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SUMMARY:Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent | Book Talk with Rev. Connie Siefert\, Part Two
DESCRIPTION:In August of 2020\, Isabel Wilkerson published Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent. In May of 2021\, I read it. It is not an easy read. It is not for the faint of heart. It is not for those who do not want to face the reality of racism—in the past\, in the present and how it moves with us into the future; unless we read this book\, heed her insights and make some changes. \n\n\n\nIsabele Wilkerson |  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent\n\n\n\nAs I read the opening chapters\, I became painfully aware of the relentless nature of racism for people of color—not just here in the United States but the pervasive stigma that follows them no matter where they are in the world. Isabel explores the roots of this racism throughout world history and in American history beginning with the genocide of Native Americans\, followed by the enslavement of Africans. The superiority of “white” skinned people has been woven into our every day lives since before the first colonists set foot on this continent. It is with us still in ways we rarely acknowledge and are barely aware of. The implicit bias within those of us with “white” skin makes it nearly impossible to comprehend what it is like to live with a sense of inferiority that is reinforced daily..Ms. Wilkerson counters the popular misinformation and disinformation which enables us to deny and ignore the reality of racism with deep understanding and well-researched analyses. She take us deep into the fiber and fabric of racism\, if we let her. \n\n\n\nCase in point: \n\n\n\nDevonte Hart hugs Portland police Sergeant Bret Barnum at a rally in Portland in 2014.(AP: Johnny Huu Nguyen)\n\n\n\nThis photo went viral in 2014. Michael Brown\, a young\, unarmed black man (who was supposed to start college 2 days later)\, had been killed by a white police officer. To this day\, no one knows exactly what happened—only that Michael was dead with at least seven bullets in his body. The officer who shot him was not found guilty. This set off many protests including the one pictured above where a young black man named Davonte is seen hugging a white officer. \n\n\n\nThis photo was hailed as a sign of hope in the midst of unrest and protests. Maybe we could improve race relations in the wake of Michael Brown’s death and the jury’s not guilty verdict. Unfortunately\, the black boy hugging the white officer in this picture was not the hopeful and harmonious reality it appeared to be. Davonte himself would soon be dead. \n\n\n\nHe and five other children of color had been adopted by two “white” women. The children were home-schooled and often taken to public events such as Bernie Sanders’ rallies and this kind of public protest\, to promote the ideal of how harmonious inter-racial relationships could be. The two white women were applauded for their parenting. The ugly truth was that these six children were virtual prisoners of the two white women who were doing it for the money. The children were physically abused\, neglected and starved. Neighbors called Child Protective Services about one incident. One of the women was indicted for child abuse. But she served no time and none of the children were taken away. However\, Child Protective Services was building a case and closing in to rescue the children. Before that could happen\, the two women loaded everyone in a van and did a “Thelma and Louise” drive off a cliff killing all six children and themselves. \n\n\n\nAfter reading this story\, outrage at these “white” women stuck in my throat. Grief for those six innocent children flooded my heart. The tears I needed to cry were dammed up by shock that paralyzed my soul. How could anything like this happen—anywhere in the world\, but especially here in the United States? The compassion I would like to free up and try to share with people of color for incidents like this is overwhelmed by profound sorrow and buried under shame. But we must find a way to talk about stories like this. Sorrow and shame must not prevent us from having the difficult conversations we need to have about the reality of racism and where we want to go from here. \n\n\n\nMost white people are not intentionally racist. But the unexamined assumption that light skin is superior to dark skin affects the way we relate to each other whether we like it or not\, whether we are aware of it or not. White supremacy is at the heart of current events and notoriously alive and well in our justice system. Isabel’s insights and cutting edge thinking may help us to move toward ending racism. This is a must read for all who want to understand and end racism—as in all those who are part of the new Poor People’s Campaign. Here is a quote from Chapter 2 that sums it up. \n\n\n\n\nThe inspector trained his infrared lens onto a misshapen bow in the ceiling… The house had been built generations ago… the welt in the ceiling became a wave that widened and bulged despite the new roof. It had been building beyond perception for years. An old house is its own kind of devotional\, a dowager aunt with a story to be coaxed out of her…With an old house\, the work is never done\, and you don’t expect it to be. \nAmerica is an old house. We can never declare the work over. Wind\, flood\, drought\, and human upheavals batter a structure that is already fighting whatever flaws were left unattended in the original foundation. When you live in an old house\, you may not want to go into the basement after a storm to see what the rains have wrought. Choose not to look\, however\, at your own peril. The owner of an old house knows that whatever you are ignoring will never go away. Whatever is lurking will fester whether you choose to look or not. Ignorance is no protection from the consequences of inaction. Whatever you are wishing away will gnaw at you until you gather the courage to face what you would rather not see. \nWe in the developed world are like homeowners who inherited a house on a piece of land that is beautiful on the outside\, but whose soil is unstable loam and rock\, heaving and contracting over generations\, cracks patched but the deeper ruptures waved away for decades\, centuries even. Many people may rightly say\, “I had nothing to do with how this all started. I have nothing to do with the sins of the past. My ancestors never attacked indigenous people\, never owned slaves.” And\, yes. Not one of us was here when this house was built. Our immediate ancestors may have had nothing to do with it\, but here we are the current occupants of a property with stress cracks and bowed walls and fissures built into the foundation. We are the heirs to whatever is right or wrong with it. We did not erect the uneven pillars or joists\, but they are ours to deal with now. \nAnd any further deterioration is\, in fact\, on our hands. \n\n\n\n\nThere will be an online discussion group on Wednesdays in July (7\, 14\, 21\, 28) at 7 p.m. \n\n\n\nPlease email andrucilla3@gmail.com for the zoom link if you are interested in participating. \n\n\n\nGroup will be limited to 12 participants. It will also be repeated. \n\n\n\nPlease see the attached Study Guide.\nCaste Online Book Discussion(PDF 1MB) \n\n\n\nSee also Isabel Wilkerson and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on “Caste” from the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York:
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/caste-the-origins-of-our-discontent-book-talk-with-rev-connie-siefert-copy/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent | Book Talk with Rev. Connie Siefert\, Part Three
DESCRIPTION:In August of 2020\, Isabel Wilkerson published Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent. In May of 2021\, I read it. It is not an easy read. It is not for the faint of heart. It is not for those who do not want to face the reality of racism—in the past\, in the present and how it moves with us into the future; unless we read this book\, heed her insights and make some changes. \n\n\n\nIsabele Wilkerson |  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent\n\n\n\nAs I read the opening chapters\, I became painfully aware of the relentless nature of racism for people of color—not just here in the United States but the pervasive stigma that follows them no matter where they are in the world. Isabel explores the roots of this racism throughout world history and in American history beginning with the genocide of Native Americans\, followed by the enslavement of Africans. The superiority of “white” skinned people has been woven into our every day lives since before the first colonists set foot on this continent. It is with us still in ways we rarely acknowledge and are barely aware of. The implicit bias within those of us with “white” skin makes it nearly impossible to comprehend what it is like to live with a sense of inferiority that is reinforced daily..Ms. Wilkerson counters the popular misinformation and disinformation which enables us to deny and ignore the reality of racism with deep understanding and well-researched analyses. She take us deep into the fiber and fabric of racism\, if we let her. \n\n\n\nCase in point: \n\n\n\nDevonte Hart hugs Portland police Sergeant Bret Barnum at a rally in Portland in 2014.