Interfaith Youth Core to visit Central College

Central College

Discussion

January 23, 2009

Wednesday, Jan. 21, and Thursday, Jan. 22, Interfaith Youth Core will visit Central College. Interfaith Youth Core is the center of a larger movement to promote religious pluralism. Trainer Noah Silverman will lead three workshops on campus that are free and open to the public. Contact Sarah Lunsford at 641-628-5656, or e-mail lunsfords@central.edu for more information.

Silverman graduated with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies and international relations from Connecticut College, where he wrote his undergraduate thesis on interreligious peace building in Israel/Palestine. He has worked for the World Conference of Religions for Peace at the United Nations, the Interfaith Encounter Association in Jerusalem, and the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, Ill., including staffing the 2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona, Spain. A Chicago native, Silverman grew up attending K.A.M. Isaiah Israel congregation in the south side neighborhood of Hyde Park.

Schedule for Events

Pluralism 101

Wednesday, Jan. 21

7-9 p.m. in Central’s chapel

Common Action for the Common Good: How to Organize an Interfaith Service-Learning Event

Thursday, Jan. 22

9-11 a.m. in the Boat, Moore and Weller Rooms, Maytag Student Center

Dialogue Facilitation Training: Skills for a Shared Values Dialogue

Thursday, Jan. 22

6-8:30 p.m. in Graham Conference Center, Room 1