U.S.-Japan Sister Cities Bell Ringing: 75 Years of Peace Since Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Ringing the bells or chimes at your congregationU.S.-Japan Sister Cities Bell Ringing: 75 Years of Peace Since Hiroshima & Nagasaki Last September, the United Religions Initiative (URI), of which the San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC) is a Cooperation Circle, planted two ginkgo saplings at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park that survived the 1945 nuclear blast over [...]
The Green New Deal & Reparations
OnlineThe Green New Deal & Reparations: August 5 at 10 am Pacific online When it comes to principled, ambitious policy proposals that seek to fundamentally transform our society, the Green New Deal and reparations currently rise to the top. Yet, often they are discussed separately, despite clear and compelling connections. [...]
A Conversation w/ Sandhya Jha, author of Pre-Post-Racial America at 4 pm Pacific
A Conversation w/ Sandhya Jha, author of Pre-Post-Racial America Wednesday, Aug. 5th at 4 pm Pacific on Facebook live: https://www.facebook.com/events/324205815424721/ On August 5, I've been invited to a Facebook Live conversation with Scarritt Bennett Center about my previous book, Pre-Post-Racial America. It would be lovely to see you! You [...]
India, Israel and Berkeley
OnlineSoma Chatterjee, Board member of the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council, will moderate a Commonwealth Club's Member-led Middle East For program based on an Indian Jewish exhibition which were curated by Francesco Spagnolo, PhD.The artifacts are from UC Berkeley's Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Culture. Deputy Consul General Matan Zamir, for [...]
75th Commemorative Remembrance of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Online75th Commemorative Remembrance of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Webinar on August 6 & 9th: Free registration: https://www.voices-uri.org/registration Here are some highlight of the webinar: It will feature former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, former US Secretary of State George Shultz, a youth award will be given in their name to honor [...]
Join Us On-line for a Unique 75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day Rally
OnlineJoin Us On-line for a Unique 75th Anniversary Hiroshima Day Rally Date & Time: Thursday, August 6 from 8 AM to 9:30 AM (Pacific Time), with a moment of silence at 8:15 AM, when the first atomic bomb was used in war by the United States against the people of [...]
The 75th Commemoration of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Marylia Kelley, ED of Tri-Valley CARE, presents.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley 1 Lawson Road, Kensington, CA, United StatesSUMMER FORUM August 9 9:30 AM: Our speaker will be Marylia Kelley, who helped found Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) almost 40 years ago. Tri-Valley CAREs serves to oppose nuclear weapons and to operate as a watchdog for the Lawrence Livermore Lab, which, with Los Alamos Labs, is one [...]
Social Justice and the Role of the Faith Community
CAAn online Community Conversation, part of a series on how to ensure Pleasant Hill is a welcoming, safe, tolerant and inclusive community for all. Panelists include Generations Church Executive Director Graham Seel; Father Paulson of Christ the King Church; the Rev. Fred Weidmann, Hillcrest Congregational Church; Rabbi Dan Stein, B'Nai [...]
SURJ Contra Costa Virtual Planning Session
OnlineWe are all being asked to step up and show up in today’s civil rights movement, Black Lives Matter. SURJ CCC is growing fast and is committed to strengthening our work to move white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority. Join [...]