(AP: Johnny Huu Nguyen)\n\n\n\nThis photo went viral in 2014. Michael Brown\, a young\, unarmed black man (who was supposed to start college 2 days later)\, had been killed by a white police officer. To this day\, no one knows exactly what happened—only that Michael was dead with at least seven bullets in his body. The officer who shot him was not found guilty. This set off many protests including the one pictured above where a young black man named Davonte is seen hugging a white officer. \n\n\n\nThis photo was hailed as a sign of hope in the midst of unrest and protests. Maybe we could improve race relations in the wake of Michael Brown’s death and the jury’s not guilty verdict. Unfortunately\, the black boy hugging the white officer in this picture was not the hopeful and harmonious reality it appeared to be. Davonte himself would soon be dead. \n\n\n\nHe and five other children of color had been adopted by two “white” women. The children were home-schooled and often taken to public events such as Bernie Sanders’ rallies and this kind of public protest\, to promote the ideal of how harmonious inter-racial relationships could be. The two white women were applauded for their parenting. The ugly truth was that these six children were virtual prisoners of the two white women who were doing it for the money. The children were physically abused\, neglected and starved. Neighbors called Child Protective Services about one incident. One of the women was indicted for child abuse. But she served no time and none of the children were taken away. However\, Child Protective Services was building a case and closing in to rescue the children. Before that could happen\, the two women loaded everyone in a van and did a “Thelma and Louise” drive off a cliff killing all six children and themselves. \n\n\n\nAfter reading this story\, outrage at these “white” women stuck in my throat. Grief for those six innocent children flooded my heart. The tears I needed to cry were dammed up by shock that paralyzed my soul. How could anything like this happen—anywhere in the world\, but especially here in the United States? The compassion I would like to free up and try to share with people of color for incidents like this is overwhelmed by profound sorrow and buried under shame. But we must find a way to talk about stories like this. Sorrow and shame must not prevent us from having the difficult conversations we need to have about the reality of racism and where we want to go from here. \n\n\n\nMost white people are not intentionally racist. But the unexamined assumption that light skin is superior to dark skin affects the way we relate to each other whether we like it or not\, whether we are aware of it or not. White supremacy is at the heart of current events and notoriously alive and well in our justice system. Isabel’s insights and cutting edge thinking may help us to move toward ending racism. This is a must read for all who want to understand and end racism—as in all those who are part of the new Poor People’s Campaign. Here is a quote from Chapter 2 that sums it up. \n\n\n\n\nThe inspector trained his infrared lens onto a misshapen bow in the ceiling… The house had been built generations ago… the welt in the ceiling became a wave that widened and bulged despite the new roof. It had been building beyond perception for years. An old house is its own kind of devotional\, a dowager aunt with a story to be coaxed out of her…With an old house\, the work is never done\, and you don’t expect it to be. \nAmerica is an old house. We can never declare the work over. Wind\, flood\, drought\, and human upheavals batter a structure that is already fighting whatever flaws were left unattended in the original foundation. When you live in an old house\, you may not want to go into the basement after a storm to see what the rains have wrought. Choose not to look\, however\, at your own peril. The owner of an old house knows that whatever you are ignoring will never go away. Whatever is lurking will fester whether you choose to look or not. Ignorance is no protection from the consequences of inaction. Whatever you are wishing away will gnaw at you until you gather the courage to face what you would rather not see. \nWe in the developed world are like homeowners who inherited a house on a piece of land that is beautiful on the outside\, but whose soil is unstable loam and rock\, heaving and contracting over generations\, cracks patched but the deeper ruptures waved away for decades\, centuries even. Many people may rightly say\, “I had nothing to do with how this all started. I have nothing to do with the sins of the past. My ancestors never attacked indigenous people\, never owned slaves.” And\, yes. Not one of us was here when this house was built. Our immediate ancestors may have had nothing to do with it\, but here we are the current occupants of a property with stress cracks and bowed walls and fissures built into the foundation. We are the heirs to whatever is right or wrong with it. We did not erect the uneven pillars or joists\, but they are ours to deal with now. \nAnd any further deterioration is\, in fact\, on our hands. \n\n\n\n\nThere will be an online discussion group on Wednesdays in July (7\, 14\, 21\, 28) at 7 p.m. \n\n\n\nPlease email andrucilla3@gmail.com for the zoom link if you are interested in participating. \n\n\n\nGroup will be limited to 12 participants. It will also be repeated. \n\n\n\nPlease see the attached Study Guide.\nCaste Online Book Discussion(PDF 1MB) \n\n\n\nSee also Isabel Wilkerson and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on “Caste” from the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York:
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/caste-the-origins-of-our-discontent-book-talk-with-rev-connie-siefert-copy-copy/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent | Book Talk with Rev. Connie Siefert\, Part Four
DESCRIPTION:In August of 2020\, Isabel Wilkerson published Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent. In May of 2021\, I read it. It is not an easy read. It is not for the faint of heart. It is not for those who do not want to face the reality of racism—in the past\, in the present and how it moves with us into the future; unless we read this book\, heed her insights and make some changes. \n\n\n\nIsabele Wilkerson |  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent\n\n\n\nAs I read the opening chapters\, I became painfully aware of the relentless nature of racism for people of color—not just here in the United States but the pervasive stigma that follows them no matter where they are in the world. Isabel explores the roots of this racism throughout world history and in American history beginning with the genocide of Native Americans\, followed by the enslavement of Africans. The superiority of “white” skinned people has been woven into our every day lives since before the first colonists set foot on this continent. It is with us still in ways we rarely acknowledge and are barely aware of. The implicit bias within those of us with “white” skin makes it nearly impossible to comprehend what it is like to live with a sense of inferiority that is reinforced daily..Ms. Wilkerson counters the popular misinformation and disinformation which enables us to deny and ignore the reality of racism with deep understanding and well-researched analyses. She take us deep into the fiber and fabric of racism\, if we let her. \n\n\n\nCase in point: \n\n\n\nDevonte Hart hugs Portland police Sergeant Bret Barnum at a rally in Portland in 2014.(AP: Johnny Huu Nguyen)\n\n\n\nThis photo went viral in 2014. Michael Brown\, a young\, unarmed black man (who was supposed to start college 2 days later)\, had been killed by a white police officer. To this day\, no one knows exactly what happened—only that Michael was dead with at least seven bullets in his body. The officer who shot him was not found guilty. This set off many protests including the one pictured above where a young black man named Davonte is seen hugging a white officer. \n\n\n\nThis photo was hailed as a sign of hope in the midst of unrest and protests. Maybe we could improve race relations in the wake of Michael Brown’s death and the jury’s not guilty verdict. Unfortunately\, the black boy hugging the white officer in this picture was not the hopeful and harmonious reality it appeared to be. Davonte himself would soon be dead. \n\n\n\nHe and five other children of color had been adopted by two “white” women. The children were home-schooled and often taken to public events such as Bernie Sanders’ rallies and this kind of public protest\, to promote the ideal of how harmonious inter-racial relationships could be. The two white women were applauded for their parenting. The ugly truth was that these six children were virtual prisoners of the two white women who were doing it for the money. The children were physically abused\, neglected and starved. Neighbors called Child Protective Services about one incident. One of the women was indicted for child abuse. But she served no time and none of the children were taken away. However\, Child Protective Services was building a case and closing in to rescue the children. Before that could happen\, the two women loaded everyone in a van and did a “Thelma and Louise” drive off a cliff killing all six children and themselves. \n\n\n\nAfter reading this story\, outrage at these “white” women stuck in my throat. Grief for those six innocent children flooded my heart. The tears I needed to cry were dammed up by shock that paralyzed my soul. How could anything like this happen—anywhere in the world\, but especially here in the United States? The compassion I would like to free up and try to share with people of color for incidents like this is overwhelmed by profound sorrow and buried under shame. But we must find a way to talk about stories like this. Sorrow and shame must not prevent us from having the difficult conversations we need to have about the reality of racism and where we want to go from here. \n\n\n\nMost white people are not intentionally racist. But the unexamined assumption that light skin is superior to dark skin affects the way we relate to each other whether we like it or not\, whether we are aware of it or not. White supremacy is at the heart of current events and notoriously alive and well in our justice system. Isabel’s insights and cutting edge thinking may help us to move toward ending racism. This is a must read for all who want to understand and end racism—as in all those who are part of the new Poor People’s Campaign. Here is a quote from Chapter 2 that sums it up. \n\n\n\n\nThe inspector trained his infrared lens onto a misshapen bow in the ceiling… The house had been built generations ago… the welt in the ceiling became a wave that widened and bulged despite the new roof. It had been building beyond perception for years. An old house is its own kind of devotional\, a dowager aunt with a story to be coaxed out of her…With an old house\, the work is never done\, and you don’t expect it to be. \nAmerica is an old house. We can never declare the work over. Wind\, flood\, drought\, and human upheavals batter a structure that is already fighting whatever flaws were left unattended in the original foundation. When you live in an old house\, you may not want to go into