Pluralism-local-list February 2012

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Upcoming local events from Harvard's Islamic Studies Program; Reminder about Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week

by Pluralism Project Staff

Dear Friends, Please see below for information regarding two upcoming events sponsored by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University. We would also like to remind you of the many events this week for Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week<http://chaplains.harvard.edu/interfaith_week.php>. Please contact the listed person or organization directly for more information. Thank you, The Pluralism Project Staff ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- *Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women A Reading and Conversation with Co-Editors* 7:00-9:00pm, Monday, February 13 The Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard University The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University invites you to a reading of *Love, InshAllah* and a conversation with co-editors Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi. *Love, InshAllah* is a collection of stories that sweep aside stereotypes as 25 Muslim American writers share their search for love, showing just how diverse that search can be. From singles' events and online dating, to college flirtations and arranged marriages, from co-wives to same sex relationships, these stories challenge perceptions of how Muslim women live their lives. A discussion will be moderated by Kathryn Coughlin, Executive Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program. This event is free and open to the public. This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Islamic Society, The Islam in the West Program, and The Pluralism Project. ------------------------------------------------------- *Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World *5:00-7:15pm, Tuesday, February 7 The Sackler Museum, Harvard University 845 Broadway Street, Cambridge The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University invites you to a screening of Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World. Join executive producers Michael Wolfe and Alex Kronemer on a global journey to explore the role of the Word, Space, Ornament, Color, and Water in masterpieces of Islamic Art and Architecture. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- *Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week February 6 – 11, 2012* In 2011, the United Nations passed a resolution to commemorate the first week of February as World Interfaith Harmony Week. This is our way of celebrating with the UN. We have formed the Harvard Interfaith Collaborative in recognition of the need to bring together the Harvard College Interfaith Council, the Harvard Chaplains, the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, the Pluralism Project, and other interested members of the Harvard community in order to open the lines of communication and share resources to achieve common goals more effectively. Join us! All events are free and open to the public. * * *Monday, February 6* *Harvard University Annual Celebration of the Life and Message of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.* *7:00 – 8:00pm* *The Memorial Church, One Harvard Yard* Join us for this annual service to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our theme this year is “MLK and Spiritual Agitation: An American Muslim Reflection,” and we will hear from keynote speaker Rami Nashashibi, Executive Director of Inner-City Muslim Action Network in Chicago, Illinois. The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) is a community-based nonprofit that works for social justice, delivers a range of social services, and cultivates the arts in urban communities. Information about IMAN can be found at www.imancentral.org. Special performances by The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College and Speak Out Loud at the evening’s celebration! *Sponsored by the Harvard Chaplains, The Memorial Church, The Harvard Foundation, and the Black Students Association.* *For more information, contact Rev. Rob Mark at robfirstpres(a)gmail.com or Debra Dawson at 617-495-5529.