Honoring our Shared Humanity
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We’re Americans of diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds working together towards peace in our country and around the world.
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Our mission is to advance pluralism by educating, engaging, and empowering people and institutions to understand shared histories, bridge cultural and faith differences, confront interconnected forms of bias, and build inclusive, just communities.
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More UpdatesAnswering Frequently Asked Questions About Islam
Graduate Theological Union Opens Center for Islamic Studies, 11/6/07 Tuesday, November 6th was an exciting day for the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, where for years different efforts had been made to open an Islamic Studies Department to complete the teaching of the many faiths offered on what is fondly… Read MorePower of One: How One Person Can Affect Change
ING News & Information, 11/13/07 In this edition: In the News: Religious Pluralism, C. Welton Gaddy “Power of One: How One Person Can Affect Change,” and Speakers’ Bureau Training in Quad Cities (Iowa & Illinois), 11/9 – 11/10/07 “Islam, a Religion of Moderation,” American Mothers Association, Tracy, 11/10/07 “Orientation on Islam and Muslims,” Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, 11/07/07 Read MoreCoexistence through Art
(San Jose, 11/26/07) Reflecting a new era of Jewish-Muslim American relations across the nation, ING has partnered and worked for the last two years on joint programs with the Jewish Community Relations Councils of San Francisco, East Bay, Peninsula and Silicon Valley. Our objective is peace through religious literacy and mutual respect. Projects have included monthly gatherings, Common Ground Speakers Series and Interfaith Panels, whose topics have focused on commonalities, differences and shared experiences as minority faiths, such as stereotyping: Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism; maintaining our faiths in a secular society; religious fundamentalism and extremism; “December Dilemma” during the winter holiday season, etc. Read MoreListening to Those We Serve
The entire experience of planning a series of seminars with ING was inspirational. They did an amazing job. The ING team welcomed input along the way which allowed each session to be even better than the one before it. We will continue to work with ING as I am confident that they will continue to provide value in our work.
City Human Resources Director
I thought the ING seminar, “Preventing and Responding to Anti-Muslim Bigotry,” was an extremely valuable training for law enforcement, especially in today’s day and age with all the misunderstandings and misperceptions of the Muslim community…I feel this training will help my staff and I in developing better relationships and in responding to the needs of our community. I highly recommend this training to others.
Police Captain
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