the basement after a storm to see what the rains have wrought. Choose not to look\, however\, at your own peril. The owner of an old house knows that whatever you are ignoring will never go away. Whatever is lurking will fester whether you choose to look or not. Ignorance is no protection from the consequences of inaction. Whatever you are wishing away will gnaw at you until you gather the courage to face what you would rather not see. \nWe in the developed world are like homeowners who inherited a house on a piece of land that is beautiful on the outside\, but whose soil is unstable loam and rock\, heaving and contracting over generations\, cracks patched but the deeper ruptures waved away for decades\, centuries even. Many people may rightly say\, “I had nothing to do with how this all started. I have nothing to do with the sins of the past. My ancestors never attacked indigenous people\, never owned slaves.” And\, yes. Not one of us was here when this house was built. Our immediate ancestors may have had nothing to do with it\, but here we are the current occupants of a property with stress cracks and bowed walls and fissures built into the foundation. We are the heirs to whatever is right or wrong with it. We did not erect the uneven pillars or joists\, but they are ours to deal with now. \nAnd any further deterioration is\, in fact\, on our hands. \n\n\n\n\nThere will be an online discussion group on Wednesdays in July (7\, 14\, 21\, 28) at 7 p.m. \n\n\n\nPlease email andrucilla3@gmail.com for the zoom link if you are interested in participating. \n\n\n\nGroup will be limited to 12 participants. It will also be repeated. \n\n\n\nPlease see the attached Study Guide.\nCaste Online Book Discussion(PDF 1MB) \n\n\n\nSee also Isabel Wilkerson and Rabbi Angela Buchdahl on “Caste” from the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York:
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/caste-the-origins-of-our-discontent-book-talk-with-rev-connie-siefert-copy-copy-copy/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Witness to Injustice
DESCRIPTION:Since much of our (Native) history is minimally taught and not accurately\, the Witness to Injustice Exercise is a good way to help people learn about these events and share their feelings about what occurred.  Freida Jacques\, Turtle Clanmother\, Onondaga Nation\n\n\n\n Witness to Injustice Exercise is a 2-3 hour interactive teaching tool. It uses participatory education to foster truth\, understanding and respect between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in the part of the world now known as the United States; especially in the territory stewarded by people of the Onondaga Nation and other Haudenosaunee peoples. \nWe will explore the shared history that non-native people rarely learn in school or other settings. The Exercise helps participants deepen their understanding about the European colonization of Turtle Island (North America) and the denial of indigenous peoples’ nationhood throughout US history up to present time. There are opportunities to discuss feelings and learnings throughout the exercise. \nEmail director@sticinterfaith.org to RSVP and receive zoom link \n\n\n\nWitness to Injustice/The KAIROS Blanket Exercise \nThe Witness to Injustice / KAIROS Blanket Exercise™ is a unique three-hour interactive group teaching tool. It uses participatory education to foster truth\, understanding\, and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the part of the world now known as the United States; especially in the territory stewarded by people of the Onondaga Nation and other Haundenosaunee peoples. \nThrough the use of meaningful quotes and blankets that represent part of Turtle Island (the Western Hemisphere)\, we explore this shared history that non-native people rarely learn in school or other settings. The Exercise helps participants deepen their understanding about the European colonization of Turtle Island and the denial of Indigenous peoples’ nationhood throughout U.S. history up to present time. After the Witness to Injustice Exercise\, participants have the opportunity to share with the group what they learned\, felt\, etc.\, and\, resources are shared by facilitators to help participants continue to learn more. \nWe hope this program will stimulate deep discussions and reflections\, and will point the way toward ongoing steps toward righting the wrongs which have been done. Join Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) and Haudenosaunee facilitators as we participate in learning and dialogue through this exercise. \nClick to download the flyer (PDF 889k) \nContact person: Cindy Squillace\, Coordinator WTI/KBE cindysquillace@gmail.com \n\n\n\nWitness to Injustice is created and sponsored by\n\n\n\nNeighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) is a grassroots organization of Central New Yorkers which recognizes and supports the sovereignty of the traditional government of the Onondaga Nation.  \n\n\n\nContact information: Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) 2013 East Genesee Street\, Syracuse\, NY 13210 (315) 472-5478 noon@peacecouncil.net
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/witness-to-injustice/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Annual STIC Meeting,Onondaga Nation
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SUMMARY:"The Problem of Polarization: "With guest speaker and scholar: Robert Talisse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion!Triangle Lounge\, Commons\, Corning Community College (CCC) Spencer Hill Campus. 1 Academic Dr\, Corning\, NY 14830\nDemocracy is not easy. Citizens who disagree sharply about politics must nonetheless work together as equal partners in the enterprise of collective self-government. Ideally\, this work would be conducted under conditions of mutual civility\, with opposed citizens nonetheless recognizing one another’s standing as political equals. But when the political stakes are high\, and the opposition seems to us severely mistaken\, why not drop the democratic pretences of civil partnership\, and simply play to win? Why seek to uphold properly democratic relations with those who embrace political ideas that are flawed\, irresponsible\, and out of step with justice? Why sustain democracy with political foes? \nRobert Talisse\nDrawing on extensive social science research concerning political polarization and partisan identity\, Robert B. Talisse argues that when we break off civil interactions with our political opponents\, we imperil relations with our political allies. In the absence of engagement with our political critics\, our alliances grow increasingly homogeneous\, conformist\, and hierarchical. Moreover\, they fracture and devolve amidst internal conflicts. In the end\, our political aims suffer because our coalitions shrink and grow ineffective. Why sustain democracy with our foes? Because we need them if we are going to sustain democracy with our allies and friends. \n\n\n\nRobert B. Talisse. Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side\n\n\n\n\n\nPutting Politics In Its Place | Dr. Robert Talisse | TEDxNashville. YouTube.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/the-problem-of-polarization/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Democracy
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SUMMARY:Abraham Path Walk for Interfaith Understanding
DESCRIPTION:Our walk begins at Congregation Kol Ami\, 1008 W. Water St.\, Elmira. After hearing about their history and faith\, we will walk to Bethany Lutheran Church. Walk east on W. Water St.\, turn right on Walnut St. to cross the bridge\, and the church will be on the right. After learning about their history and faith\, return to Congregation Kol Ami to pick up your car. Then drive to The Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes Center\, 499 Hickory Grove Rd.\, Horseheads. Head east on W. Water St.\, Take a sharp left on NY 17W/ I- 86 West ramp. Take I-86 to Exit 51B for Colonial Dr. Turn left onto Colonial Dr\, then right onto Hickory Grove Rd. The IAFL is on the right. The congregation of the Islamic Center has prepared refreshments for you. \n\n\n\nCelebrate Diversity – Bumper Sticker / Decal. Peace Resource Project\n\n\n\nCoexist\n\n\n\nFor the Walk: \nChoose to walk with someone you do not know. \nTake turns sharing the answers to these questions with each other. \nPractice deep listening for peace and understanding. \n\nWhat is your name and where do you live?\nWhat is your current faith and/or spiritual practice?\nIs it the same or different than your family’s traditionwhen you were growing up?\nDo you have memories to share about your childhoodfaith?\nWhat religious holidays did your family participate in?\nWere you involved in faith activities as a teen?\nWas there a time when your beliefs changed?\nDoes your current faith practice suit your needs?\nIn what ways are you involved\, or what things are youseeking?\nDo you have friends or acquaintances of other faiths?\nHave you visited their places of worship or participated indifferent religious activities?\nCan you articulate your beliefs about God?\nIs there a place where you feel especially close to God?\nDo you have a spiritual practice? Can you describe it?\nAre there rituals that you practice to connect to God?\nAre you a person who prays? How does that impactyour daily life?\nWhat do you believe happens after one dies?\nAre your religious beliefs helpful tools for your decision-making?\nDo you believe that people have a certain purpose toaccomplish in their life?\n“As you shine your light\, you provide space for others toshine theirs\, as well.” What does this statement mean toyou?\nWhat prevents people from living their full potential?\nWhich contemporary religious person do you mostadmire?\nWhat does it mean to you to live in the present moment?\nDo you believe that we are all connected? How does thatimpact your life?\nWhat five things are you most grateful for?\nHave you ever experienced a miracle?\n\nThank you for participating today. \n\n\n\nDownload the STIC – 2021 Abraham Walk – Directions and Questions bifold. PDF (437k) \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor more information or to join Southern Tier Interfaith Coalitionfind us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/SouthernTierInterfaithCoalition/
