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SUMMARY:Unity Walk 2016: Know Your Neighbor
DESCRIPTION:Rumi Forum is a sponsor to this year’s Unity Walk organized by InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington on September 11\, 2016. \nOn September 11th\, 2016\, people of all faiths and cultures from around the Washington\, DC region will walk down Massachusetts Avenue and visit houses of worship and other religious centers in a public celebration of unity and support for everyone within our diverse community. \nToday\, more than ever\, our message of friendship and solidarity is critical. We hope you will join us and add your voice to this powerful event. \nThe Unity Walk is open and free to everyone. There is a suggested donation of $25 for adults and $10 for students\, seniors\, and those of limited income. Please consider contributing to the walk beyond the suggested amount if you are able. \nRegister for the Walk here. \nUnity Walk Schedule (Subject to Change):\nWalkers are invited to join the walk at anytime along the route.\n \nWalk-in registration\, Resource Fair\, and Donation Drop-off: 12:30-1:30 pm at Washington Hebrew Congregation\, 3935 Macomb St. NW\, Washington\, DC 20016 \nOpening ceremony: 1:30pm at Washington Hebrew Congregation\nThe program will include: Greetings by Rabbi Lustig\, Washington Hebrew Congregation\, a prayer offered by a leader from the Sikh Gurdwara DC\, and a musical send off by David Shneyer and a group of musicians from Kehila Chadasha. \nOpen House Block 1: 1:50pm-3pm\nEmbassy Church\nAnnunciation Catholic Church\nSikh Gurdwara\nWashington National Cathedral\nSt. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral \nOpen House Block 2: 3pm-4:15pm\nCommunity of Christ Church\nSoka Gakkai- USA\, Buddhist Cultural Center\nSt. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral\nApostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to the United States\nIndian Consulate \nClosing Ceremony: 4:30pm\, The Islamic Center of Washington\, DC\nThe program will include:  Remarks by Rev. Jim Winkler\, President of the National Council of Churches\, and a performance by Mosaic Harmony\, a local interfaith choir. \nEach house of worship will have their own programming including a demonstration of religious rituals\, a tour of the building\, an offering of traditional foods\, and an introduction to the religion and its practices. For more information about our resource fair or our services projects that will be happening during the walk\, please see below. \nThank you to our sponsors:\nAll Dulles Area Muslim Society\nCommunity of Christ\nDar al Hikrah\nDepartment of Human Services\, Washington\, D.C. Government\nFoundation for Ethnic Understanding\nFranciscan Monastery of the Holy Land\nIslamic Relief USA\nIslamic Society of North America\nMetropolitan Memorial UMC\nMuslim Community Center\nThe Nation’s Mosque\, Masjid Muhammad\nRock Spring Congregational UCC\nRumi Forum \nThank you to our regional partners:\nFairfax County Community Interfaith Coordination\nLoudoun Interfaith BRIDGES\nMayor’s Interfaith Council of Washington\, DC\nMontgomery County Faith Community Working Group\nUnity in the Community \nAdditional Activities:\nResource Fair: This is an excellent opportunity to share information about your organization with a diverse cross-section of people from throughout the greater DC area. For more information about the fair\, or if you would like to take part\, please email us at: unitywalk@ifcmw.org. The last day to sign up for the fair is Monday\, September 5th.\nService Projects: We will have two service projects at the Unity Walk this year. The first will be at Washington Hebrew Congregation (WHC) between 12:30pm and 1:30pm.  Together with WHC and Friendship Place\, we will be collecting long underwear to help men\, women\, and children in need in the DC area. We invite all walkers to donate a pair (or more) of long underwear when they arrive at WHC. Sizes XL and larger are best\, although all sizes are welcome. \nThe second will be apple bagging at Annunication Catholic Church\, between 2pm and 3pm. This project is part of an ongoing gleaning program at The Society of St. Andrew in Virginia. \nTo serve as a volunteer during the day\, please email us at: unitywalk@ifcmw.org \nMore questions about the walk? Visit our FAQ page for answers! \nAdditional contributions to the 2016 Unity Walk or to the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington are always welcome. \nClick here for the press release for the walk \n  \nSource: http://ifcmw.org/unity-walk/ \n 
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LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Interfaith Engagement
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SUMMARY:Communities Working Together: Justice\, Unity and Peace
