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July 2020
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…
Find out more »Proposed West Bank Annexation by Israel Dialogue
The Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society of Washington (JIDS) is holding a dialogue about the Proposed West Bank Annexation by Israel. The program will be held via Zoom on Sunday, July 19th, starting at 2:00 p.m. ET. In planning this event, it was imperative to the JIDS Board that our panelists reflect a wide range of viewpoints. The panelists include a proponent of Israel’s annexing portions of the West Bank, an opponent of Zionism, and a two-state solution advocate.…
Find out more »Colors of Gratitude Workshop
Colors of Gratitude is Kol Ami’s project to hand color and distribute personalized gratitude cards to front line responders and others doing good deeds during the pandemic. Best selling author and illustrator Joanne Fink, founder of Zenspirations and creator of the color-yourself gratitude cards, will be on hand for an interactive workshop sharing creative coloring tips and suggestions for writing and distributing gratitude cards. Participants will be encouraged to print the color-yourself gratitude cards in advance and have coloring supplies close at hand. When your cards are finished…
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