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July 2020
Religion and Racial Justice Dialogue – Listening to Black Clergy
A new series from the Berkley Forum explores religion and racial justice in light of the Black Lives Matter protests related to the death of George Floyd. How does religion contribute, both positively and negatively, to the movement for racial justice? What concrete steps can faith leaders and religious practitioners take to fight racism in American society? This panel will provide a platform for Black clergy from the Christian tradition to offer their varied theological and pastoral observations about what…
Find out more »Uyghur Rally in Washington, DC
This Friday, July 3, Uyghur Rally and Campaign for Uyghurs will be holding a non-partisan rally to call our President to act against China’s persecution of the Uyghur people. Uyghur activists Imam Shareef and Ms. Rushan Abbas will be speaking. The US recently enacted the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. This law states that “the President should call on such authorities to immediately close the internment camps” in China and initiate Magnitsky sanctions against guilty officials. As of yet, the…
Find out more »One Voice, One Family, One Sacred Humanity: A Virtual Interfaith Service to End Racial Bias
Join us in viewing the virtual interfaith service “One Voice, One Family, One Sacred Humanity: A Virtual Interfaith Service to End Racial Bias.” Broadcasting 3 times! Sunday, July 5 at 12:00 pm Monday, July 6 at 7:30 pm Tuesday, July 7, at 8:00 am Features faith leaders from 20 religious communities in and around Fairfax County, as well as Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler, Jr. in prayers, meditations and songs for unity and hope to end racial bias…
Find out more »One Voice, One Family, One Sacred Humanity: A Virtual Interfaith Service to End Racial Bias
Join us in viewing the virtual interfaith service “One Voice, One Family, One Sacred Humanity: A Virtual Interfaith Service to End Racial Bias.” Broadcasting 3 times! Sunday, July 5 at 12:00 pm Monday, July 6 at 7:30 pm Tuesday, July 7, at 8:00 am Features faith leaders from 20 religious communities in and around Fairfax County, as well as Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler, Jr. in prayers, meditations and songs for unity and hope to end racial bias…
Find out more »One Voice, One Family, One Sacred Humanity: A Virtual Interfaith Service to End Racial Bias
Join us in viewing the virtual interfaith service “One Voice, One Family, One Sacred Humanity: A Virtual Interfaith Service to End Racial Bias.” Broadcasting 3 times! Sunday, July 5 at 12:00 pm Monday, July 6 at 7:30 pm Tuesday, July 7, at 8:00 am Features faith leaders from 20 religious communities in and around Fairfax County, as well as Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler, Jr. in prayers, meditations and songs for unity and hope to end racial bias…
Find out more »We Refuse to be Enemies Online Webinar
"We Refuse to be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews can make Peace, One Friendship at a Time" Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby, a Muslim-American woman of Pakistani origin and a Jewish-American man who spent his formative years in Israel, will share their story of how they connected and embarked on a mission to bring their respective communities together in their common homeland, America. Sabeeha and Walter have co-authored a book, We Refuse to be Enemies. How Muslims and Jews can make…
Find out more »Black Lives Matter Sabbath Weekend
This weekend, July 10 - 12th is Black Lives Matter Sabbath Weekend. The LIVE FREE Campaign is asking everyone to consider taking the following actions: Wear ALL BLACK clothes, #BlackLivesMatter and/or #ICantBreathe t-shirts in solidarity Bring a picture of a loved one lost to violence of any kind to lift up their memory Visit www.bringtheheat.info and make a pledge to participate in a Bring The H.E.A.T. virtual town hall or Black Lives Matter action this summer Commit to doing a…
Find out more »Anti-Racist Gender Justice Tools for Faith Leaders Dialogue
Rather than respond to gender violence through crisis responses to individual victim-survivors, we will ask what kind of church and religious resources might enable us to create a more systemic response aimed at ending gender violence? In this teach-in we will work together on what it might mean for faith communities to develop anti-racist approaches to ending gender violence. It will be led by Traci C. West, who is an activist-scholar who teaches Christian Ethics and African American Studies at…
Find out more »Peace March
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Social Justice Ministry, “Micah’s Call,” will sponsor a Peace March on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at 12 noon. A coalition of more than 20 interfaith churches located in the Southeast corridor and others will participate in walking through the community to draw attention to the gun violence, to inspire hop.e and encourage the residents, and to encourage voter registration and participation. According to Rev. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor, Allen Chapel, “The effort will…
Find out more »Hindu-Americans and the Modern Progressive Movement Discussion
Hindu Americans stand at the crossroads of a transformative historical moment. Today, our country is confronted by an unprecedented pandemic, a wave of police brutality, the advance of climate change, and a host of other devastating social and moral crises. These have exposed the great disparities and inequities at the heart of American society like never before. Do we, as Hindu Americans, have an obligation to respond to the urgent new calls for social justice? What does it mean to…
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