Interfaith Cincinnati

Teacher Training Workshop: Using Sustainable Development Goals in the Virtual Classroom
2021-03-08 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York)
The World Affairs Council and Winton Woods High School partnered together during the WAC’s first-ever virtual international education summit to prepare an introductory workshop on incorporating both Sustainable Development Goals and new technology platforms into virtual curriculums. This short, asynchronous tutorial, which can be viewed here, is a brief introduction to the live, in-depth, synchronous training of the WAC and Winton Woods. Attendees of both trainings will be introduced to various technologies as they relate to integrated global education into their classrooms. See event page HERE.
The live session will focus on the connection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to each content area and will highlight various instructional technology strategies and tools to use with students in an in person and/or virtual setting. This session will be in the form of a mini activity which has been developed to allow participants to experience the use of this technology first-hand while delving deeper into resources centered around global education.

Immigrant Voices Panel
2021-03-07 15:00 - 16:30
This event will be streamed live on the Youtube Channel for the Interfaith Center at Miami University. Please follow and subscribe to our channel by clicking on the following link- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0pq08p9H2y0IrqtVyAUUWQ
Stories are a fundamental component to the human experience. Creating space for ourselves, and others, to share our journeys, not only validates our shared experiences, but reminds us that we all have inherent value. We matter. Stories serve as both windows, and mirrors, to the human experience. They can cultivate empathy and compassion in a world where it is so easy to become desensitized to the suffering of others. This panel aims to use the power of story to shed light on the injustice and xenophobia that the immigrant community has faced in the past year and still continues to face currently. It is part of a larger programming initiative, called the Divergent Immigrant Experiences, founded by the Interfaith Center’s Student Liaison, Priyana Kalita, which creates space every month to highlight unique immigrant voices and experiences.
This program will be co-sponsored by Start the Wave and URI North America.
Panelists include:
Dr. Sofia Khan (She/Her) is a local physician and a mother of five children. She moved to Greater KC from NYC over 23 years ago. She is a community activist and an Interfaith Leader involved in numerous charity projects for over 15 years. She is the founder for KC for Refugees, a non faith based community alliance, helping locally resettled area refugees. Her non-profit advocates for refugee resettlement and provides community education on refugee-related topics. Besides providing support, it also helps build bridges between these families and the community.
Rico Ocampo (He/Him) who was born in Zacatepetl, Mexico and immigrated to the United States in 1992. He is an undocumented/DACAmented community organizer and activist. He has engaged in local, statewide, and national advocacy efforts to advance systemic change for homeless youth, immigrant communities, and underrepresented youth color. He currently serves as the Director for the Anytown Las Vegas, the longest running antiracist youth program in the state of Nevada. In addition, Rico also serves as the Youth Organizer for Make the Road Nevada, a non-profit organization that works with Latinx and working-class communities of color through policy innovation and transformative education.
KaMani (All pronouns with respect) who is a South Asian (teluGAY) gender queer bearded drag artist from Washington DC transcends western drag expectations by their performance repertoire and their aesthetic senses. #telugay
Esther María Claros Berlioz (She/Her) who earned her Ph.D. from Miami University and explores the intersections of immigration, schooling, and education. Having emigrated to the United States 17 years, her work centers the experiences of youth who’ve emigrated from the northernmost countries of the Central American isthmus and the impact immigration law, policy, and enforcement has on them and their families.
Priyana Kalita (She/They) who is a student-athlete from India who plays Women’s tennis for Miami University. Priyana is double majoring in Sport Leadership and Management with a concentration in coaching and Women, Gender and Sexuality studies. She was inducted in the Theta Alpha Kappa National Society for Religion and Theology studies for her work with the Trans community in sex work in India last year. When researching the topic, she got to learn about a lot of things related to Buddhism and Hinduism specifically which cultivated a desire to learn more about various other religions and religious practices. She hopes her internship at the Interfaith Center will allow her to learn about real experiences of people from various religions and faith traditions from all over the world.

Carthagena—Ohio’s Largest Free Black and Mulatto Settlement
2021-03-04 19:00 - 20:30
A Lenten Journey through Black History in Rural Ohio

The Catholic Rural Life Conferences and Anti-Racism Task Force of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Social Action Office invite you to join us for a series of three presentations looking at three unique aspects of African American history in southwestern Ohio. The talks will operate independently so attendees can join for the whole series or simply the one or two that work for their schedules. All talks will take place over Zoom.

