Join us to acquire some of the tools we need to show up as faithful witnesses in places of potential conflict. Trainers from Triangle based, Ready-the-Ground, will provide basic training on how to respond in volatile situations to help diffuse the tension. Whether violence is directed at us through verbal or physical channels, there are […]
Come together with others to remember the half a million Americans killed or injured by guns since the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy. Hundreds of events are being held at locations nationwide to give voice to all victims and survivors of gun violence. Click here for more information. Vigil to End Gun Violence Flyer
The Moral March on Raleigh is part of a love and justice movement working on an intersectional agenda to support public education, economic sustainability, workers’ rights and livable wages, health care for all, Medicaid expansion, environmental justice, equal protection under the law without regard to race, immigration status, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, voting […]
A series of events highlighting the issues around immigrant and farmworker rights and the sanctuary movement. Stops include Asheville, Morganton, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. The pilgrimage will conclude with the Economic Justice Way of the Cross on Good Friday, March 30, at noon on the steps of the State Capitol building. More detailed information about […]
The Wild Goose Festival is a 4-day art, music, and story-driven transformational experience grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Come to not only learn from incredible speakers, but also to engage in robust and respectful conversation with thought leaders, writers, dreamers, artists, visionaries, and social justice activists. The 2018 collection of co-creaters includes Jen Hatmaker, Jon […]
Campaign Nonviolence NC invites everyone to connect the dots between individuals, campaigns and movements that have often been working separately for peace, economic equality, and eco-justice. In the lead up to the U.N. International Day of Peace on September 21, a series of events has been planned to help build a community that stresses nonviolence […]
You’re invited to an interfaith gathering to remember victims of the U.S. torture program. The vigil will offer an opportunity to meditate, hear speakers from several traditions, and join voices, hands, and hearts with others who believe North Carolina has a responsibility to those who were transported for torture in NC jets. Aero Contractors, headquartered […]
You’re invited to a gathering of people of faith to remember victims of the U.S. torture program. The vigil will offer an opportunity to meditate, hear speakers from several traditions, and join voices, hands, and hearts with others who believe North Carolina has a responsibility to those who were transported for torture in NC jets. […]
You’re invited to an interfaith gathering to remember the victims of the CIA’s rendition and torture program. The vigils will offer an opportunity to hear speakers from several faith traditions, meditate and to join with fellow citizens who believe North Carolina has a responsibility to call for transparency and accountability for those who were transported […]
The Moral March on Raleigh is part of a love and justice movement working on an intersectional agenda to support public education, economic sustainability, workers’ rights and livable wages, health care for all, Medicaid expansion, environmental justice, equal protection under the law without regard to race, immigration status, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, voting […]
According to the American Public Health Association, gun violence has become a major public health issue in the United States. More than 85,000 people are affected by gun-related injuries per year, and nearly 38,000 people die due to gun-related violence. Join us for a continuation of the summits we held in November and January on […]
The convocation will explore North Carolina's connection, through the use of its public airports, a local airline (Aero Contractors), and locally based employees of the airline, to the CIA's Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) program that began after the 9/11 attacks. Muslim people were kidnapped, bound, and transported to CIA black sites and to foreign […]
The event has been canceled. Learn - Reflect - Act The convocation will explore North Carolina’s connection, through the use of its public airports, a local airline (Aero Contractors), and locally based employees of the airline, to the CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) program that began after the 9/11 attacks. Muslim people were kidnapped, […]
Thousands of North Carolinians have petitioned Governor Cooper to investigate the stationing at a North Carolina public airport of Aero Contractors, identified by the NY Times as a CIA front airline that has been used to “render,’’ i.e., kidnap and transport, dozens of people to overseas torture locations during the George W. Bush years. The […]
During both the pre- and post-Civil War eras, lynching was used with impunity by patrols of KKK members to intimidate, terrorize, incarcerate and kill black people. Then as now, unpunished acts of racial intimidation and violence by citizens and officers sworn to protect and serve the people, perpetuate racism in today’s criminal justice system. Please […]
In historically divisive times, it’s good to be reminded that we don’t have to be the same in order to form deep friendships and create community and art together. Join fellow people of faith for a virtual screening of Braided Prayer, the 18-minute documentary produced by John Kennedy and David Saich, that follows Abraham Jam, […]