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/abraham-path-walk-for-interfaith-understanding/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Abrahamic Walk
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Elmira Area Clergy invite you to an Interfaith Prayer VigilJoin us as we pray for peace and remember the people of Ukraine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, March 4\, 2022 \n\n\n\nNoon to 1 p.m.Wisner Park \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Elmira Area Clergy at \n\n\n\n607-882-4031.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/interfaith-prayer-vigil-for-ukraine/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Democracy,Peace
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T083000
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SUMMARY:Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls
DESCRIPTION:The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington will be a generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and lowwealth people\, state leaders\, faith communities\, moral allies\, unions and partnering organizations. \n\n\n\nProvided\n\n\n\n2 0 2 2 MORAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON LOCATION: 3RD & PENNSYLVANIA AVE.\, WASHINGTON DC \n\n\n\nThe Assembly is a pulling point of organizing from fall 2021 to summer of 2022 and will spring us toward the 2022 elections. All along the way\, we will be doing MORE: Mobilizing\, Organizing\, Registering\, Educating\, Engaging and Empowering people for a movement that votes! \n\n\n\nProvided\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoor People’s March on Washington Saturday Demands “Moral Reset” on Poverty\, Voting Rights\, ClimateWe speak with Bishop William Barber and Reverend Liz Theoharis\, co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign\, about plans for Saturday’s Moral March on Washington and to the Polls to demand the government address key issues facing poor and low-income communities. \n\n\nAmy Goodman and Juan Gonazalez. Poor People’s March on Washington Saturday Demands “Moral Reset” on Poverty\, Voting Rights\, Climate. 17 Jun 2022. Democracy Now.— https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/17/poor_peoples_campaign_2022_washington_march \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWe speak with Bishop William Barber and Reverend Liz Theoharis\, co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign\, about plans for Saturday’s Moral March on Washington and to the Polls to demand the government address key issues facing poor and low-income communities. The march will bring together thousands of people from diverse backgrounds to speak out against the country’s rising poverty rates\, voter suppression in low-income communities and more. “To have this level of poverty that’s untalked about too often … is actually morally indefensible\, constitutionally inconsistent\, politically insensitive and economically insane\,” says Barber. Theoharis says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is a major source of economic insecurity and has contributed to the COVID-19 death toll. She asks how a rich country “that spends more money on healthcare than any other nation with a comparable economy still has [these] kind of poor health outcomes.” \n\n\n\nAMY GOODMAN: Democracy Now!\, democracynow.org\, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. \n\n\n\nAs the United States experiences its worst inflation in decades with skyrocketing food\, gas and energy prices\, we end today’s show in Washington\, D.C.\, where the Poor People’s Campaign has organized a massive Moral March on Washington Saturday. The demonstration is being led by low-income people and workers demanding access to stable housing\, healthcare\, living wages\, gun control\, and reproductive and voting rights. \n\n\n\nFor more\, we’re joined in Washington\, D.C.\, by Bishop Dr. William Barber II\, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign\, president of Repairers of the Breach. We also hope to speak with Dr. Liz Theoharis\, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. \n\n\n\nBishop Barber\, welcome back to Democracy Now! If you can talk about what you’re doing in Washington? As inside the Capitol there is this epic historic hearing around the previous president’s attempted coup\, the man who would not let go of power but was forced to in the end\, I’m wondering if you could contrast what we’re seeing exposed there with what you’re doing this weekend. \n\n\n\nBISHOP WILLIAM BARBER II: Well\, thank you\, Amy. \n\n\n\nWe are not the insurrection. We are the resurrection\, and a resurrection of thousands\, of every race and creed and color and kind and geography\, who are coming nonviolently to Washington\, D.C.\, from all across this great land\, to say that the 140 million poor and low-wealth people in this country\, 43% of this nation\, 52% of the children\, 68% — 60% of Black people\, 33% of — 30% of white people\, 68% of Latinos\, and so forth and so on\, 87 million people who are uninsured or underinsured\, 32 million people that get up every morning and work jobs that do not pay a living wage\, less than $15 an hour — we won’t be silent or unseen anymore. \n\n\n\nThe time has come for us to have a Third Reconstruction. We had one in the 1800s\, one in the 1960s. We need one now\, that’s about policy\, reconstructing a moral framework\, political framework in this country\, because to have this level of poverty\, that’s un-talked-about too often and unseen and unheard\, is actually morally indefensible\, constitutionally inconsistent\, politically insensitive and economically insane. So people are coming. But poor people are coming to say not only do we need a moral reset — and low-wage workers are saying it — we represent 32% of the electorate now\, poor people do\, and 45% of the electorate in battleground states. And it’s time for that power to be organized\, mobilized and felt in every election throughout this country. \n\n\n\nNow\, when we look at what you see in these hearings\, we have to ask the question\, I think: Why were Trumpism or Trump and his team fighting to hold onto power? Why wouldn’t McConnell and them impeach him when they had a chance? I believe\, Amy\, and we believe\, this isn’t just about personality\, but policy. We’re witnessing a crisis of democracy\, because some of the people who didn’t go along with Trump in this and didn’t go along with Eastman’s scheme still took the time to see if it was right\, if there was a way they could do it. They still voted 99% of the time for Trump’s policies of extremism. And they still believe in a political policy coup d’état to suppress the vote\, to rob the government of its resources by giving tax cuts to the wealthiest and to the greediest and the corporate interests\, that disempowers the government from doing the things it needs to do for the least and the left-out and the workers and women. They are still the group that wants to take — to have a political coup d’état and take women’s rights to their own body. They’re still the group that wants to block living wages\, block healthcare\, block addressing climate change\, block police violence. And all of these policies produce a policy murder. And we found out just this week that the denial of universal healthcare during COVID\, for instance\, has cost 330\,000 lives. We found out\, because of Trump and his allies’ policies in the beginning of COVID\, poor people died at a rate of two to five times higher than anyone else in this country. \n\n\n\nSo\, we are the contrast. What you saw January 6th was the insurrection. What you see on Saturday is a resurrection. It’s a resurrection of people coming together\, the Mass Poor People’s\, Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March to the Polls. And we are calling on people to still join us at Third and Pennsylvania at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. \n\n\n\nAMY GOODMAN: Liz Theoharis is also with us\, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis\, who is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and president — also executive director of the Kairos Center at Union Theological Seminary. \n\n\n\nLiz\, welcome back to Democracy Now! If you could talk about the significance of this march\, and this coming at a time where a Yale study just came out saying that something like 338\,000 people who died of COVID-19 during the pandemic in the United States — a third of the people — died unnecessarily\, could have been saved if the U.S. had Medicare for All? Can you talk about how healthcare is a basic right\, as one of the tenets of what people are calling for in Washington? \n\n\n\nREV. LIZ THEOHARIS: Well\, thanks so much\, Amy\, and it is great to be back. \n\n\n\nAnd as Bishop Barber said\, and as you just referenced\, this study came out this week that says that\, yeah\, a third of the people who did not have healthcare would not have died from this pandemic. What we in the Poor People’s Campaign have been putting out\, and we did a study with Jeffrey Sachs and with folks over at Columbia University that showed that between two and five times the number of poor people from poor communities died from the pandemic than richer communities and richer people. And again\, this is because of these underlying issues of health inequality\, of poverty\, of low wages. \n\n\n\nAnd so\, indeed\, when we gather on Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday and we hear the voices\, the stories\, but also the solutions coming out of poor and low-income people’s experience and lives\, we will surely hear about the need for healthcare. As Bishop Barber has said\, we need healthcare to be connected to people’s bodies\, not to their jobs. And how is it\, in this rich nation\, that spends more money on healthcare than any other nation with a comparable economy\, still has the kind of poor health outcomes\, still has 87 million people who before the pandemic were uninsured or underinsured\, and even some more who have — you know\, tens of thousands who have lost their healthcare coverage in the worst public health crisis in generations? \n\n\n\nAnd again\, this just does not have to be. It actually — you know\, we could spend less on healthcare and lead healthier lives\, and everyone could have universal coverage. We need to expand Medicaid\, but we