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- Check out Civity’s guides to engaging in dialogue across differences
- Have a quick conversation with someone you see at the gas station or while waiting in line at the grocery store. Ask them questions to build understanding, but do not be rude or invasive
- SocialSelf offers a guide on how to start conversations
- Euphrates Institute has this resource for dialogue with those holding different viewpoints: Communication Guidelines–Circle of Trust
- Invite your neighbor or coworker to coffee and have a chat with some guided conversation topics or strike up a conversation on the plane
- SocialSelf offers a guide on how to start conversations
- Check out Civity’s guides to engaging in dialogue across differences
- Euphrates Institute has this resource for dialogue with those holding different viewpoints: Communication Guidelines–Circle of Trust
- For other ideas on questions to ask your neighbor visit Lifehack: 45 Questions To Ask To Get To Know Someone
- Invite people whom you know little about into your home or to a safe space over good food to get to know them and engage in dialogue. Make it potluck, a barbecue or just cook an easy meal yourself
- SocialSelf offers a guide on how to start conversations
- Religions for Peace offers an excellent discussion guide called “A Seat at the Table”
- The Interfaith Youth Core has a toolkit for an event it calls “speedfaithing” that can liven up any setting
- Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston has a guide featuring best practices for the “Dinner Dialogues” program
- Watch our Know Your Neighbor webinar on Interfaith Dinner Dialogues
- Euphrates Institute has this resource for dialogue with those holding different viewpoints: Communication Guidelines–Circle of Trust
- Check out Civity’s guides to engaging in dialogue across differences
- Invite friends or neighbors to a special event or religious service to observe how your faith or ethical tradition conducts communal gatherings. Be sure to inform administrators about their attendance and make sure your community or place of worship is ready to welcome visitors
- Look at our advice on how to best do this: Tips For Inviting Others To Your House Of Worship
- Before the event make sure that you share relevant guidelines on how to dress, behave, and respect specific protocols at various events and houses of worship and give examples of what different services look like
- Check out this book called How to Be A Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
- Can’t attend a faith service? Look at Spokane Interfaith Council’s video series on various houses of worship called “Meet the Neighbors”
- Check out the Know Your Neighbor map to find local events like Iftar (breaking the fast) dinners and interfaith gatherings
- If there are none in your area, host your own; here are some guidelines for organizing interfaith events and groups
- Try using United Religions Initiative’s tools for creating an interfaith group: Model Appreciative Inquiry for initial gathering
- For a Jewish-Muslim dialogue, initiate a Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom chapter in your area
- Take this questionnaire about your faith, beliefs, ideology, self-perception, and some creative questions that would make for great discussion in a group. Use it to create a space for personal reflection
- You can increase your positive impact on your neighbors and nation by sharing on social media
- Use our social media examples either by copying directly or drawing inspiration from them
- Try downloading and using our partner organization Interfaith Youth Core’s Frameworks for Interfaith Conversations
- Send holiday greetings to your local faith communities
- You can download and write your own message using our postcard: KYN: ME Postcard
- If a local house of worship in your area has been the target of a hate crime, send them a note or flowers, bring them cookies or find other ways to demonstrate your support
- You can download and write your own message using our postcard: KYN: ME Postcard
- An example of what to say to a targeted house of worship: “We want to offer our hands in solidarity to you in the face of this ugly act of hate. We extend our support to your house of worship and all its congregants. Let us know what we can do to help. We hold you in our hearts and prayers.”
- Stay up to date on hate crimes against groups like Muslims though Muslim Advocates or against Sikhs through The Sikh Coalition
- Bring your neighbor a dessert or special food on your holiday or give them a small gift such as a potted flower to plant, but make sure this gift is culturally sensitive
- Check out this article on Religion and Dietary Practice
- Send your neighbor or coworker a postcard, you can download and write your own message using our postcard: KYN: ME Postcard
- Invite a co-worker or neighbor to an activity you both enjoy such as to play a board game, join you at a pottery class, go bowling, attend a sporting event, go for a hike, etc
- Volunteer to serve on an interfaith council
- Find a United Religions Initiative Cooperation Circle in your area
- Ask your community about interfaith organizations in your area or search for local interfaith gatherings in your area
- Join an interfaith book club
- Join or create an interfaith book club, such as The Daughters of Abraham
- You can also refer to the The Daughters of Abraham‘s recommended reading list as well and use that to create your own reading list