DESCRIPTION:Rumi Forum partnered with several other organizations for a Fairfax Town Hall meeting on September 10\, 2016. \n\n\nWith the continued violence against unarmed black men and women\, and recent attacks on police officers across the nation\, Fairfax County is inviting residents\, public officials and law enforcement to engage in important and difficult conversations in order to listen and learn from one another. \nTo address concerns within our community\, Fairfax County’s Communities of Trust Committee (COTC) will host a Town Hall Meeting with the theme Communities Working Together: Justice\, Unity and Peace. This event will be an opportunity to share and discuss Fairfax County public safety initiatives\, listen and respond to concerns from local residents\, and discuss suggestions for growth and improvements in the area of community policing. At this forum\, Police officers will talk about what it is like working on the street\, and residents will discuss their encounters with police. Communities Working Together will also engage the audience to learn about their roles and responsibilities in keeping our neighborhoods safe and enhancing trust within the community. Federal\, state and local leaders plan to attend. \n  \nSpeakers: \nChairman Sharon Bulova\, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors \nBraddock District Supervisor John Cook\, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors \n  \nPanelists: \nChief Ed Roessler\, Fairfax County Police Department \nGiulio Arseni\, Supervisory Special Agent\, FBI Civil Rights Division \nHilary Shelton\, NAACP Washington Bureau Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy \nClaire Gastañaga\, Virginia American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)\, Executive Director \nPastor Milton Harding\, Centreville Baptist Church \n  \nBackground:  \n  \nCommunities of Trust Committee (COTC)\, a diverse committee of residents\, community leaders and public safety representatives\, was established by Chairman Sharon Bulova in the aftermath of events in Ferguson\, Missouri. COTC members focus on strengthening and building positive relations between public safety agencies and the communities they serve\, with special emphasis on law enforcement\, to advance collaboration\, partnerships and outreach. Members bring issues and concerns from their respective communities to the table and discuss possible resolutions and implementation strategies. COTC organizes community forums throughout the county to facilitate interactive discussions and engagement with public safety officials and the community. They also host community Public Safety Days focused on building positive relationships between children and teens and the men and women in uniform from the Police Department\, Fire & Rescue Department\, Sheriff’s Office and Federal Bureau of Investigation. So far\, COTC has held four community forums and three Public Safety Days. Communities of Trust is chaired by Shirley Ginwright\, President of the Fairfax County NAACP. Learn more about Communities of Trust at www.communitiesoftrust.com and on Facebook\, Twitter\, YouTube and NewsCenter. \n\nDetails\n\nDate:\n September 10 \nTime:\n 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm \nCost:\nFree\nWebsite:\nhttp://www.communitiesoftrust.com/\n\n\n\nVenue\n\nCentreville Bapist Church\n\n 15100 Lee Highway\nCentreville\, VA 20120 United States  + Google Map
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LOCATION:DC
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SUMMARY:Women's Leadership in Peace building and Social Harmony
DESCRIPTION: On September 29\, 2016\, Yeha Hwang\, Dr. Sahar Khamis\, Rabbi Deborah Reichmann\, and Karina V. Korostelina joined us for a panel discussion on the contribution of women of faith to society in peacebuilding and social harmony at the IITS Mosque in Fairfax\, VA. \nDate: September 29\, 2016 at 6:30 PM \nVenue: Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies\, 10359-B Democracy Ln. Fairfax VA 22030 \n \nBiographies:\nYeha Hwang serves as the Associate Pastor of Christian Formation at Fairfax Presbyterian Church\, overseeing and providing programs that foster and nurture disciples of Christ for all ages. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland\, Yena went on to receive a Master of Divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary. During her seminary training\, she served as Sunday School Director at Cho-Dae Presbyterian Church in Paramus\, New Jersey and Youth Director at Beltsville Presbyterian Church in Beltsville\, Maryland. Returning to Maryland\, she served in a number of positions including Director of English Ministry at Beltsville Presbyterian Church and a Pulpit Supply Preacher for the Korean Presbyterian Church of Rockville. From 1998 to 2002\, she served in an unordained role as an English Ministry Associate Pastor for Binnerri Presbyterian Church in Richardson\, Texas. After receiving a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2005\, she again returned to the National Capital area\, to serve as Associate Pastor in charge of the English Ministry at Wheaton Community Church\, where she was ordained as a Teaching Elder in 2007. While serving at Wheaton\, she was called to serve first as Vice-Moderator (2010) and then Moderator of the National