also need to implement a single-payer universal healthcare system. And again\, this will lift society from the bottom. \n\n\n\nAnd so\, this and then the cry and demand for living-wage jobs\, for adequate housing\, for immigration reform\, for protecting this democracy\, they’re all connected. And we see the interconnections\, the intersections of the denial of healthcare\, the destruction of our environment\, the militarization of our communities\, and the problems of poverty and low wages that are infecting almost half of the population\, and\, therefore\, bringing this impoverished democracy to a real crisis. \n\n\n\nAMY GOODMAN: Liz Theoharis\, you’ve also said that declaring war is a declaration of war on the poor. Explain. \n\n\n\nREV. LIZ THEOHARIS: So\, you know\, that actually comes from Dr. King and from many that have come before. But Dr. King\, you know\, when he comes out against the Vietnam War all those years ago\, says that war\, in all its form\, is a war on the poor\, and it’s cruel manipulation of the poor. \n\n\n\nAnd we’re seeing this today. I mean\, we don’t have a draft in this country\, but we have a poverty draft. And 22 veterans commit suicide every day in this country because of the moral costs of war. And if we look at our military budget\, 53 cents of every discretionary dollar goes to the military. We can’t even spend 15 cents on healthcare and living-wage jobs and investments in our children and in anti-poverty programs combined. You know\, this disproportionately impacts poor people. And that’s poor people in the United States\, and that’s poor people across the world. As Dr. King said\, you know\, you have poor people come together from this rich nation to go and kill poor people across the world. And we’re seeing this\, you know\, across the world in this moment\, as well. \n\n\n\nAMY GOODMAN: Bishop Barber\, this is Pride Month\, and there have been serious attacks or attempted attacks\, from Coeur d’Alene to the Bay Area. You had Patriot Front in Coeur d’Alene\, a small army stopped by police before they attacked a Pride march. Can you talk about the far right and the white supremacists using Christianity to justify what they’re doing? \n\n\n\nBISHOP WILLIAM BARBER II: Well\, I don’t call them “right.” I never use the term “far right” and “far left.” I think those terms are problematic. And one of the things the Poor People’s Campaign is saying is we need to have a moral conversation about right versus wrong\, constitutional versus unconstitutional. And that’s part of our problem. \n\n\n\nThe reality is that that’s heresy. Any time you use religion to justify violence against gay people\, against women\, against the poor\, against any segment of a community\, when you use it to suppress the vote\, when you use religion to try to block living wages and healthcare\, it is exactly wrong. One of the reasons it’s wrong from a moral and a religious standpoint is because those become the policies of death. You know\, every piece of regressive policy costs lives. When you deny healthcare\, it costs lives. When you attack LGBT communities\, you cost lives. When you allow guns to flourish in the society\, people to walk around with AK-47s\, you cost lives. When you block living wages and people moving up out of poverty — we knew that\, even before COVID hit\, poor people were dying at a rate of 700 people a day\, nearly 30 people an hour per day\, 250\,000 a year\, from the effects of poverty. That is contrary to the biblical call to life. It is contrary to the call of the ancient prophets that says\, “Woe unto those who legislate evil and rob the poor of their rights and make women and children their prey” — P-R-E-Y. It’s contrary to the call of Jesus\, that we’re supposed to be about life and good news to the poor. And it’s contrary to the Declaration of Independence\, that we are supposed to be about life\, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\, and contrary to the Constitution promise to establish justice and equal protection under the law. \n\n\n\nWe are a movement of life\, though. What we are saying is — and on Saturday\, we are having Black people\, white people\, Brown people\, Asian people\, Native people\, gay people\, straight people\, Republicans\, Democrats\, veterans\, nonveterans. These are the voices you will hear\, poor and impacted people\, on the stage. It’s not a march and a rally and an assembly\, really\, for [inaudible] — \n\n\n\nAMY GOODMAN: We have 10 seconds. \n\n\n\nBISHOP WILLIAM BARBER II: — for people to come and talk for people. People will talk for themselves. We are the resurrection and not the insurrection. \n\n\n\nAMY GOODMAN: Well\, we want to thank you both so much for being with us\, Bishop Dr. William Barber and Dr. Liz Theoharis\, co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign\, holding the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington on Saturday. \n\n\n\nOh\, and\, Liz\, I also want to congratulate your sister Jeanne Theoharis. The film The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\, based on Jeanne’s best-selling book by the same title\, just premiered last night at the Tribeca Film Festival\, directed by our former Democracy Now! producer Yoruba Richen\, as well as Johanna Hamilton. It is fantastic\, not to be missed by anyone. It was at the Tribeca Film Festival. \n\n\n\nAnd that does it for our show. Democracy Now! is produced with Renée Feltz\, Mike Burke\, Deena Guzder\, Messiah Rhodes\, Nermeen Shaikh\, María Taracena\, Tami Woronoff\, Camille Baker\, Charina Nadura\, Sam Alcoff\, Tey-Marie Astudillo\, John Hamilton\, Robby Karran\, Hany Massoud\, Mary Conlon. \n\n\n\nOn Monday\, a Juneteenth special — don’t miss it — on Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman. Stay safe.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/mass-poor-peoples-and-low-wage-workers-assembly-and-moral-march-on-washington-and-to-the-polls/
LOCATION:Washington\, D.C.\, 3rd and Pennsylvania Ave.\, Washington\, D.C.\, 20004
CATEGORIES:Poor Peoples Campaign
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SUMMARY:Jack Waddell presents Mark Twain’s America with Deborah Dutcher
DESCRIPTION:Jack Waddell presents Mark Twain’s America with Deborah Dutcher.\nSunday Aug. 7\, 2022 3 PM \nThe Park Church. 208 W. Gray St.. Elmira\, NY. \nFree Concert to the Public\, Donations welcomed at the door. \nA 175th Anniversary Event Sponsored by The Park Church \nFor Information/COVID Guidelines: www.theparkchurch.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Jack Waddell presents Mark Twain’s America with Deborah Dutcher” Please join us on Sunday\, August 7th at 3:00 PM for this free concert at The Park Church. Souvenir fans for the first 100 audience members! House opens at 2:30 PM. The concert features music and performers from “Mark Twain the Musical” — beloved Elmira summer theatre production staged 1989 to 1996. Waddell stared as “Jim” from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and Deborah was a Painted Post high school student who understudied as Suzy Clemens singing “The House on the Hill” – now she’s a Broadway musical star just returned from a London run of “Phantom of the Opera.” Come celebrate Twain history in Elmira and enjoy African American Spirituals\, music from the Mark Twain Drama and other musical theatre classics.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/jack-waddell-presents-mark-twains-america-with-deborah-dutcher/
LOCATION:Park Church\, 208 W. Gray St\, Elmira\, New York\, 14901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220918T150000
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SUMMARY:Faiths and Migrants: The Role of Ithaca Welcomes Refugees
DESCRIPTION:Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition (STIC) Invites you to its 2022 Annual Meeting Sunday\, September 18\, 2022 @ 3:00 P.M. at The Park Church\, 208 Gray St.\, Elmira\, NY 14901\n\n\n\nIt is a hybrid program; click below to Join Zoom Meeting Link: — https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89540551673?pwd=a0hMMyszRFRsVStETmZaUkVmcC9RUT09 \n\n\n\n“He is not a believer who eats his fill whilst his neighbor beside him goes hungry.”  (Prophet Muhammad (صلياللهعليهوسلم) in Bukhari)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker\n\n\n\nDr. S. Zeeshan Rizvi(IWR)\n\n\n\nDr. S. Zeeshan Rizvi – an Engineer by profession\, working full-time at Corning Inc. – leads the Organization Development and Volunteer Onboarding at Ithaca Welcomes Refugees\, Inc.\, (IWR) which is an Ithaca based nonprofit organization.  \n\n\n\nIWR works with State Department designated resettlement agencies to help migrants and refugees in the area settle and integrate into our communities.  \n\n\n\nAt IWR\, Dr. Rizvi mainly is responsible for recruiting and training volunteers and connecting them with the different functional teams within the organization so their skillsets can be best utilized to benefit the arriving families.  \n\n\n\nIthaca Welcomes Refugees is a proud member of Welcoming America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThose individuals are greatly praised by God Almighty “who prefer others over themselves even if they (themselves) are in greater need.”  (Qur’an\, 59:9)
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/faiths-and-migrants-the-role-of-ithaca-welcomes-refugees/
LOCATION:Park Church\, 208 W. Gray St\, Elmira\, New York\, 14901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual STIC Meeting
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SUMMARY:Abraham Path Walk
