The Interfaith Center of New York’s 21st annual gala celebration and awards ceremony was held on Monday, June 11, 2018 at Manhattan’s Tribeca Rooftop, honoring distinctive individuals who work towards peace and dignity for all.
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Interfaith Center executive director, The Rev. Chloe Breyer, welcomes guests to the 21st annual gala celebration and awards ceremony.
Pratima Doobay of Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus offers opening prayer.
Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service and ICNY Board Member, offers opening prayer.
JPM Interfaith Award honoree Mary Jane Brock. Ms. Brock was ICNY’s first board chair in 2002 and vice chair of the Big Apple Circus 1990-2015.
JPM Interfaith Award honoree Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, recognized for her contributions to worldwide sustainable development.
Lieutenant Rafet Awad of the NYPD talks to the #ICNYgala2018 audience about the benefits of the cultural diversity training video “Policing in Today’s Multi-Faith New York,” that was prepared by ICNY and shown to all police cadets during training. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/2ixBOlAClvw
Zuhair Hussaini offers the Muslim call to prayer.
Brigid McGinn of Gays Against Guns introduces Ryan Deitsch and Chris Grady, graduates of the Parkland, Florida high school that was the scene of a tragic shooting, from which arose the #March4OurLives movement.
Parkland High School shooting survivors Chris Grady (left) and Ryan Deitsch accept the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award on behalf of their fellow student activists.
The Rt. Rev. Mary Glasspool, Bishop associate, The Episcopal Diocese of NY, offers a closing prayer.
Photos © Carolina Kroon
