In case you missed the Closing Roundtable when our three guest scholars returned from the Opening Panel to have a conversation with our four faith representatives from our Book Study, here is the recording:
In case you missed Week 5, here is the recording featuring Veena Howard, PhD, guiding our interfaith conversations for Chapters 6 and 7.
Week 5: “Ruins” and “Begin Again” with Veena Howard, PhD
In case you missed Week 4 in our Webinar Series, here is the recording featuring Hajj Reza Nekumanesh guiding our interfaith conversations for Chapters 4 and 5.
“The Reckoning” and Chapter 5, “Elsewhere” with Hajj Reza Nekumanesh
In case you missed Week 3 in our Webinar Series, here is the recording featuring Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer guiding our interfaith conversations on Chapters 2 and 3.
Week 3: “Witness” and “The Dangerous Road” with Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer
Did you miss our first interfaith conversation last week about Glaude’s best-selling book, Begin Again, with Rev. Dr. Paul Binion Jr.? Here is the recording.
Did you miss our “Opening Panel with Three Guest Scholars”? You can watch the recording below to catch up.
Dear Friends, Scholars, Sponsors, Donors, and Advocates:
As alternative to our usual in-person weekend program, Interfaith Scholar Weekend is so pleased to offer you our very substantive ISW 2021 Webinar Series! It is entitled, “Bearing Witness from Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line.” See attached “Invitation” below. A two-page flyer highlighting the whole series is forthcoming.
Join us: Our six interfaith “every Monday” conversations begin on President’s Day, February 15th at 4 pm. In this 90-minute “Opening Panel,” our three guest scholars will consider what it means to “Bear Witness” to Fresno’s history of racism and redlining.
Registration: It has already begun! Register on Eventbrite. Save the dates for every Monday from February 15th to March 22nd. You won’t want to miss any of our six plenary sessions!
Note: There are opportunities for you to create your own Independent Zoom study group–tailoring it to your own needs for conversational learning. After you and your guests “attend” our plenary sessions, you can follow-up and plan your own Zoom meetings with friends, family members, or students. Keep watch on our Study Support page where you will find this forthcoming information as we update it.
Melinda Marie Pitarre, Spiritual Director
ISW 2021 Project Coordinator
PS: Bear with us as our ISW website pages and our Eventbrite landing page are still under construction. Updates and some corrections are forthcoming!
Make sure you register today for this year’s virtual Interfaith Scholarship Weekend.
This year all registration will take place on Eventbrite.
Find out more about:
ISW 2021 Webinar Series
Bearing Witness from
Fresno’s Mason-Dixon Line
Invitation
During this pandemic–as alternative to our usual in-person weekend event–Interfaith Scholar Weekend invites you to join us for six weekly interfaith Zoom conversations, when we will consider what it means to “Bear Witness” to Fresno’s history of racism and redlining. All sessions are free!
Time and Dates:
We start each Zoom session at 4:00 pm on six consecutive Mondays from February 15th to March 22nd. All sessions are free! Registration required for each session [link coming soon] You can attend one or six sessions.
Friday, February 21
Fresno City College, Old Administration Building, 1101 East University Ave., Fresno Ca, 93741
7:30 pm Free Opening Lecture “Truth in an Age of Untruth”
Saturday, February 22
Temple Beth Israel 6622 N. Maroa Avenue, Fresno, CA 93704
- 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Registration & Kosher/Vegetarian Breakfast
- 9:00 am Torah Reflection
- 9:15 – 10:30 am Gandhi & South Africa’s Blacks
- 10:45 am – 12:00 pm The Partition & Violence of 1947
- 12:00 – 1:00 pm Kosher/Vegetarian Lunch
- 1:00 – 2:15 pm Gandhi’s Hinduism & Today’s Hindutva Ideology
Sunday, February 23
Fresno State University Peace Garden and Wesley United Methodist Church
• 9:00 am Meditation
Fresno State Peace Garden
10:30 am Sermon: “Reverence for all Faiths”
Wesley United Methodist Church 1343 East Barstow Ave., Fresno Ca, 93710
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