Pastor Jose Chicas has lived in North Carolina for more than 30 years when an order for deportation was given. He and his family, at the time, were all living together in Raleigh North Carolina where he was also a pastor of a church. Due to the order for deportation, he had to leave his […]
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 2019 collection of co-creaters includes Nadia Bolz-Weber, Diana […]
Judith Glixon, a former Asheville resident and principal cellist with the Asheville Symphony and the Brevard Chamber Orchestra, returns to NC to present a one-hour solo cello concert about the urgency of climate change. The music of J. S. Bach (Unaccompanied Suites #2 & 3), Benjamin Britten (final movement of Suite for Cello, Op.72), Maurice […]
Emmanuel Baptist Church invites you to engage in solutions driven discussions and educational sessions on environmental justice, environmental racism, climate justice and addressing health disparities in African American communities. This seminar is FREE and open to the public and will be offered Friday, August 9, 5-8 pm and Saturday, August 10, 9:15 am to 3 […]
In His Way Ministry in Rocky Mount invites you to join them at their 2nd annual Community Day! All are invited to come join in on this day filled with fun and fellowship for the whole community. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Pastor Angela King at 252-212-1768.
Philadelphia Seventh Day Adventists Church invites you to their 3rd annual back to school bash! Everyone is welcome to come join in on music, free food, games, prizes, and many more fun activities. This event will also feature 150 backpacks filled with supplies and other important materials for students in the area as they prepare […]
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 […]
Are you... seeking support as you navigate life as a rural pastor? desiring to be a community leader but struggling to relate in the rural context? a rural pastor who wants to learn how to have difficult conversations with church and community members? Click here to register and join us! The Gathering for Rural Faith Leaders will […]
Join our NC Interfaith Power & Light Program for a Friday afternoon beach-themed party in Raleigh in hopes that future generations in Raleigh don’t have to deal with encroaching beach-front property. Participants at this event will be able to sign our petition telling Senators Burr and Tillis to #ActOnClimate and support 100% clean energy economy […]
Join our Interfaith Power & Light Program for this conversation, prayer worship, and roundtable event that will feature Christian and other religious leaders discussing ocean health and how to maintain vibrant coastal communities. This diverse group of religious leaders will discuss how stewardship calls us to responsibly protect creation and highlight the dangers posed by […]
The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment allowing women the right to vote. As part of a national campaign to commemorate this date, North Carolina’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) is coordinating a campaign titled “She Changed the World: NC Women Breaking Barriers," with statewide programming […]
Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved with the Opioid Crisis? If so please join the Council at one of our Clergy Breakfasts for the Opioid Crisis, the Faith Community Responds. At […]
Join the Methodist Federation for Social Action of the North Carolina Conference for this conference exploring some of the strategies institutions use to take from the poor to enrich the rich. Participants will hear the history of civic and corporate indulgence in taking from the poor over all of history. Using a real life case […]
Are you interested in learning more about the state of our state when it comes to opioids? Are you interested in learning more about ways your congregation can get involved with the Opioid Crisis? If so please join the Council at one of our Clergy Breakfasts for the Opioid Crisis, the Faith Community Responds. At […]
Join Triangle students, faith communities, and those who care about the planet as millions of us around the world walk out of our homes, schools and workplaces to join young people in the streets for the biggest climate strike yet. Attendees will learn about the impacts of climate change, interact with Triangle groups taking actions […]
The Justice Theater Project is putting on a series of events in the month of September that will feature a showing of "Inherit the Wind," a movie about a trial against a high school biology teacher who is arrested for defying state law by teaching Darwin's Theory. Our Executive Director, Jennifer Copeland, will be on […]
