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Speaking out against genocide
SiVIC has joined with other interfaith organizations around the Bay Area to raise awareness of the attacks on the Yezidi- a minority religion in northern Iraq currently under assault by ISIS.
There will be a press conference next Wednesday, April 15, and an informational meeting at the Interfaith Center at the Presidio on Monday, April 27. Other interfaith groups include the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, San Francisco Interfaith Council, Marin Interfaith Council, and the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County.
There is an article on the URI blog with details of how you can get involved:
SiVIC at the American Academy of Religion
Andrew Kille, Henry Millstein, and Boo Riley
The Western Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion gathered at Santa Clara University March 20-22, 2015. At one of the sessions of the “Religion in America Unit,” Prof. Philip Boo Riley, Vice Chair of SiVIC, along with Board Chair Rev. D. Andrew Kille and Board Member Henry Millstein, presented some reflections on “Religion in Silicon Valley.” Dr. Riley outlined some issues and concerns in religious studies about the tendency to study and teach religions as if they were monolithic, static, and easily defined, and asked if it was possible to do interreligious work without falling into those traps.
Tolerance, Respect & Pluralism
SiVIC Board Chair Rev. D. Andrew Kille spoke at the Pacifica Institute on March 4, 2015. The title of his talk was “Tolerance, Respect, and Pluralism: Changing Relationships in a “Multi-“ World.” The full text of his presentation, including the “Dialogue Decalogue” developed by Leondard Swidler, is available on the Pacifica Institute website.