DESCRIPTION:2022 10th Annual STIC Abraham Walk\, Organized & Sponsored by the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition (STIC)\n\n\n\nFaiths Walking Together\, Celebrating Our Faiths. \n\n\n\nSunday\, October 9\, 2022 @ 2:30 PM \n\n\n\n“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\n\n\n\nWalk (the Event) begins with gathering at the IAFL Islamic Center (499 Hickory Grove Rd.\, Horseheads\, NY 14845) \n\n\n\nFrom IAFL\, we shall proceed (drive) to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church (410 E. McCanns Blvd.\, Elmira Heights\, NY 14903) – about 12 minutes (8.5 miles) drive.From Ukrainian Church we shall proceed (drive) to Jewish Congregation Kol Ami (1008 W. Water St.\, Elmira\, NY 14905) – about 9 minutes (4.3 miles) drive.Next\, we shall park at the Kol Ami and walk to the Hindu Temple (304 Demarest Pkwy\, Elmira\, NY 14905) – about 9 minutes (0.4) miles) walk.Next we shall walk back from the Hindu Temple to Kol Ami for the final program of the event and a culminating reception.\n\n\n\nThe Walk is based on the story of Abraham\, a prophet common to Judaism\, Christianity and Islam. \n\n\n\nContact:Imam Zaman Marwat (Islamic Center)\, (607) 731-3858 * sufizaman@yahoo.com \n\n\n\nJenny Monroe (The Park Church)\, (607) 738-5069 * jmonroe@stny.rr.com Rabbi Oren Steinitz (Kol Ami)\, (607) 333-4400 * oren.steinitz@gmail.com Fr. Teodor B. Czabala\, Jr (Ukrainian Catholic Church) | \n\n\n\nSwami Tulsida | swamitulsidas@bhaktimarga.us \n\n\n\nThe vision of the Lord directing Abraham to count the stars\, woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld from a 1860 Bible in Pictures edition
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/abraham-path-walk/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Abrahamic Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221106T140000
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SUMMARY:Highlights of Muslim Culture
DESCRIPTION:The Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes in association with the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Presents: \n\n\n\nHighlights of Muslim Culture\n\n\n\nSunday November 6\, 2022 from 2PM-5PM\, 499 Hickory Grove Road\, Horseheads\, New York 1484. \n\n\n\nIslamic Association of the Finger Lakes Center\, Horseheads\, N.Y.\n\n\n\nCuisine\n\n\n\nWe will take you on a culinary experience of a lifetime! \n\n\n\nLearn how to prepare and taste popular cultural food items! \n\n\n\nHijab\n\n\n\nWe will educate you about the significance of hijab. \n\n\n\nLearn how to properly wear a hijab and try one on\, if you would like! \n\n\n\nHenna\n\n\n\nWe will teach you the art of applying henna on the hands! \n\n\n\nLearn application tips and also have henna applied on you! \n\n\n\nTughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent\, 1566\, detail\n\n\n\nCome and enjoy an afternoon filled with fun activities while also learning about various Muslim cultural artistic techniques and expressions! \n\n\n\nThis event is FREE and open for ALL. Reservation is REQUIRED. \n\n\n\nRSVP your name and phone number to events@iaficenter.org \n\n\n\nFor Questions: Contact Imam Marwat at(607) 398-6455 or sufizaman@yahoo.com \n\n\n\nThis project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program\, a regrant program of the New York State Counil on the Arts with support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. \n\n\n\nHighlights-of-Muslim-Culture-FlyerDownload
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/highlights-of-muslim-culture/
LOCATION:Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes Center\, 499 Hickory Grove Road\, Horseheads\, NY\, 14845\, United States
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:The Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition invites you to a Community Thanksgiving Worship Service with all of our Interfaith partners.  \n\n\n\nWhen: Sunday\, November 20\, 2022 @ 3:30 PM \n\n\n\nWhere: Congregation Kol Ami\, 1008 W Water Street\, Elmira\, NY 14905 \n\n\n\nOther details: A reception with dessert and fellowship will follow the service.  A freewill offering will be collected and donations will be given to the SPCA of Chemung County. \n\n\n\nAll are Welcome!
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/interfaith-community-thanksgiving-worship-service/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T193000
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SUMMARY:Democracy Not Theocracy
DESCRIPTION:Democracy Not Theocracy: Confronting the Threat of Christian Nationalism To Preserve Our Religiously Diverse Nation\n\n\n\nThe Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush\, president of the Interfaith Alliance\, will give a special Yachad lecture on Tuesday\, May 2. His topic will be “Democracy Not Theocracy: Confronting the Threat of Christian Nationalism To Preserve Our Religiously Diverse Nation\,” currently a special focus of the Alliance. \n\n\n\nRev. Paul Raushenbush\, President of the Interfaith Alliance\n\n\n\nAn ordained Baptist minister\, Rev. Raushenbush is a longtime leader in the interfaith movement working to protect an inclusive vision of religious freedom for people of all faiths and none. \n\n\n\nHe is the great-grandson of the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and great-grandson of Baptist theologian Walter Rauschenbusch\, a key figure in the Social Gospel movement\, who taught in Rochester. \n\n\n\nPrior to coming to Interfaith Alliance\, Rev. Raushenbush served as senior vice president of the Auburn Seminary\, the founding and executive editor of HuffPost Religion\, associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University\, and a founding editor of Beliefnet.com. Most recently\, he was the senior advisor for public affairs and innovation at Interfaith America. \n\n\n\nHe also serves as host of State of Belief Radio\, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast. Rev. Raushenbush previously hosted Huffington Post’s podcast “All Together” where he interviewed a diverse array of guests working at the intersection of religion and politics\, including President Jimmy Carter\, Patti Smith\, RuPaul\, Bishop T.D. Jakes\, and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. \n\n\n\nRev. Raushenbush has spoken about religious diversity and the importance of inclusive religious liberty at colleges\, churches and institutes around the country including The Chautauqua Institute\, the Center for American Progress\, the New America Foundation and the Aspen Institute. He is regularly invited to offer commentary on issues of religion and civil rights in national outlets including CNN\, CBS\, ABC\, MSNBC\, NPR\, New York Times\, Washington Post\, Al Jazeera\, BBC\, The Hill\, Vice\, and Religion News Service. He has published two books and contributed essays to several volumes on faith in public life. \n\n\n\nHe’ll speak in the sanctuary at Congregation Kol Ami at 7:30 p.m. on May 2. The Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition is a co-sponsor. \n\n\n\nThe program will also be available on Zoom\, with registration at this link. \n\n\n\nRev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush\, “Democracy Not Theocracy: Confronting the Threat of Christian Nationalism To Preserve Our Religiously Diverse Nation\,” at Congregation Kol Ami\, May 2\, 2023
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/democracy-not-theocracy/
LOCATION:Congregation Kol Ami\, 1008 West Water Street\, Elmira\, New York\, 14904\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230512T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Potluck Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition (STIC) invite you to attend our Interfaith Potluck Dinner.\n\n\n\nAll are welcome! Meal followed by Interfaith Jeopardy. Imam Zaman Marwat\, host.\n\n\n\nFriday May 12 at 6 PM.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBring a vegetarian dish to pass. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFor more information call or text 607-731-3858. Email Imam Marwat here: MZMarwat@sticinterfaith.org \n\n\n\nDownload the Flyer
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/interfaith-potluck-dinner/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230910T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
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SUMMARY:Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition Annual Meeting 2023
DESCRIPTION:Anti-Racism Challenges for the Interfaith Community\n\n\n\nThe Reverend Gary T. Smith\, Director of The Center for Racial Justice\n\n\n\nby The Reverend Gary T. Smith \n\n\n\nDirector of The Center for Racial Justice \n\n\n\nUnited Church of Christ – New York Conference \n\n\n\nReverend Gary T. Smith will speak about how he approaches anti-racism work in a faith context. The Mission Statement for the Center is “To eliminate racism and White supremacy in congregations\, and in the schools\, institutions\, and organizations within our communities by educating people about the history of personal and systemic racism; building intentional multiracial relationships; and leveraging our collective power to achieve race-related systemic change. \n\n\n\n\nThe church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state\, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state\, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal\, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral or spiritual authority. \n\n\n\n \nRev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\n\n\n\nRefreshments will follow Rev. Smith’s presentation.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/southern-tier-interfaith-coalition-annual-meeting-2023/
LOCATION:United Church of Painted Post\, 201 No. Hamilton St (exit 44 off I-86)\, Painted Post\, New York\, 14870\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231008T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231008T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
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SUMMARY:Abraham Path Walk 2023