Capital Presbytery (2011). As part of this service\, she served as a Commissioner of the National Capital Presbytery to the 219th General Assembly. Yena delivered the closing message at the 220th General Assembly. \n Dr. Sahar Khamis is an expert on Arab and Muslim media\, and the former Head of the Mass Communication and Information Science Department in Qatar University. She is a former Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. She is the co-author of the books: Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2009) and Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging\, Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2013). Additionally\, she authored and co-authored numerous book chapters\, journal articles and conference papers\, regionally and internationally\, in both English and Arabic. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious academic and professional awards\, as well as a member of the editorial boards of several journals in the field of communication\, in general\, and the field of Arab and Muslim media\, in particular. Dr. Khamis is a media commentator and analyst\, a public speaker\, a human rights commissioner in the Human Rights Commission in Montgomery County\, Maryland\, and a radio host\, who presents a monthly radio show on “U.S. Arab Radio” (the first Arab-American radio station broadcasting in the U.S. and Canada). \nRabbi Deborah Reichmann serves the Washington DC metropolitan area where she officiates life-cycle events for Jewish and interfaith families. She is also the Executive Director at the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington\, an organization that has provided interest free loans to the Jewish community since 1909.  She was ordained as a rabbi from the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute in 2012\, is an associate member of the Union of Jewish Universalist Communities (UJUC) and is a member in good standing of the International Federation of Rabbis. She received a BA (Bachelor of Arts)\, JD (Juris Doctor) and MALS (Master of Liberal Studies) from Georgetown University\, and also has a MPH (Master of Public Health) from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.  Her previous work experience includes seven years as staff member of the Campus Ministry Department at Georgetown University where she implemented religious programming for the Jewish community\, as well as interfaith programming for all students. Before that\, she spent a decade as a health policy attorney.  In this capacity\, Ms. Reichmann worked as in-house counsel at industry associations with a focus on advocacy and analysis of healthcare legislation and regulations on local\, state and federal levels. As such\, her primary focus was on public programs\, specifically Medicare.\n \nModerator: \nKarina V. Korostelina is a Professor and a Director of the Program on History\, Memory and Conflict at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution\, GMU. She is a leading expert on identity-based conflicts\, peace culture\, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Her recent interests include the study of intergroup insult\, civilian devastation\, the processes of politicization of history\, and role of history education in conflict and post-conflict societies. She has been Fulbright New Century Scholar\, has participated in the Regional Scholar Exchange Program\, administered by the Kennan Institute\, Woodrow Wilson Center and in the CRC Nationalism session at the Curriculum Resource Center of the Central European University. She has received 38 grants from the MacArthur Foundation\, Luce foundation\, Spenser Foundation\, Ebert Foundation\, Soros Foundation (Research Support Scheme\, Managing Multicultural Communities Project\, Renaissance Foundation)\, the United State Institute of Peace\, US National Academy of Education\, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of USDS\, USAID\, INTAS\, IREX\, and Council of Europe. The results of her research were presented at numerous international conferences and in more than 80 articles and chapters. She is an author or editor of 15 books including authorship of The Trump Effect (2016)\, International Insult: How Offence Contribute to Conflict (2014)\, Constructing Narrative of Identity and Power (2013)\, History Education in the Formation of Social Identity: Toward a Culture of Peace (2013)\, Why they die? (2012)\, The Social Identity and Conflict (2007)\, and Structure and Dynamics of Social Identity (2003)\, She is an editor of History Can Bite – History Education in Divided and Post-War Societies (2016)\, History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation: Reconsidering Joint Textbook Projects (2013)\, Forming a Culture of Peace: Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations\, Equity\, and Justice (2012)\, Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence (2012)\, Identity\, Morality and Threat (2006) and Interethnic Coexistence in the Crimea: The Ways of Achievement (2002).
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