Interfaith Leadership Forum Inaugural Event

On October 25, the inaugural event of the new Interfaith Leadership Forum explored how to deepen interfaith work in religious communities, professional life, and our culture. Leaders from all segments of society, and those who want to become leaders, joined us for this virtual event.
The ILF aims to promote pluralism by convening leaders of various religious, ethnic, racial, cultural and gender backgrounds to exchange ideas and generate an action- oriented agenda. It provides a venue where a diverse group of community leaders, scholars, clergy and public officials can engage in in-depth discussions on shared values and explore ways to harness them for social action. ILF is open to all individuals who are interested in advancing their interfaith literacy and serving the community as interfaith mobilizers in their professional or individual capacities.
Objectives:
To strengthen interfaith relationships, literacy, and leadership by:
• Equipping one another with various models of dialogue with distinct ends.
• Experiencing deeper levels of interfaith encounter and dialogue
• Strengthening literacy about other’s faiths and about one’s own
• Overcoming prejudices and misconceptions about other faiths
• Elicit social action through interfaith engagement
The theme for the Forum is From Interfaith Encounter to Engagement
Topics and workshops for the event include:
Stories of Interfaith Dialogue
Tackling Prejudices
Learning from Differences
Engaging a Racialized Society, and
The Life Cycle of Dialogue
Presenters at the Forum will include:
Ibrahim A. Anli, Executive Director, The Rumi Forum
Ann Delorey, Program Director, Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington
Dr. Beverly Goines, Assistant Pastor, National City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Washington, D.C.; Associate Director, Disciples Center for Public Witness; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Theology & Religious Studies, Georgetown University
Dr. Ori Z. Soltes, Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Dr. Pim (Wilhelmus) Valkenberg, Ordinary Professor of Religion and Culture, The Catholic University of America
Moderator: Dr. Larry Golemon, Executive Director, Washington Theological Consortium
Special thanks to the following for their sponsorship of the event:
The Rumi Forum
The Washington Theological Consortium
The Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington
Washington, D.C. Mayor’s Office of Religious Affairs
Montgomery County Office of Religious Affairs

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Very great forum of speakers and content