“The institute was truly superlative in every way. It went above and beyond my ideas of quality professional development, and I consider it one of the highlights of my teaching career.”
— Attendee of the Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute
In July 2017 we were proud to host the fourth meeting of the Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute, a program cosponsored by ICNY and Union Theological Seminary with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, that helps K-12 teachers teach more effectively about American religious diversity. Through the past four Religious Worlds institutes, we have now trained over 100 teachers from public, private, and faith-based schools throughout the United States. Classroom by classroom, the teachers we work with are transforming the study of religion in K-12 schools and empowering a new generation of Americans to bridge the divides between their religious worlds. In May 2017 we held a day-long conference for social workers and their colleagues, “Social Work and Religious Diversity,” cosponsored by the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services and the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute. Through this annual conference, ICNY has now also trained hundreds of mental health and social work professionals
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Pictured Left: Haitian-American Vodou priest and multidisciplinary artist Houngan Gran Bwa at the fourth meeting of the Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute, organized with support from the National Endowment of the Humanities; Pictured Top Right: Buddhist Faith Leader panelists, Rev. Dr. T. K. Nakagaki, Bhante Heenbunne Kondanna, and ICNY Board Member Sylvie Sun, also at the Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute; Pictured Bottom Right: Two attendees of the Social Work and Religious Diversity conference.
