by sivicouncil | May 24, 2017 | News
The United Religions Initiative recently interviewed Girish Shah, founding member and Treasurer of SiVIC for a recent profile: “3 followers of Eastern Traditions engaged in interfaith work.” Girish, a leader of the Jain Center of Northern California in...
by sivicouncil | Mar 2, 2016 | World Interfaith Harmony Week, Youth
Shayda Sales participated in the Silicon Valley Teen Interfaith Leadership Council. In February, she traveled to the United Nations as part of World Interfaith Harmony Week. She created a video that briefly shows some of the experiences she and three other teens from...
by sivicouncil | Jan 21, 2015 | events
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...