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October 2019
Safe Sanctuaries: Keeping Sacred Spaces Safe
Safe Sanctuaries: Keeping Sacred Spaces Safe - A Domestic Violence Symposium for Clergy & Faith Leaders by Prince Georges County Department of Family Services Continental breakfast and registration beginning at 8:30 with the conference beginning at 9:00 and ending at 1:30. Symposiums sessions: • Multi-denominational Panel Discussion • Faith-based Community’s Role - How to support, prevention and intervene • Faith Institutions - Safety, Security and Awareness
Find out more »Rumi Forum Presents: Rumi Poetry Circle
We welcome you & your friends to this Interfaith mindfulness practice. Every month we explore 2 Rumi poems. Your experience with poetry does not matter. We want your curiosity & willingness to explore. Our Poetry Circle is a supportive gathering. Everyone is welcome to participate at their own level of comfort. Poetry Circle Lead Explorer: Sara Ellen Swatt 1st started memorizing poetry 12 years ago as a key component of a healing program for a major crisis. She has continued to memorize…
Find out more »November 2019
Bystander Intervention Training
Participate in a free training to learn how to step up and be supportive when fellow community members are facing harassment and hate speech. This training led by Kit Bonson of the Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition will teach principles/skills of non-violence and de-escalation and include interactive scenarios where we will practice our new skills. Co-Sponsors: Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition, Chevy Chase United Methodist Church, St. John’s Episcopal Church - Norwood Parish, Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, Sikh 2 Kid,…
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