DESCRIPTION:11th Annual event\, sponsored by the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition (STIC)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPeople of Faith Walking Together for greater understanding and compassion\n\n\n\nThe three-mile Walk celebrates the three Abrahamic faiths and is based on the story of Abraham\, a prophet common to Judaism\, Christianity and Islam.\n\n\n\nSunday\, October 8th\, 2023 @ 2:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent begins at Congregation Kol Ami with refreshments (parking available at 1008 W. Water Street\, Elmira)\n\n\n\nWalk with someone of another faith community to Grace Episcopal (375 W. Church St. Elmira) then return to Kol Ami\n\n\n\nThen drive to the IAFL Islamic Center of the Finger Lakes (499 Hickory Grove Rd. Horseheads) for a reception\n\n\n\nIf you’re not interested in walking\, come to the reception at IAFL at 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\nFor more information go to https://www.sticinterfaith.org/about or contact: Imam Zaman Marwat\, 607-562-3869\, sufizaman@yahoo.com Debra Todd\, 607-734-0908\, dctodd321@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. \nRev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\n\n\n\nSTIC 2023 Abrahamic Walk News Release \n\n\n\nA 2.5 mile walk for interfaith understanding will take place on Sunday\, October 8th\, stepping off at 2:00 PM in West Elmira\, with a concluding reception in Horseheads. \n\n\n\nCalled “The Path of Abraham\,” the walk celebrates three faiths—Judaism\, Christianity\, and Islam—that all race their origins to the Biblical patriarch and Prophet Abraham. The walk is an education project of the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition (STIC)\, which began this annual event in 2012. \n\n\n\nThe goal\, according to Interfaith Coalition chair Dr. Zaman Marwat\, is not only to walk on behalf of interfaith understanding\, but also for individual participants to increase their own understanding by walking with someone of another religion and sharing answers to prepared questions. \n\n\n\nThe walk will begin at 2:00 PM at Congregation Kol Ami\, 1008 West Water Street\, in West Elmira\, where participants may leave their cars. After a short visit inside the synagogue\, participants will then walk to Grace Episcopal Church\, 375 West Church St. for a rest stop and then walk back to Kol Ami. The total walk mileage is about 2.5 miles. Participants will then drive to the Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes\, 499 Hickory Grove Rd. Horseheads for a tour of the mosque and refreshments. \n\n\n\nThe original idea for a Path of Abraham Walk was for interfaith groups to walk the entire route from the site of Ur\, in southern Iraq\, to Haran\, in southern Turkey\, and then to Jerusalem\, in Israel\, as the Bible states that Abraham and Sarah traveled. For those of us who can’t travel to the Middle East and hike in the desert for days on end\, an alternative is to walk a local route that includes a synagogue\, a church\, and a mosque. \n\n\n\nThe walk is open to everyone\, at no charge. Individuals unable to walk the route are welcome to drive from point to point\, car pool with others to complete the questions\, and/or participate in the reception.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/abraham-path-walk-2023/
LOCATION:Congregation Kol Ami\, 1008 West Water Street\, Elmira\, New York\, 14904\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T180000
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SUMMARY:2023 Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
DESCRIPTION:A reception with dessert and fellowship will follow the service. \n\n\n\nThe committee planning the STIC Interfaith Thanksgiving Service (19 November 2023) seeks refreshment donations for the Dessert Reception that will follow Service.   \n\n\n\nAny person able to prepare or purchase a dessert item to share is asked to email planning team member Deb Todd\, (dctodd321@gmail.com) between now and November 15. \n\n\n\n*Please note that in respecting dietary restrictions of several members\, STIC must request that dessert contributions be accompanied by simple ingredient note card that we’ll place alongside the dish on serving table.   \n\n\n\nIn advance\, Deb and the whole STIC family warmly welcome ALL who attend\, participate\, and  share the invitation with friends and family.  And\, of course\, special Thanks to those who arrive with a sweet treat to share.    \n\n\n\nDownload flyer:  \n\n\n\nSTIC-Interfaith-Thanksgiving-Service-11-19-23-1Download\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis service is free for all who wish to attend. A free will offering will be collected and donated to Doctors Without Borders. \n\n\n\nDoctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is on the ground in over 70 countries—providing urgently needed humanitarian aid in moments of crisis and conflict. Make a gift today to help us continue providing medical aid where it is needed most. \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ?\n\n\n\n\nEvery day\, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams deliver emergency medical aid to people in crisis\, with over 63\,000 staff working in more than 70 countries around the world. Our teams of doctors\, nurses\, logisticians\, and other frontline workers are often among the first on the scene when peoples’ lives are upended by conflict\, disease outbreaks\, or natural or human-made disasters. \nDoctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)\n\n\n\nAll are Welcome! This is the Second Interfaith Thanksgiving Service.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/2023-community-interfaith-thanksgiving-service/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 171 W. Pulteney St.\, Corning\, NY\, 14830\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T110000
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SUMMARY:Elmira PRIDE
DESCRIPTION:Park Church Web\n\n\n\n\nJune 1\, 2024 – Elmira PRIDE – Hosted by The Park Church Elmira\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat: Elmira PRIDE \n\n\n\nWhen: Saturday\, June 1st from 11 am to 4 pm \n\n\n\nWhere: Wisner Park – next to The Park Church \n\n\n\nThe Park Church has received an ARTS Community grant to sponsor artists during the 2024 PRIDE celebration in Wisner Park on Saturday\, June 1st from 11 AM to 4 PM. \n\n\n\nPlease let us know if you would like to perform\, be a vendor or a participating food truck. \n\n\n\nNon-profits serving the LGBTQIA+ community are welcome to table at the event. \n\n\n\nFor an Application to Vend or to Table\, please contact office@theparkchurch.org. \n\n\n\nThis project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program\, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. \n\n\n\nPoster of Elmira PRIDE event PDF
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/elmira-pride/
LOCATION:New York
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Park Church":MAILTO:office@theparkchurch.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240612T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240612T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
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SUMMARY:Community Documentation Workshop Screening
DESCRIPTION:The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes and The Park Church present: \n\n\n\n A Community Documentation Workshop Screening\n\n\n\nProvided\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 12\, 2024 at 7:00 PM\n\n\n\nCome meet the community creators at The Park Church – 208 West Gray St. – Elmira \n\n\n\nThis screening features four short documentaries made by local community organizations. The Community Documentation Workshop (CDW) equips grassroots organizations in our region with the skills and perspectives to document and present their own cultural traditionsin ways that center their voices and perspectives. \n\n\n\nThis year’s videos are presented in partnership with:Ancient Voices Media (https://instagram.com/ancientvoicesmedia)\, Food for the Spirit (https://foodforthespirit.org)\, the Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes (https://iaflcenter.org/)\, and United Steelworkers Local 1000 (https://uswlocals.org/usw-local-1000). \n\n\n\nThank you to additional project partners: Chemung County Library District MakerSpace (ccldmakerspace.org)\, Chemung County Historical Society (https://chemungvalleymuseum.org/)\, Elmira College (https://www.elmira.edu/)\, and GO ART (https://goart.org/). \n\n\n\nSupport for the Community Documentation Workshop is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature\,the National Endowment for the Arts\, and Corning Incorporated. \n\n\n\nThe event is free. Coffee and cookies will be served. Enter from the church parking lot off Gray Street.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/community-documentation-workshop-screening/
LOCATION:New York
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Park Church":MAILTO:office@theparkchurch.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
CREATED:20240911T235844Z
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SUMMARY:Abraham Path Walk 2024
DESCRIPTION:12th Annual event\, sponsored by the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition (STIC)\n\n\n\nArtwork: Gokden Alpman Matthews. Photo: Kay Campbell. 2014.\n\n\n\nPeople of Faith Walking Together for greater understanding and compassion\n\n\n\nThis year we walk together in the public sphere in downtown Elmira.  \n\n\n\nThis one-mile walk brings interfaith partners together and is based on the story of Abraham\, a prophet common to Judaism\, Christianity and Islam.\n\n\n\nSunday\, October 13th\, 2024 @ 2:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBegin in the parking lot of The Park Church (208 W. Gray Street\, Elmira)\n\n\n\nWalk with someone of another faith community to the Elmira City Hall\, Chemung County Courthouse and then back to Wisner Park\n\n\n\nThen drive to the IAFL Islamic Center of the Finger Lakes (499 Hickory Grove Rd. Horseheads) for a reception and STIC Annual Meeting.\n\n\n\nIf you’re not interested in walking\, come to the reception and annual meeting at IAFL at 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\n\nFor more information go to https://www.sticinterfaith.org/about or contact: Imam Zaman Marwat\, 607-562-3869\, sufizaman@yahoo.com Debra Todd\, 607-734-0908\, dctodd321@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. \nRev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\n\n\n\nThe walk is open to everyone\, at no charge. Individuals unable to walk the route are welcome to drive from point to point\, car pool with others to complete the questions\, and/or participate in the reception.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/abraham-path-walk-2024/
LOCATION:Park Church\, 208 W. Gray St\, Elmira\, New York\, 14901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T141500
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
CREATED:20250214T164350Z
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SUMMARY:How Religious Viewpoints Influence Climate Science and Policy
