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Interfaith Solidarity March L.A. 2020 (a virtual event)

This live, virtual event took place on Zoom as a webinar, and on Facebook Live.

CLICK HERE for the Interfaith Solidarity March 2020 PROGRAM

This event coincides with multiple events happening in the US and around the world, including India, Malawi, Nairobi, Pakistan, Palestine (Bethlehem), and Uganda.

We invite you to join us on a “virtual march” for peace and unity among people of every faith, philosophy, and creed.

  • We are united in the rejection of hatred and oppression in the name of religion and in support of the freedom of worship or belief.

  • We are united to stamp out bigotry and violence of every sort, and in support of the right to live peacefully.

  • We are also united in affirming the role that the interfaith community must play in safeguarding the health and safety of all people.

Join us, along with dozens of partner marches and events around the world, for an event you won’t forget. With many different faiths and musical presentations, learn how our differences make us beautiful and unite us.

This event is FREE, and donations are gratefully accepted (and tax deductible).

#InterfaithMarchLA #IRTPJ

Speakers and performers, email us if you’d like to participate, and we will send you information.

Contact us if you can help plan!

Click here to join our event on Facebook.

Our Presenters Include:

·       Dr. Arik Greenberg, Founder and Founder and President of the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice (IRTPJ) and Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University

·       Rev. Dr. Arthur W. Chang, Senior Minister at Founders’ Church of Religious Science

·       Aziz Nathoo, Philly Interfaith Group

·       Bridget Graham and Adaawe (music)

·       Dwight Trible (music)

·       Cor-Bishop George Bet-Rasho, Assyrian Church of the East

·       Hedab Tarifi of the Islamic Center of Southern California and Muslim Public Affairs Council

·       James Witker, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica Faith in Action

·       Rabbi Jason van Leeuwen, Cantor of Temple B’nai Hayim

·       Roshi Kipp Ryodo Hawley, Founder of Westchester Zen Circle

·       The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church

·       Chief Michel Moore, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department

·       Miry Whitehill, Founder & Executive Director, Miry's List

·       Nirinjan Singh Khalsa, Executive Director of California Sikh Council

·       Dr. Nitin Shah, Jain Center of Southern California Interfaith Committee Chair

·       Pastor Patricia Strong-Fargas, Mt. Salem Church

·       Randolph Dobbs, Bahá’í Faith

·       Paul Livingstone and Alma Cielo (music)

·       Rex Perry (music)

·       Rich Procida, Bible Study for Progressives

·       Ron Galperin, L.A. City Controller

·       Rev. Dr. Shane Kinnison, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Glendale

·       Sura Dasa, International Society for Krishna Consciousness

·       Tahil Sharma, Sadhana, a Coalition of Progressive Hindus

·       Tiana Mincey, Scientology Chaplain

Endorsing Partners

Our partners include many religious and interfaith groups. The following is the current list of organizations and individuals that are helping to make this march a success.

 THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL INTERFAITH SOLIDARITY MARCH WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND ENDORSEMENT OF THIS MARCH.

* Indicates an inaugural partner in the march

INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE *

ABRAHAMIC REUNION

ALLIANCE FOR ABSOLUTE JUSTICE

ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST

BIBLE STUDY FOR PROGRESSIVES

CALIFORNIA SIKH COUNCIL

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF LOS ANGELES / CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

CLERGY & LAITY UNITED FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE (CLUE)

COMMUNITY OF DIVINE LOVE

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GLENDALE

FOUNDER’S CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE *

HOLY NATIVITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WESTCHESTER

HOLY SPIRIT RETREAT CENTER

INGAGE—USC (OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS LIFE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)

INTERFAITH ALLIANCE, A REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

ISLAMIC CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA *

JAINA

JAIN CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

KHALSA CARE FOUNDATION

LOS ANGELES COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS

LOS ANGELES BAHA’I CENTER

L.A. CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE

LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

MIRY’S LIST

MT. SALEM CHURCH

MUSLIM-JEWISH SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE

MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL

NASRUL-LAHI-LI FATHI SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NASFAT LOS ANGELES)

PHILADELPHIA INTERFAITH WALK FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION

SADHANA

SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTERS

SIKH COALITION

SIKHNET

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OAK HARBOR

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HOLLYWOOD

STAR POWER OFFERING PEACE AND PROSPERITY

STREETS ARE FOR EVERYONE

TEMPLE AKIBA OF CULVER CITY, TIKKUN OLAM COMMITTEE

TEMPLE B’NAI HAYIM

UMMA CHARITIES

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SANTA MONICA, FAITH IN ACTION COMMISSION

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST HUMANIST ASSOCIATION

VENTURA COUNTY INTERFAITH COMMUNITY

WESTCHESTER ZEN CIRCLE

YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

Sponsoring Partners (Donors’ Circle)

We would also like to give special recognition and thanks to the following individuals and organizations who went above and beyond the call, and contributed greatly to our cause with either monetary or in-kind donations.

Our gratitude to the following:

BIBLE STUDY FOR PROGRESSIVES

CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

COMMUNITY OF DIVINE LOVE

HOLY NATIVITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WESTCHESTER

ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OAK HARBOR