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February 2021
Interfaith Harmony Week: Building Peace
Join UNA-NCA on Tuesday, February 2 from 1:00-2:00pm ET for our first Coffee Chat of the year, honoring United Nations' Interfaith Harmony Week by exploring how inter-religious engagement is building and sustaining peace. Launched in 2020, UNA-NCA's Coffee Chat series has brought together the foremost leadership on sustainable development alongside hundreds of participants from around the world. Together, we engage with the most pressing challenges of our time, identifying our shared goals and new opportunities for collaboration. Dynamic and genuine, Coffee Chats offer participants…
Find out more »Looking Backwards, Moving Forward
To learn more about this event, click here: http://www.wdcfhc.org/AAHGS-Conf/docs/AAHGSProgram2021.pdf
Find out more »Naturalism—As Religion, Within Religions, or Without Religion?
Please join IRAS for the February session of our 2021 monthly webinar series, Science, Religion, and Society. On February 15, 2021 IRAS will host a live session, featuring a Panel Presentation-- 3 Distinct Views – February 15, 2021 at 4:00 pm Central time, 5:00 Eastern time Presentation Overview: Daniel Spiro will talk about the naturalistic philosophy of the 17th century thinker Baruch Spinoza, who has been called both an atheist and a “God-intoxicated man.” Mr. Spiro will then explain how…
Find out more »In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit
Please join the HUSD Family as we celebrate the publication of our Dean’s newest book “In My Grandmother’s House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit.” It is a series of essays about race, faith, the Black church – an everyday womanist theology inspired by the faith of grandmothers and church mothers. Dean Yolanda Pierce will be in conversation with Rev. Dr. Renita Weems via Zoom on Tuesday, February 16th @5pmEST. Registration is free and available at: https://howard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcO6sqT8vE9NZmZ95PL_YwdT_3x7NgvbD
Find out more »Where Do We Go From Here? Moving Forward in a Divided Land
Register with the link below! Please join Communities United Against Hate and our co-sponsors on the evening of February 17th to kick off a year-long series of inter-generational conversations with social innovators who are thinking and working outside the box to bring people together to create sustainable change. We will talk with global and local experts in conflict resolution and social transformation and discuss ways to build sturdy and constructive paths forward in our own families and communities during breakout…
Find out more »Protecting Your Organization: The 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program and other Resources to Help Keep Your Facility Safe
Before the end of February 2021, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/ Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will release the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) Notice of Funding Opportunity. The NSGP provides funding support for security-related and physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations. The NSGP promotes emergency preparedness coordination and collaboration activities between public and private community representatives as well as state, local, and tribal government agencies. On Feb. 18, the DHS Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives is hosting a…
Find out more »LIVE LONG DC
Click the link below to register! SPONSORED BY: DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF WASHINGTON Rev. Dr. James E. Terrell, Pastor Join us in our second of four virtual workshops. This workshop will be facilitated by, Edwin C. Chapman, M.D., PC and William B. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D. These speakers will provide education and training on opioid awareness, as well as substance use disorder treatment and healing practices that will restore balance…
Find out more »A Persistent & Lethal Threat: White Supremacy in the United States
Register using the link below! On January 6th, 2021, the nation watched as a violent mob attacked The Capitol, trying to halt the certification of the vote for the President of the United States. These seditious acts were inspired by months of disinformation and heated rhetoric in a polarized political environment. But in order to confront what happened, it is necessary to take a closer look at the insurrectionists themselves. These were not political protesters arguing for their rights, but…
Find out more »International Interfaith Service Initiative: Living Our Faiths Through Service
The zoom webinar and joint community service event is an initiative of a new organization known as the International Interfaith Service Initiative (IISI), jointly created by the Indian Pluralism Foundation based in Kolkata, India and the Interfaith Service Initiative of Washington, D.C., focused on our common commitment in India and the USA to "Living Our Faiths Through Service". We especially hope that those of you who took part in the inspirational ISI food packaging and delivery events last February at…
Find out more »Busting Myths about Jews and Muslims
Many myths circulate about Jews and Muslims. Sadly, some treat these myths as truths. On Sun., Feb. 21st, JIDS will bust many of these myths. The Myth Busters will be Fatima Argun, Dr. Mike Ghouse, Kay Halpern, and Herb Levy. In order to keep this virtual program secure from unwanted intruders, RSVP to [email protected] to obtain the information you’ll need. More information about JIDS is at www.JIDS.org .
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