Thursday, March 4, 7:00pm
Carthagena—Ohio’s Largest Free Black and Mulatto Settlement

Presenter: Mary Ann Olding, President & Owner of Old World Research Company
***Zoom link***

Birth, Sickness, Aging, Death and Meditation with Aruni Marapane
2021-03-04 18:30 - 19:30
Meditation is one of greatest art of life, perhaps the greatest. One can possibly learn from one self, that is the beauty of it. It’s about observing yourself, you learn about your own self, how mind and body is interactive and interdependent. With correct mindfulness you can meditate, in any situation you are in all day long.
Meditation is for me is like a huge “umbrella”. It covers a vast area in every aspect of life, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. You can take this “umbrella” to protect you from any kind of weather. Its flexible, adaptable, adoptable yet a beautiful aid which gives shelter, security, comfort, clear comprehension and wisdom. As I see, we are all seekers. Through out our lives we all seek some thing in our lives mental or otherwise. The four questions I always ask are,
What is meditation?
Why we want meditate?
What is the use if meditation?
Where does it gets you?
So, with so much love and compassion in my heart, I would like to invite you to have a journey with me together, have an open discussion, investigation, inquiry to look in to universal divine qualities such as loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. By doing so let’s look at our human conditioning birth, decay or aging, sickness and death constructively and objectively. And how we can mindfully observe, self-investigating, taking personal responsibility of our lives, turn these very real human aspects in to peaceful, joyful states which benefits our selves and others around us.

Race and Identity Today
2021-03-04 17:30 - 18:30
Kerwin K. Charles, Ph.D., Indra K. Nooyi Dean, Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Economics, Policy, and Management, Yale School of Management
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President, HUC, Moderator
Join a stimulating conversation about the impact of earnings and wealth inequality, the intergenerational transmission of economic status, race and gender labor discrimination, housing instability, and job loss on today’s society.

Courageous Youth Leadership - 9th to 12th Grade
2021-03-03 19:00 - 20:30
Participants will learn frameworks and explore perspectives on leading change through challenge and uncertainty. What are the key components of effective leadership, regardless of what you’re working toward? What does it mean to lead with empathy and courage? What does it look like to hold and share power and authority with others? What are the successes and failures of leaders in public spheres? How does self care, balance, and the understanding of your own voice and identities play a role in all of this? Join us!
Registration Deadline: February 26th

Eliminating Racial Inequities in our Criminal Legal System: A Presentation, Panel Discussion, and Call to Action
2021-03-03 18:00 - 19:30
Presented by EquaSion’s A Mighty Stream program in conjunction with the Ohio Justice and Policy Center. See event page HERE.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 6:00 p.m. EST
Webinar Presenters:
David A. Singleton, Esq.
Ohio Justice and Policy Center
Dr. Zaria F. Davis
Pretrial Justice Institute
Rickell H. Smith, Esq.
Center for Social Justice, Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio
Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., Host
American Jewish Archives, Hebrew Union College-JIR
To register go to: shorturl.at/glJMV
A Mighty Stream is an interfaith racial justice initiative sponsored
by EquaSion. This webinar is the first in a planned series to
examine the current racial inequities in critical quality of life
systems. The Ohio Justice and Policy Center is our region’s
leading non-profit law firm that advocates for fair and equal
justice through client-centered advocacy, policy reform, and
cross-sector community education.

Faith Sharing Series: The Presbyterian Church
2021-03-02 20:00 - 21:00
Register Now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/faith-sharing-series-the-presbyterian-church-tickets-142179263003
Speakers will provide an introduction to the basic beliefs, rituals, and practices of their faith tradition, followed by a moderated Q&A. This series aims to create a safe space to dispel misinformation and stereotypes about faith traditions which often lead to xenophobia and violence.
About the speaker:
Rev. Marc van Bulck (He/Him/His) is a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and serves as the Associate Pastor for Family and Campus Ministries here in Oxford. He is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts and Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He served as a Clinical Pastoral Education resident at St. Joseph’s Hospital in North Atlanta for about a year and a half. Before coming to Oxford, van Bulck was the pastor at Seville Presbyterian Church in Seville, Ohio just outside of Cleveland. He was the Director of Youth Ministries at First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville, Arkansas and Riverside Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Van Bulck is a lover of movies, coffee, podcasts, and all things nerdy. He also loves finding fun hiking trails in and around Oxford with his dog, Bellsy.

