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Cultural Conversations| Come Break Bread with Your Neighbors
REGISTER HERE Come meet your neighbors and explore the rich cultural traditions in San Antonio through food, great conversation and entertainment. Spurred by a wave of anti-Semitic vandalism that rocked our city last year, Councilman Nirenberg and Senator Menéndez hope the conversations will help break down barriers and connect us as one family working to make our city a better, more tolerant place. This is a collaboration between several community partners, including the San Antonio Zoo, Catholic Charities, the Institute…
Find out more »From the Killing Fields to the White House: The American Dream in First Person
Captured and forced to perform slave labor by Khmer Rouge officials, Sichan Siv feared that he would be worked to death or killed. It was only a matter of time. But he never abandoned hope or his improbable dream of freedom – a dream that liberated him, astonishingly, from his brutal captors and ultimately led him to the United States, where he later became a senior White House aide and ambassador to the United Nations.
Find out more »Interfaith Academy: “The Challenges of Fundamentalism and Religious Extremism”
Interfaith Academy, a Faith Base Dialogue Education Program, is a collaborative initiative that will be created by Synagogue, Church, Mosque, Sikh Temple, Buddhist Temple, Hindu Temple, other worship places and the Dialogue Institute to foster interfaith understanding/friendship among the society that we live in. The Interfaith Academy is a truly interfaith dialogue effort, paving the road for the participants, Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Baha’is, Muslims, Buddhists and others to be able to enter real engagement and peace-making through learning about…
Find out more »Train-the-Trainer Session on Living Wages and Payday Lending
Thursday May 26, 7:00pm-8:30pm, Train-the-Trainer Session on Living Wages and Payday Lending. St. Timothy Church Parish Hall, 1515 Saltillo Street. Please fill out form at www.copsmetro.com/
Find out more »Texas Public Radio Think Science: Human Resilience
What does it take to survive in the face of adversity? What about sickness? A major disaster? Why do some people seem ‘stronger’ than others? At TPR’s Think Science: Human Resilience, we’ll hear stories about people who have been through traumatic events, and turn to a local researcher to learn a little bit about what makes it possible for humans to bounce back. The hour-long discussion begins at noon on Friday, May 27 at the Pearl Studio. Doors open at…
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