Compassion Games Challenge for World Interfaith Harmony Week

World Interfaith Harmony Week

Every year the first week of February has been designated by the United Nations since 2010 as a week to showcase and celebrate the ongoing work of interreligious harmony and peacemaking. Groups and individuals are encouraged to sponsor events during this week and to share the information on the World Interfaith Harmony Week website.

Compassion GamesThis year, the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council (SiVIC), a URI Cooperation Circle, is partnering with the Compassion Games‘ Interfaith League to bring the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week Co-opetition to life. SiVIC is participating in the Compassion Games and challenges all URI CC’s to join them to be the most compassionate URI Cooperation Circle…… Game On!

SiVIC Becomes a Partner of the Charter for Compassion

Charter for CompassionSiVIC is now a partner in the network of “Compassionate Communities” called together by the Charter for Compassion. In their words, “We envision a richly diverse ‘network of networks,’ people from every sector—business, healthcare, education, government, faith and interfaith, peace and non-violence, the arts, and those working to preserve the environment—who will bring compassion to everything they do, and who will take responsibility for igniting the compassion of the general community to care for each other and for the well-being of all members of the community from birth through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood to old age and death.” Watch for ways that you can get involved in working to make Silicon Valley “a more just and compassionate society.”

On the Gaza Conflict

On the Gaza Conflict

July 22, 2014

As events continue to unfold in Israel and Gaza, we in the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council (SiVIC) are grieved by the human cost and suffering occasioned by the current conflict. While members of our community may lean more toward support for Israel or for Gaza, together we know how important it is for us to maintain connections and dialogue with one another, especially when some would polarize the debate and end discussion. Continue Reading →