world of the other to get security has been tried for the past 10,000 years and it doesnt work. The way to get security is for the United States to become known as the most generous and caring country in the world, not the most powerful. [ applause ] we can start with a global and domestic plan to once and for all end homelessness, hunger, Inadequate Health care. So i want to as the interfaith spiritual progressives spiritualprogressives. Org, come join us. As well as the people of all faiths and secular humani
Simply known as the greatest. He was honored both as a fighter and humanitarian by the mayor. Muhammad ali lived a life so big and bold, its hard to believe that any one man could do everything he did, could do all the things he became in the course of just one lifetime. This man, this champion, this louisvillean ended his 74 years yesterday as a United Nations messenger of peace, a humanitarian and champion athlete who earned amnesty internationals Lifetime Achievement award, the president ial medal of freedom, sports illustrateds sportsman of the century. He was cofounder with his beloved wife, lonnie, of the Muhammad Ali Center, which promotes respect, hope and understanding here in his hometown of louisville and around the world. He took the name muhammad ali in 1964 and advocated for understanding and peace among people of different faiths. He was, of course, threetime heavyweight champion of the world, a young, handsome fighter with swagger like the world had never seen. Cassius
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