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The Aspen Institute, blog
Hosting a Day of Religious Pluralism: Two Cities Celebrate the Energetic Engagement of Difference
April 24, 2019  • 
Allison K. Ralph

Excerpt: "
Events in both cities have spurred tangible outcomes that have bettered society at large. In LA, the city’s collaboration with its faith partners created a kind of institutional frame where non-governmental actors – faith leaders, community members, non-profit leaders – could connect. From there, collaborations developed organically around numerous issues including homelessness and emergency management. In Atlanta, the Civic Dinner template for conversations on religious pluralism had never existed; now the organization is expanding what it developed for the Atlanta event and plans to add religious pluralism to its regularly offered topics."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
City of Atlanta holds first-ever Day of Religious Pluralism
April 05, 2019  •  Fiza Pirani


Excerpt: "As an increasingly ethnically and religiously diverse city, bringing a Day of Religious Pluralism to Atlanta illuminates its reputation as a welcoming city famously “too busy to hate.”

Alliance Magazine
Turning thoughts and prayers into action: religious pluralism in the era of hate
April 9, 2019  •  Shaheen Kassim-Lakha


Excerpt: "With hatred and violence at epidemic levels, philanthropy has a unique role in helping bridge these divides as aggressively as those fighting to widen them.

We have an ever-increasing number of foundations and philanthropists dedicated to a better world for all. Despite the noble ideals, foundations and philanthropists too infrequently engage in connecting all faiths—including those who don’t claim a religion. Even the recent surge of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts overlook religious difference.

Religious pluralism can play a catalytic role in unifying humanity.."

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