Host Maggi Van Dorn (left) with Onleilove Alston Our Guest: This time on "Interfaith Matters," host Maggi Van Dorn talks with Onleilove Alston, executive director of Faith in New York, an affiliate of the PICO National Network, committed to the work of justice and faith-rooted … [Read more...] about From Foster Care to Activism: Onleilove Alston on Improving Life in “The Most Spiritual City in America”
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Annual Peace Lanterns Festival on September 16 in Queens
Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017 Time: 2:00 - 8:30 pm Location: Gantry Plaza State Park (Center Blvd and 49th Ave., Long Island City, NY 11109 - the first subway stop of #7 in Queens) All are welcome to the Annual Peace Lanterns Festival sponsored by Buddhist Council of … [Read more...] about Annual Peace Lanterns Festival on September 16 in Queens
The Importance of Grassroots Peacebuilding: Civic & Religious Leaders of Marginalized NYC Communities Encouraged to Join ICNY’s Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy
By Naheed Samadi Bahram* and Said Sabir Ibrahimi** Peacebuilding experts say that societies usually achieve two kinds of peace—negative and positive peace. Negative peace is the absence of physical violence. Positive peace is the absence of both physical and … [Read more...] about The Importance of Grassroots Peacebuilding: Civic & Religious Leaders of Marginalized NYC Communities Encouraged to Join ICNY’s Interfaith Civic Leadership Academy
Between Church and State: NYC Mayoral Appointee Jonathan Soto on the Bilateral Value of Faith and Civic Engagement
Our Guest: This time on "Interfaith Matters," host Maggi Van Dorn talks with Jonathan Soto, executive director of Mayor Bill de Blasio's newly-formed Center for Faith and Community Partnerships. The center is designed to transform the way faith and other community … [Read more...] about Between Church and State: NYC Mayoral Appointee Jonathan Soto on the Bilateral Value of Faith and Civic Engagement
“To Serve Means to Become a Friend” – Talking with Paola Piscitelli, President of the Sant’Egidio Community in the U.S.*
Paola Piscitelli (left) and host Maggi Van Dorn Our Guest: This time on "Interfaith Matters," Maggi talks with Paola Piscitelli, president of the Sant'Egidio Community in the United States, an international lay community in the Roman Catholic Church, with over 60 thousand … [Read more...] about “To Serve Means to Become a Friend” – Talking with Paola Piscitelli, President of the Sant’Egidio Community in the U.S.*
