Sacred Spaces, Safe Spaces: Bridging Faith and Mental Health is an interactive workshop designed to help faith leaders, laypersons, chaplains, and community organizers support individuals facing mental health and addiction challenges. Grounded in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), this session will equip participants with skills to validate emotions while encouraging meaningful change, navigate difficult conversations with empathy, and recognize when professional intervention is necessary. Through role-playing exercises and real-world case studies, attendees will practice distress tolerance strategies, strengthen their ability to support those in crisis, and learn how to guide individuals toward professional care while maintaining a safe and compassionate faith-based environment. This workshop is made possible by a generous grant from the McCullough-Hyde Foundation and the Interfaith Center’s “Building Healthy Communities: Strategies and Resources for Faith Communities” project.
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The 8th annual Cincinnati Festival of Faiths will begin on Sunday, June 22 from 12:30 – 4:30 PM at the Cintas Center and continue with online programming. The festival is a celebration of all faiths where we can have fun and learn from one another.
This year, Cincinnati’s Festival of Faiths will be honorarily co-chaired by:
Becca and Fred Desai
Aruni Marapane
Rev. Dr. John Ivey
This year’s program managers will be:
Alycia McClurg and Andrew Musgrave
More details about the festival will be shared in the months ahead.
Join the Freedom Center for an evening with award-winning historian David Blight. Drawing excerpts from his latest book, Yale and Slavery: A History, Blight examines the history, legacies and remembrances of slavery in America, including how pillars of American higher education, even in New England, emerged over time intertwined with the national and international history of racial slavery. Along the way, Blight also addresses the current crisis of trust in universities as ownership and censorship of history threaten the integrity of fact and the inclusion of diverse voices. Presented as part of the Nathaniel R. Jones Freedom Speaker Series, generously supported by Francie and John Pepper.
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The Cincinnati Zen Center will be hosting a Dharma Talk at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday March 6.
Resident Teacher Myo Wol Soen-sa will offer words of reflection and encouragement during second sitting period. No preregistration or suggested donation.
Event details: cincinnatizencenter.org
The Cincinnati Zen Center will be hosting a Dharma Talk at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday March 2.
Resident Teacher Myo Wol Soen-sa will offer words of reflection and encouragement during second sitting period. No preregistration or suggested donation.
This talk will be followed by a Precepts Group meeting from 9:45-11 a.m.
Event details: cincinnatizencenter.org
The Cincinnati Zen Center will be hosting a Dharma Talk at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday March 1.
Resident Teacher Myo Wol Soen-sa will offer words of reflection and encouragement during second sitting period. No preregistration or suggested donation.
Event details: cincinnatizencenter.org
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Learn how Hillel Poland is working day in and day out to deal with issues confronting young Jews all over the world, as well as providing support and community to Ukrainian refugees who have not seen their homes in years as the war with Russia persists.
Monday, December 2, 2024
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Congregation Beth Adam
10001 East Loveland Madeira Road Loveland, OH 45140
Thursday, December 5, 2024, at 12:30 p.m.
“Zion – a Place of an Idea.” with Rabbi Haim Rechnitzer, Ph.D., Professor of Jewish Thought
Skirball Museum, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH
A recording of this session will be available.
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The Education/Lifestyles Working Group presents
Cash Incentives to Make Your Home (and House of Worship) Energy Efficient
November 13, 2024, at 7 pm Eastern Time
Register to attend this virtual program. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuCvqT4uE9bOwTh9AgpHJYAc45qHd8al#/registration
Our guest speaker will inform us about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law in 2022. The IRA program is designed to save American households money while reducing climate change and air pollution. It contains cost-saving incentives for yadding energy upgrades in your home such as, heat pumps, efficient air conditioners, insulation, windows, and doors, as well as solar electricity generation, solar water heating, and battery storage, among other technologies. We will discuss tax credits, rebates, and grant/loan programs available to individuals now through 2032. Please Register to attend this program and learn how you can lower your utility bills, while you help care for Mother Earth!
Our Guest Speaker will be Nikki Vandivort.
Nikki is a FUSE Executive Fellow at the City of Cincinnati – Office of Environment & Sustainability. She has 17 years of environmental consulting experience. In her role at the City, she conducts community outreach and education on the incentives available in the IRA.
