Interfaith Voices for Gaza : An evening of Learning, Lamentation, and Liberation.
Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/24/2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
Christ Episcopal Church
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0 USD
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Email:
jsummers@umich.edu
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Organization:
The Steering Committee of Friends of Sabeel (South-East Michigan)
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN.
7:00 p.m. on Wednesday January 24th, 2024 at Christ Episcopal Church (120 N. Military, Dearborn MI 48124) we will be having an Interfaith event entitled “ Interfaith Voices for Gaza : An evening of Learning, Lamentation, and Liberation.” Doors will open at 6:30pm. and a small reception with refreshments will follow the program.
Our notable speakers will include: *Jonathan Kuttab (Director of Friends of Sabeel North America), *Rabbi Alana Alpert of Congregation T’chiya, *Imam Mustapha Elturk from the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) *Huwaida Arraf, Palestinian Christian Activist & Co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, *Joshua Feinstein, Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit and *Dr. Soraya (Layla) Saatchi, Philosopher, Middle East Historian and Assistant Professor of Teaching with the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University.
The call to peace and wholeness stands at the heart of our greatest religious and secular traditions. Whatever your tradition, please join us for this Interfaith gathering in which we will listen to what our traditions are calling us to do stop the killing of unarmed men, women, and children in Gaza, through calling for an Immediate Ceasefire and for full Humanitarian Aid to be let into Gaza to stop the widespread death due to lack of medical care, hunger, lack of shelter, lack of clean water, and disease and to begin real movement towards the kind of peace that respects the need for the dignity and basic security that we all share.
Sponsors include: Friends of Sabeel (Southeast Michigan Chapter), Christ Episcopal Church, Mother of the Savior Church, Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit, IONA (Islamic Organization of North America), St Peter’s Episcopal Church, Intercultural Community Center in Dearborn (ICCD), Pax Christi Michigan, META Peace Team, Gesu Peace and Justice Committee, Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Palestine Aid Society Ann Arbor, Pax Christi Lansing , IHM Sisters Justice, Peace & Sustainability Office, & The American Human Rights Council (AHRC).
If you would like to be listed as one of our sponsors please send us the name of your organization as you would like it to appear on our program. The only requirement for being a sponsor is that you help to publicize our event. We will also be having a reception following our program and if you have any small donations of finger foods we would be happy to put you in touch with the coordinator of the reception.
We hope you will join us in working to stop the killing being done in our name so that the reign of freedom, justice, human rights, and healing can begin. For further information contact: jsummers@umich.edu