Dear Friends,
Greetings from The Interfaith Center of New York.
A snowy February promises some heart-warming interfaith events. From a Valentine’s Day L.O.V.E. Rally with Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee and diverse religious leaders, performers, and public officials standing against intolerance to a #WeWalkTogether service for the victims of violent extremism, there are some antidotes to the hate-filled political posturing New Yorkers and other Americans are subject to and the suspicion and fears they help flame.
(You can sign a petition to reinstate Wheaton Professor Hawkins who was fired from Wheaton College for wearing an Hijab in sympathy for Muslim Women.)
Back at the ranch, The Interfaith Center of New York is offering our Social Work and Religious Diversity Course on April 7, 2016. LMSWs and LCSWs will get 7 hours of continuing education credit. In addition, we are accepting applications until March 1, 2016 for our NEH-aponsored summer institute training for teachers “Religious Worlds of New York”. Also, for Black History Month to receive tweets about “Milestones of Faith,” follow @ICNY on Twitter or watch for the hashtag #BHMfaith (Black History Month Faith).
Finally, it is with sadness that we announce the departure of our long-time, greatly-to-be-missed Director of Development, Ellen Greeley. Ellen came to us from UJA Federation, has been with The Interfaith Center of New York for six years, and is headed to the Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs. Ellen has provided critical financial oversight and development support for the Interfaith Center while also writing program grants, sending our annual appeals, and orchestrating (with great grace) our 250—person annual gala, The James Parks Morton Interfaith Award Dinner. It goes without saying that our loss is the city’s gain.
ICNY’s bulletin for February 2016 is available here.
Best Wishes,
Rev. Chloe Breyer
Executive Director
The Interfaith Center of New York
P.S. Watch your email inbox later this month for our next podcast episode featuring Iman Khalid Latif, the first Muslim Chaplain at NYU and a Chaplain to the NYPD.
