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Silence Is Not An Option! A statement from the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County

By |2020-06-03T12:27:11-07:00June 3rd, 2020|I4C Announcements, I4C Statements, Raise Your Voice|

SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION!   We are grieving at the horrible murder of George Floyd on the streets of Minnesota and the outbreak of chaos throughout our country in response to this awful event.  This is not an isolated incident and the unleashing of anger and protest is warranted. [...]

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San Francisco Bay Area Religious Leaders Condemn the Killing of George Floyd and Structural Racism

By |2020-06-02T13:59:26-07:00June 2nd, 2020|I4C Statements, Raise Your Voice, Uncategorized|

San Francisco Bay Area Religious Leaders Condemn the Killing of George Floyd and Structural Racism As religious leaders of diverse traditions we understand human life to be the greatest and most sacred gift endowed by our Creator. Inherent in that gift is the inalienable right to live freely and not in [...]

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ChI Statement following the death of George Floyd from Rev. Ineda Adesanya

By |2020-06-01T22:22:37-07:00June 1st, 2020|I4C Statements, Raise Your Voice|

Greetings Friends,   The mission of The Chaplaincy Institute is to educate and empower individuals for innovative interfaith service and spiritual care that heals and transforms the world. As is so evident by the events in Minneapolis and around our country, our world is in more need of healing than [...]

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Reflections by URI’s Executive Director the Rev. Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr.

By |2020-06-01T17:08:31-07:00June 1st, 2020|I4C Statements, Raise Your Voice|

Manifesting Love and Justice by Dismantling White Supremacy In response to the killing of George Floyd, the latest victim of racist violence against persons of color in the United States, Melanie DeMore, vocal activist and friend of URI, wrote on Facebook, “I feel the pain of loss deep in my [...]

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Interfaith Council of Alameda County Condemns Police Brutality & Racism

By |2020-06-01T17:09:37-07:00June 1st, 2020|I4C Statements, Raise Your Voice|

Interfaith Council of Alameda County Condemns Police Brutality and Racism Once again, with the killing of an African-American man George Floyd, by a white Minneapolis police officer, we are reminded that racial injustice often takes deadly form in the United States of America.  In the face of this often-repeated violence against people [...]

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I Can’t Breathe, by Father Tom Bonacci with the Interfaith Peace Project

By |2020-06-01T14:07:08-07:00June 1st, 2020|I4C Statements, Raise Your Voice, Uncategorized|

May 29, 2020 The murdering of George Floyd by the police on the streets of Minnesota reveals, in a most horrific way, the systemic racism that has infected our Nation from its inception. This is not an isolated incident but the latest eruption of a festering disease that demands treatment. [...]

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June & July Blood Drives, Hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive or Setting Up An Appointment to Give

By |2020-06-13T16:12:11-07:00June 1st, 2020|COVID-19, I4C Announcements, Volunteer|

Interfaith Blood Drives American Red Cross Blood Drive The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  Martinez Chapel, Cultural Hall 940 Palisade Drive, Martinez CA 94553 Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Interfaith Blood Drive July 2020 To schedule your appointment, please log on to redcrossblood.org, [...]

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A Reflection from the Christian Traditions: THE DOORS MUST ALWAYS BE OPEN by Thomas P. Bonacci, C.P.

By |2020-05-24T12:09:53-07:00May 24th, 2020|I4C Announcements, I4C Statements|

THE DOORS MUST ALWAYS BE OPEN (A Reflection from the Christian Traditions) by Thomas P. Bonacci, C.P. The days of Pentecost are fast upon us. For most of us, we are spending the Easter Season sheltered at home. This is a most unusual time and, perhaps, our lives will never be the [...]

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Information to Inform your Decisions on When and How to Re-open your Congregation

By |2020-09-10T13:18:24-07:00May 21st, 2020|COVID-19, I4C Announcements|

Information to Inform your Decisions on When and How to Re-open your Congregation California State Resilience Roadmap – https://covid19.ca.gov/roadmap/ Contra Costa COVID-19 Updates – https://www.contracosta.ca.gov Solano County COVID-19 Roadmap to Reopening – https://admin.solanocounty.com:4433/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/roadmap_to_recovery.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colleagues,  Today California Governor Gavin Newsom issued guidelines for the re-opening of houses of worship (see [...]

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