DESCRIPTION:Come join the entire Elmira College Community to be part of the change during a day dedicated to critical dialogue and interactive simulations on practical\, just climate solutions. This event is free and open to everyone including students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the community. \n\n\n\nPhoto provided\n\n\n\nDiscussion Panels: all panels will be live streamed. Zoom info (Click the link below). See Campus Map below to find building locations. \n\n\n\n\n\nHow Religious Viewpoints Influence Climate Science and Policy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLive Stream Links\n\n\n\n\n\n1:15-2:15 p.m. sessions: \n\n\n\n(Tifft Lounge\, Campus Center) How religious viewpoints influence climate science and policy – Climate and Religion\n\n\n\n\n1:15 to 2:15 pm . The participants are (alphabetical order): \n\n\n\n1. Gary Brinn\, Reverend\, United Church of Christ\, Park Church\, Elmira\, NY \n\n\n\n2. Frank Potter\, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Big Flats\, NY \n\n\n\n3. Lynn Rubier-Capron\, Reverend\, First Presbyterian Church of Elmira\, NY \n\n\n\n4. Tom Samuels\, Rabbi\, Congregation Kol Ami\, Elmira\, NY \n\n\n\n5. Paul Solyn\, Jewish Center and Federation of the Southern Tier \nElmira College Teach-In on Climate and Justice
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/how-religious-viewpoints-influence-climate-science-and-policy/
LOCATION:Elmira College Campus\, 1 Park Place\, Elmira\, New York\, 14830\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
CREATED:20260107T130433Z
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SUMMARY:New Beginnings
DESCRIPTION:Join the southern tier interfaith coalition as we gather and begin a deep journey into interfaith conversations. We will be inviting members of our coordinating committee to join us once a month with a scripture or an object or a text or something that means a lot to them spiritually personally and drives them into the work they are doing. Join us as we open our hearts and minds to our fellow travelers.  \n\n\n\nSTIC Abrahamic Walk at Park Church. Elmira\, NY. 8 Oct 2023.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/new-beginnings/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
CREATED:20260220T160207Z
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SUMMARY:Jamal Malik | Ramadan: Reflections on El-Mira
DESCRIPTION:Al Hajj Jamal Abdul-Malik was born and raised in Elmira NY as a 5th generation member of the Wilbur J. and Beatrice Reid family. Brought up in the traditions of the AME Zion Church\, he accepted Islam in October 1972 at the young age of 19.  He was introduced to Islam at Farmingdale State University and later while performing at Elmira Correctional Facility found guidance from two Muslim inmates who were connected to Brooklyn’s YaSin Mosque’s Muslim Prison Committee.   \n\n\n\nAl Hajj Jamal Abdul-Malik\n\n\n\nHis desire to acquire a copy of Quran and read the words of Allah\, in particular reference to Jesus (s.a.w.s.)\, i.e.; “Surah Maryam 19:16-35”\, prompted them to provide the address to YaSin Mosque where he visited that next weekend. Considering himself a knowledgeable young man in the studies of middle eastern religions\, he traveled downstate to visit the Mosque.  The quiet\, warm\, and welcoming demeanor he encountered piqued his curiosity to learn more about the way of life that could bring inner peace to even the angriest and most conflicted of persons who accepted its tenants.  It was there\, at Brooklyn’s YaSin Mosque during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan\, where he took his Shahada (Declaration of Faith)\, received his first copy of the Quran and was introduced to the concept of Tawheed: “Say: He is Allah\, the One and Only; Allah\, the Eternal\, Absolute; He begets not\, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him.” (Surah Al-Ikhlas 112:1-4) and the 5 foundational Pillars of Islam: \n\n\n\n\nBelief in “One God – Allah”; and that the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) was the last and final messenger sent to guide mankind\, belief in the Angles\, the books and the Messengers.\n\n\n\nObservance of the Salah; 5 daily prayers. \n\n\n\nGiving Zakat; and obligatory charity to those less fortunate.\n\n\n\nPractice of Fasting; during the Month of Ramadan for purification of the Heart and disciplining the  Body.\n\n\n\nPerforming the Annual Hajj to Mecca at least once in your lifetime.  \n\n\n\n\nJamal has studied and practiced the way of Islam for over 55 years. Performed Hajj in 1983 and each year for 30 days during the holy month of Ramadan\, he fasts from before sunup to sundown\, taking nothing to eat or drink during daylight hours. Each night during prayer he recites 1/30th portion of the Holy Quran\, until its completion on the 30th day. This is a time of spiritual renewal\, introspection and recommitment for every Muslim around the world. It is a very deep and personal duty each Muslim performs individually\, and communally.  \n\n\n\nDuring his lifetime\, Jamal and wife were fortunate and blessed to live in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi\, UAE an Islamic country\, where He worked in the Oil & Gas industry for 17 years as Senior Engineer\, Project Manager and Asset Management SME (subject matter expert).  This posting allowed them to be fully immersed in the language\, culture and spiritual practice of the religion.   \n\n\n\nUpon retirement in 2015\, he returned to his roots of El-Mira\, to build upon his family’s legacy and make meaningful contributions to his hometown.   Jamal is married\, has raised 10 Adult children (one deceased)\, has 15 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.  He’s civically engaged in local and State Democratic politics\, active in his local mosque and continues the daily practice of polishing his heart to reflect the light of Islam and that of his Creator. \n\n\n\nChemung County Democratic Committee Chair Jamal Malik speaks to protesters at a rally to save federal safety net programs on March 31\, 2025. Source: WSKG.\n\n\n\nIn-Person option at: \n\n\n\n110 N. Main St.Elmira\, NY 14901Chemung County Democratic HeadquartersWe invite the community to join us for interfaith \n\n\n\nconversations. Please email us at info@sticinterfaith.org to attend via Zoom.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/jamal-malik-ramadan-reflections-on-el-mira/
LOCATION:Chemung County Democratic Headquarters\, 110 N. Main St.\, Elmira\, New York\, 14901\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T043133
CREATED:20260324T142247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T152654Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Passover Without Leaving Palestinians Behind | The Freedom Haggadah For A Liberatory Passover
DESCRIPTION:Ira Manhoff was born and raised in Westbury\, NY on Long Island. Both my parents had orthodox Jewish grandparents but were raised in fairly secular households. At one point they actually joined Christian Science due to the very severe health issues my brother suffered with. That did bring them some comfort but my mother admitted that superstition is what kept her on that path and years later when I was born they returned to reform Judaism. \n\n\n\nIra Manhoff. 2025.\n\n\n\nGrowing up I was very much into my Jewish identity\, more on a cultural level than a religious one but I did have a bar mitzvah and was the one who made sure we celebrated Jewish holidays in our home. I insisted we hold a Passover seder\, celebrate the High Holidays and Hanukkah each year in the Reform tradition. I also started reading about Jewish history and as I learned about the Holocaust I tried to understand how such a thing could happen. This combined with some of the antisemitism I experienced as a child (being beaten up by a neighborhood bully as he called me a “Christ Killer”) led me to seek out pro-Jewish activism.  \n\n\n\nAs a teenager I attended rallies for Soviet Jewry and ended up joining the Jewish Defense League where I learned karate and other forms of self defense. At 14 I was invited to spend the summer with my sister and her husband in Brussels where they were living and when I was told they were going for a weeks vacation in Yugoslavia I contacted a NYC organization that loaded me up with Jewish religious items that I smuggled into the country.  \n\n\n\nSoon after that I joined Betar which is a right wing Zionist youth movement. At first I looked at Zionism as a true movement for Jewish liberation but after two trips to Israel I could no longer deny what I saw with my own eyes. The oppression of Palestinians was not something I could live with and I parted ways with what at one time had given me so much hope for a Jewish future. At that time I did not know about the long proud history of anti-Zionism in Jewish history but finally learning about it helped me realize I could still be a proud Jew without being a Zionist.  \n\n\n\nRicardo Levins Morales. This Time. 2002.This hopeful poster featuring text by Aurora Levins Morales gives a contemporary take on the Exodus that encompasses people of all tribes.\n\n\n\n\n“They say that other country over there\, dim blue in the twilight\, farther than the orange stars exploding over our roofs\, is called peace\, but who can find the way? This time we cannot cross until we carry each other. All of us refugees\, all of us prophets. No more taking turns on history’s wheel\, trying to collect old debts no one can pay. The sea will not open that way. This time that country is what we promise each other\, our rage pressed cheek to cheek until tears flood the space between\, until there are no enemies left\, because this time no one will be left to drown and all of us must be chosen.  This time it’s all of us or none.” \nRicardo Levins Morales. This Time. 2002.\n\n\n\nI look forward to the opportunity of sharing with the Southern Tier Interfaith Coalition a way to celebrate Passover that is not contaminated by ideologies that distort what it really means to be a Jew. I have always been an activist\, be it during the AIDS crisis with ACTUP NY\, in my union demanding health coverage for same sex couples \, helping defend womens health clinics from anti choice protests and fighting attempts to label anti-Zionism as antisemitism. I have never felt more Jewish as I stand with Palestinians in their fight for justice.
URL:https://sticinterfaith.org/event/celebrating-passover-without-leaving-palestinians-behind/
LOCATION:Chemung County Democratic Headquarters\, 110 N. Main St.\, Elmira\, New York\, 14901\, United States
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