* * * *Tuesday, February 7* *“Contours of Common Ground”* *5:15 – 7:00 pm, reception to follow* *Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School * 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge (Check the Map <http://g.co/maps/uknmn>) Join us for a collaborative panel and discussion to reflect upon various meanings and commitments attached to building common ground as interfaith organizations. Scholars and practitioners will gather and reflect about commitments and meanings attached to building “common ground” within interfaith organizations. Is “common ground” an end in itself? Or does it come with some other commitment or step? *Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions (**website*<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/> *) and The Pluralism Project (**website**).* * * *For more information, contact co-organizers Lucia Hulsether at ** lucia_hulsether(a)mail.harvard.edu* <lucia_hulsether(a)mail.harvard.edu>* or April Winebrenner-Palo at**april_palo(a)mail.harvard.edu*<april_palo(a)mail.harvard.edu> *.* * * *Thursday, February 9* *Interfaith Arts Festival: A night of vibrant art, music, poetry, dance, and film* *8:00 – 9:30 pm* *Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard* Check the Map<http://map.harvard.edu/?ctrx=759578&ctry=2961302.5&level=10&layers=Campus%2…> * * The Harvard Interfaith Council is extremely excited to be organizing an Arts Festival that showcases the creativity and talent of undergraduate students from different faiths! The event will be held during Harvard's second annual Interfaith Awareness Week on Thursday, February 9th, and it will feature both individual pieces and collaborative pieces from different media. All students, regardless of religious or non-religious background, are welcome and encouraged to participate. *Sponsored by the Harvard College Interfaith Council.* * * *For more information, contact HCIC Co-Presidents Seungjun Kim ( seungjun.kim(a)college.harvard.edu) and David Grieder (** davidgrieder(a)college.harvard.edu* <davidgrieder(a)college.harvard.edu>*).* *Friday, February 10 “Divided We Fall” Lunchtime Film Discussion Noon – 1:30pm The Pluralism Project, 2 Arrow Street (4th Floor), Cambridge ** *In honor of Interfaith Awareness Week, The Pluralism Project at Harvard would like to cordially invite members of the Harvard community to a lunchtime film discussion. We will be screening excerpts of the film “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath,” a documentary produced by Valerie Kaur, a Sikh American college student who traveled the country in the months that followed 9/11 to document the hate crimes against Sikhs and the responses to religious diversity she encountered. Popcorn will be provided! Bring a bag lunch, if you’d like. For more information about the film, please visit http://www.dwf-film.com/. *Sponsored by The Pluralism Project.* *For more information, contact The Pluralism Project at 617-496-2481 or staff(a)pluralism.org. * * * *Saturday, February 11* *HUNGERally* *6:00 – 7:30 pm* *Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue (Room B12)* Check the Map <http://g.co/maps/wcq22> * *Several colleges in the greater Boston area have been working together to plan HUNGERally, an interfaith event to raise awareness of and provide education about the issues of hunger and homelessness here in Boston. A rally against hunger that will feature speakers including hunger-relief activists and community faith leaders, as well as college students representing a wide range of religious and non-religious traditions, this event is a first of its kind. Though many Boston-area colleges have groups dedicated to the rapidly growing interfaith movement, this will be the first time they have worked in collaboration to bring their students together over interfaith dialogue and service to others. *Sponsored by **Values in Action at the Humanist Community Project*<http://harvardhumanist.org/service/values-in-action/> *, the Harvard Interfaith Collaborative, **Boston University Interfaith*<http://blogs.bu.edu/ifaith/> *, and representatives from MIT, Fisher College, Brandeis University, Tufts University, and Gordon College.* -- -- The Pluralism Project Harvard University 2 Arrow Street, 4th floor Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-2481 www.pluralism.org

