IFC Around Town
Pictured left to right: Picture 1: IFC Associate Director Symi Rom-Rymer and Khaeriah Zaehera Abd Kayyum, Counselor and Head of Chancery Embassy of Malaysia. Picture 2: IFC Executive Director Dr. Sousan Abadian and Reverend Rob Schenk of Hebrew College, Newton, MA. Picture 3: Youssef Elazhari, Director of Sharaka Morocco; Christina Wong Poy, Administrative Director of Asian Pacific American & South Asian American Affairs at the Maryland Governor’s Office; Dr. Sousan Abadian; Jennifer Gray, Director of Interfaith Outreach for the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives under the Hogan Administration; and Anthony Vance, Senior Representative, Office of Public Affairs, Baha’is of the US. Picture 4: Dr. Michael Jenkins, President of the Washington Times Foundation; Anila Ali, President of AMMWEC; Dr. Sousan Abadian; Kersi Shroff, Zoroastrian Lay Leader at ZAMWI and Executive Member of the Montgomery County Faith Community Advisory Group; and Soraya M. Deen, Founder and President of Muslim Women Speak.
Throughout Ramadan, IFC Executive Director Dr. Sousan Abadian and Associate Director Symi Rom-Rymer have been graciously invited into faith communities all over the Washington, D.C. area. As this year’s Ramadan comes to a close, IFC staff attended three final Iftar events. Sousan participated in the Rumi Forum’s Reunion Iftar and an interfaith Iftar hosted by the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council, the Universal Peace Federation, and The House of Ruach Foundation. Symi attended an Iftar dinner hosted by the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council, Hadassah, The Zionist Women’s Organization of America, and The House of Ruach Foundation. All of these Iftars have provided the opportunity to build and strengthen friendships and reflect on the significance of Ramadan. IFC would like to thank these organizations for the opportunity to attend.
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Religious and Cultural Literacy Workshops
IFC is excited to facilitate four upcoming Religious and Cultural Literacy Workshops. We’d like to thank the Academy of the Holy Cross, Montgomery College, Temple Micah, and Ingleside at King Farm for inviting us into their communities!
To bring a religious and cultural literacy workshop to your workplace, school, or congregation, please email IFC’s Assistant Director Symi Rom-Rymer: symirr@ifcmw.org.
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IFC Blog Post
We invite you to read IFC’s latest blog post by Dr. Yehezkel Landau
A Jew Looks at Lent, Ramadan, and Passover…
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Make Your Voice Heard!
Please take a moment to fill out this (very) short survey and let us know what conversations you might be interested in having IFC facilitate.
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Resources for the Wider Community
Know Your Rights Information (Catholic Legal Immigration Network)
Immigration Rights Toolkit (Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Print pocket cards to hand to ICE if they approach you (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
Immigration – Know Your Rights Resources (Muslims for Just Futures) – available in Bangla, Dari, English, Hindi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Spanish, and Urdu.
A Toolkit for Faith Leaders Facing Crisis and Division
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Reflection on Ecumenism
By Anne Mulqueen, OFS
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Ecumenical / Interfaith Committee Network Summer 2018 Newsletter
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