New & Noteworthy

  Date: Thursday, July 6, 2017,  from 6:00 - 9:30 pm Location: Essex House, 160 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019   The Gaia Holistic Foundation will join with Orphans International Worldwide to celebrate his Holiness The Dalai Lama’s 82nd birthday at … [Read more...] about Birthday Celebration for Dalai Lama & Tibet Fundraiser July 6th

The Immigration Coalition of New York, the  Council on American-Islamic Relations (NY), the Arab American Association of New York, the Majlis Ashura–Islamic Leadership Council of New York, and  the Arab-American Family Support Center respond to US Supreme Court decision to hear … [Read more...] about NYIC monitoring flights into JFK – what to do for those impacted by Trump’s Travel Ban

https://youtu.be/4eDTORBEIWk Paola Piscitelli (with Dr. Andrea Bartoli) receive the third award of the evening, on behalf of the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Roman Catholic movement of 60,000 lay people based on prayer, solidarity, ecumenicism, and dialogue. The Interfaith … [Read more...] about GALA VIDEO: Paola Piscitelli accepts James Parks Morton Award on behalf of the Community of Sant’Egidio

https://youtu.be/4yuquagVbus Preet Bharara, former US attorney of the Southern District of New York, offered these remarks as the first awardee of the evening. The Interfaith Center of New York’s 20th Anniversary Gala and James Parks Morton Awards Dinner was held on June … [Read more...] about GALA VIDEO: Preet Bharara accepts James Parks Morton Award

https://youtu.be/JqIf7FKhfeQ Remarks from the second awardee of the evening, Ann Rockefeller Roberts, founder and president of the Fund of the Four Directions, philanthropist, humanitarian, and best-selling author. The Interfaith Center of New York’s 20th Anniversary Gala … [Read more...] about GALA VIDEO: Ann Rockefeller Roberts accepts James Parks Morton Award