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Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week: Local Events

by Pluralism Project Staff

Dear Friends, As we celebrate the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week<http://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/>, please check out these local events for Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week<http://chaplains.harvard.edu/interfaith_week.php> .Please contact the listed person or organization directly for more information. Thank you, The Pluralism Project Staff *Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week February 6 – 11, 2012* In 2011, the United Nations passed a resolution to commemorate the first week of February as World Interfaith Harmony Week. This is our way of celebrating with the UN. We have formed the Harvard Interfaith Collaborative in recognition of the need to bring together the Harvard College Interfaith Council, the Harvard Chaplains, the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, the Pluralism Project, and other interested members of the Harvard community in order to open the lines of communication and share resources to achieve common goals more effectively. Join us! All events are free and open to the public. * * *Monday, February 6* *Harvard University Annual Celebration of the Life and Message of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.* *7:00 – 8:00pm* *The Memorial Church, One Harvard Yard* Join us for this annual service to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our theme this year is “MLK and Spiritual Agitation: An American Muslim Reflection,” and we will hear from keynote speaker Rami Nashashibi, Executive Director of Inner-City Muslim Action Network in Chicago, Illinois. The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) is a community-based nonprofit that works for social justice, delivers a range of social services, and cultivates the arts in urban communities. Information about IMAN can be found at www.imancentral.org. Special performances by The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College and Speak Out Loud at the evening’s celebration! *Sponsored by the Harvard Chaplains, The Memorial Church, The Harvard Foundation, and the Black Students Association.* *For more information, contact Rev. Rob Mark at robfirstpres(a)gmail.com or Debra Dawson at 617-495-5529.* * * *Tuesday, February 7* *“Contours of Common Ground”* *5:15 – 7:00 pm, reception to follow* *Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School * 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge (Check the Map <http://g.co/maps/uknmn>) Join us for a collaborative panel and discussion to reflect upon various meanings and commitments attached to building common ground as interfaith organizations. Scholars and practitioners will gather and reflect about commitments and meanings attached to building “common ground” within interfaith organizations. Is “common ground” an end in itself? Or does it come with some other commitment or step? *Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions (**website*<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/> *) and The Pluralism Project (**website**).* * * *For more information, contact co-organizers Lucia Hulsether at ** lucia_hulsether(a)mail.harvard.edu* <lucia_hulsether(a)mail.harvard.edu>* or April Winebrenner-Palo at**april_palo(a)mail.harvard.edu*<april_palo(a)mail.harvard.edu> *.* * * *Thursday, February 9* *Interfaith Arts Festival: A night of vibrant art, music, poetry, dance, and film* *8:00 – 9:30 pm* *Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard* Check the Map<http://map.harvard.edu/?ctrx=759578&ctry=2961302.5&level=10&layers=Campus%2…> * * The Harvard Interfaith Council is extremely excited to be organizing an Arts Festival that showcases the creativity and talent of undergraduate students from different faiths! The event will be held during Harvard's second annual Interfaith Awareness Week on Thursday, February 9th, and it will feature both individual pieces and collaborative pieces from different media. All students, regardless of religious or non-religious background, are welcome and encouraged to participate. *Sponsored by the Harvard College Interfaith Council.* * * *For more information, contact HCIC Co-Presidents Seungjun Kim ( seungjun.kim(a)college.harvard.edu) and David Grieder (** davidgrieder(a)college.harvard.edu* <davidgrieder(a)college.harvard.edu>*).* *Friday, February 10 “Divided We Fall” Lunchtime Film Discussion Noon – 1:30pm The Pluralism Project, 2 Arrow Street (4th Floor), Cambridge ** *In honor of Interfaith Awareness Week, The Pluralism Project at Harvard would like to cordially invite members of the Harvard community to a lunchtime film discussion. We will be screening excerpts of the film “Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath,” a documentary produced by Valerie Kaur, a Sikh American college student who traveled the country in the months that followed 9/11 to document the hate crimes against Sikhs and the responses to religious diversity she encountered. Popcorn will be provided! Bring a bag lunch, if you’d like. For more information about the film, please visit http://www.dwf-film.com/. *Sponsored by The Pluralism Project.* *For more information, contact The Pluralism Project at 617-496-2481 or staff(a)pluralism.org. * * * *Saturday, February 11* *HUNGERally* *6:00 – 7:30 pm* *Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue (Room B12)* Check the Map <http://g.co/maps/wcq22> * *Several colleges in the greater Boston area have been working together to plan HUNGERally, an interfaith event to raise awareness of and provide education about the issues of hunger and homelessness here in Boston. A rally against hunger that will feature speakers including hunger-relief activists and community faith leaders, as well as college students representing a wide range of religious and non-religious traditions, this event is a first of its kind. Though many Boston-area colleges have groups dedicated to the rapidly growing interfaith movement, this will be the first time they have worked in collaboration to bring their students together over interfaith dialogue and service to others. *Sponsored by **Values in Action at the Humanist Community Project*<http://harvardhumanist.org/service/values-in-action/> *, the Harvard Interfaith Collaborative, **Boston University Interfaith*<http://blogs.bu.edu/ifaith/> *, and representatives from MIT, Fisher College, Brandeis University, Tufts University, and Gordon College.* * * -- -- The Pluralism Project Harvard University 2 Arrow Street, 4th floor Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-2481 www.pluralism.org

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