High school aged students from diverse New York City faith communities debated the effectiveness of the NYPD’s Stop and Frisk practices during the final, prize winning tournament of ICNY’s “Debate in the Neighborhood” program on May 4. Judging the decisive round were NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Fatima Shama; former Vice President of the Fund Read more
Date: Thursday, May 23 Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm, by invitation only Location: Elmendorf Reformed Church The guest speaker will be Imam Umar Abdul Jalil, from Masjidus Sabur, speaking on “Addressing the Holistic Self.” Please call Rev. Darren Ferguson or Pastor Arthur Barnes at (212) 870-3513 for more information.
Date: Sunday, May 19 Time: 3:30 pm Location: C.L.O.W. Room (one flight up, enter on Havemeyer), Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 275 N.8th Street and Havemeyer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211 “When I Call for Help” Roundtable Discussion. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For more information contact Anushavan Margaryan at (212) 870-3515 or Read more
Date: Wednesday, May 22 Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Location: Supreme Court Building, 18 Richmond Terrace, Room 300, Staten Island, NY 10301 The New York State Access to Justice Community Outreach Program and the Interfaith Center of New York Invite Staten Island Religious and Community Leaders to a Roundtable. RSVP at (212) 870-3515 or Read more
The following blog, written by ICNY Program Associate Dr. Sarah Sayeed, is a reflection on her recent participation in the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium, and was published by Intersections International on May 7, 2013. When I was young, I learned a prayer-poem that is sung in many Urdu-speaking families in India, where I was Read more
From Odyssey Networks: Dr. Sarah Sayeed, a staff member with the Interfaith Center of New York visited Pakistan and met with a group of courageous young women who are dedicated to peace and justice. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Read more
The following blog was written by Simran Jeet Singh, and published in the Huffington Post on April 25. I had never before seen anyone protest an interfaith gathering. But yesterday as we walked out of our hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, a small group of protestors stepped forward to verbally and physically harass our group consisting Read more
Date: Tuesday, May 7 Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Location: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church 521 W. 126th St. (between Amsterdam and Broadway) This lecture given by the Rev. Chloe Breyer, Executive Director, The Interfaith Center of New York will explore the question of religious and cultural identity in Second Corinthians, Galatians, Romans, and Acts. Read more
Wednesday, May 8 Time: 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Location: CONNECT, 127 W. 127th Street, Room 431 What do our faith traditions teach about forgiveness? Is there a way to forgive when there is violence in the household? How accountability and forgiveness come together when there is domestic violence and abuse? To register, please contact Read more
The exciting finish to one of ICNY’s extraordinary programs took place Saturday, May 4, in Manhattan, when the final tournament of “Debate in the Neighborhood” saw two teams of talented high school debaters argue the topic of “Stop and Frisk.” For those who don’t know, Debate in Read more
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