Transforming Culture through Healing Resources We all play a role in creating violence-free, resilient communities. Join us for a special community awareness program to learn what is needed for our community to thrive, despite ongoing challenges, and how we can help address the needs. People from the faith community, medicine, behavioral health, justice and law […]
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Join Moina Shaiq, Azam Khan, and Jehan Hakim for an informal conversation about Muslims and Islam. Bring your questions, whatever they may be. The will answer as best they can. Know that they will not be offended by any question. How do Muslims practice their faith? Are women oppressed in Islam? What […]
Interfaith Center at the Presidio -AHIMSA-Berkeley and Pacifica Institute present Religious and Political Extremism - Creating an Effective Response Exploring the extremist phenomenon with a distinguished interfaith panel with a view toward developing positive, workable solutions Panel: Fatih Ates - Pacifica Institute Pacifica recently presented "Combating the Cancer of Extremism" in Sunnyvale Rabbi-Cantor Elana Rosen-Brown […]
Learn about Islam, its beliefs and practices in the context of modern western societies and current affairs. A short presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session moderated by a panel of the Muslim, Jewish and Christian clergy. ING’s Maha Elgenaidi will be a participating speaker
Panel presentation : Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Confucians. Audience interactive Questions and Answers and Closing comments Eid (end of Ramadan) Dinner MUST RSVP by June 30, 2016 by email: drhkoya@hotmail.com
How to solve issues of racial, economic, political and religious injustice with non-violence. Download a flyer: 2016 nonviolence forum A SiVIC Interfaith Forum featuring Dr. Subba Rao, Chairman, National Youth Project India; Professor Michael Nagler, Founder and President of The Metta Center for Nonviolence, Berkeley; and Maha Elgenaidi, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Islamic […]
ISIS and the Concept of Caliphate An exploration of the reasons for the current situation. Panel Discussion: Prof. Abdul Jabbar Imam Bilal Sister Moina Shaiq Dr. Harry Manhoff Dr. H. Koya/Moderator A select number of faith leaders will be invited to make closing remarks. Light lunch will be served 1.15 PM before the panel discussion! […]
What is at Stake for Racial and Ethnic Justice in 2016? Stronger Together, Making America Great Again Panelists: Brett Solomon, Anthony Hazard, Cruz Medina, & William O'Neill, S.J. What implications do “make America great again” or being “stronger together” have on racial and ethnic justice for the common good? The Bannan Institutes Racial and Ethnic […]
What Is at Stake for Environmental Justice in 2016? The Elusive Role of Race and Equity in Environmental Regulation Panel: Tseming Yang, Christopher Bacon Almost 35 years have passed since protests in Warren County, NC against the siting of a toxic waste disposal facility in a predominantly African-American community trained nationwide attention on the emerging […]
A conversation about Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, with Maen Rashid Areikat, Ambassador to the Palestinian Delegation to the United States, and Jeremy Ben-Ami, Founder & President of J Street. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex and polarizing conflicts in modern history. Nearly seventy years after the foundation of Israel and fifty years since […]