The Impact on Japan & Geo-Strategic Challenges in Asia: Two Perspectives
2021-03-02 18:00 - 19:00
Tune in to hear two different perspectives on the challenges of Japan and how they will set out to solve them. Join us in this special event! It will be a GREAT one!!
Visit the Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati website to register:
https://jasgc.org/en/events/#!event/register/2021/3/2/the-impact-on-japan-of-geostrategic-challenges-in-asia-two-perspectives

Language and Racism in the United States Today
2021-03-02 17:30 - 18:30
Sarah Bunin Benor, Ph.D., Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, HUC/Los Angeles
Jared Jackson, Founder and Executive Director of Jews in ALL Hues
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., HUC President; Moderator
Examine the role of language in racism, which can be found in many sectors of society, from education to employment, from housing to media. Through Disney movie clips and experiments on accents, interrogate the notions of “standard language” and “grammaticality” with a focus primarily on African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, and attention to other groups, including Jews.
Presented in partnership with Lilith magazine.

Across the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years on Black Cincinnati with Mark Curnutte
2021-03-01 19:00 - 20:30
Join Bellarmine Chapel on Monday, March 1, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., for this discussion led by Mark Curnutte, a Visiting Instructor of Social Justice Studies and Journalism at Miami University. Mark is a career newspaper reporter, including his final 25 years at The Cincinnati Enquirer, where he was selected three times as top reporter in Ohio by the Society of Professional Journalists. Published last year, his book Across the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years in Black Cincinnati, is a compilation of 80 stories about the experiences of African Americans in our city. RSVP here for Across the Color Line: Reporting 25 Years on Black Cincinnati.

Courageous Youth Leadership: 9th to 12th Grade
2021-03-01 19:00 - 20:30

Kashruth (Jewish Dietary Laws), Community, and Control: Shehitah (Ritual Slaughter) Manuals and Their Afterlives in Early Modern Europe
2021-03-01 13:00 - 14:00
Dr. Joshua Teplitsky, Associate Professor of History, Stony Brook University
How did someone learn to be a kosher butcher in early modern Europe, and what sort of material traces remain from that process? Manuals for ritual slaughterers were a remarkably popular genre in Jewish printing in the early modern period. While these books might appear to be “do it yourself” guides to preparing kosher meat, the handwritten inscriptions in the margins and blank pages allow us to reconstruct the process by which someone studied and was certified to be a shohet (ritual slaughterer). Discover how print and manuscript culture interacted in the transmission of practical instruction and of “book learning” and learn about the upheavals caused by cases of forgery, deception, and fraud amidst Jewish efforts at regulating, certifying, and controlling the production of kosher meat in modern Europe.
Presented by the Klau Library.

The 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge
2021-03-01 - 2021-03-29
The 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge is designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership. Our challenge starts on Monday, March 1st and continues (Monday –Friday) through March 29th.

Each day of the challenge you will be presented with activities such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, reflecting on personal experience and more. Participation in an activity like this helps us to discover how racial injustice and social injustice impact our community, to connect with one another, and to identify ways to dismantle racism and other forms of discrimination.

We hope that you will go into this challenge with an open heart and an open mind, ready to be pushed out of your comfort zone. We know these discussions can be difficult and can bring up powerful emotions, but your commitment to increasing your awareness is what will help move our community forward.

To engage with other people doing the challenge, use the hashtag #YWCAEquityChallenge to share your reflections on social media.
This is an exciting opportunity to dive deep into racial equity and social justice, and we’re glad to have you join us.

EquaSion's "Sacred Connections" returns in 2021
2021-02-28 15:00 - 16:30
Adath Israel Congregation to host virtual open house on February 28th
After a year when 11 faith communities welcomed visitors into their houses of worship for friendship, worship and education about their religion, the pandemic prevented the in-person hosting of these sacred connections in 2020. But they are coming back this year!
“We invite the interested public to join us to discover how much our various faith groups have in common and how each is addressing today’s social problems. Our virtual guests will have an opportunity to ask questions and be enlightened by the answers,” said program coordinator, Miriam Jackobs.
The following faith communities will be hosting 90-minute, on-line Sacred events, which are open to registered participants. Please register online for February and March events below.

Sunday, February 28th, 3:00 Judaism: Adath Israel Congregation CLICK HERE to register.
Sunday, March 14th, 3:30 pm Islam: Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati, Afreen Asif CLICK HERE to register.
Sunday, April 11th, 3:00 pm (mark your calendar) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Sunday, May 30th, 2:00 pm (mark your calendar) Zoroastrianism
Saturday, June 26th, Time TBA (mark your calendar) Baha’i
July (date and time TBD) Sikhism
