8th Annual Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles
Join us for the 8th Annual
Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles
Finding Hope in Uncertain Times:
Confronting Violence, Bigotry, and Incivility
Sunday, April 30th, 2023
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
2022 Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles and Global Interfaith March for Peace & Justice
Our theme for this year’s march is Freedom, Diversity, and Respect: Learning to Live Together.
Be sure to register at https://interfaithmarchla2022.eventbrite.com/
Starting at St. Basil Roman Catholic Church on Wilshire and ending at the Islamic Center of Southern California, live, virtual, and hybrid events will be presented in concert with other California and US cities, as well as Globally for the Interfaith March for Peace & Justice. Click on the event title for more details!
Multi-Faith Roundtable (virtual)
VIRTUAL MULTI-FAITH ROUND TABLE
In collaboration with LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY Department of Theological Studies
JOIN OUR FREE VIRTUAL EVENT
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2022, 2-3:30PM (PST)
Click here to REGISTER and save the date
Promote multi-faith collaboration to advance thriving
pluralistic communities worldwide through practical
solutions and tools, while guiding the intent of a very
diverse movement already underway
Summer 2021 International Music, Dance and Art Festival: Celebrating Diversity Together
Summer 2021 International Music, Dance and Art Festival
Celebrating Diversity Together
A virtual benefit concert for the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice.
Click here for a letter from our Founder about the 2021 Summer Arts Festival!
Click the image for all of the details.
Tickets at 2021summerartfest.eventbrite.com
Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles 2021 (a virtual event)
Join Us for the 6th Annual
Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles
(now a California-wide virtual march)
“INTERFAITH IN ACTION: HEALING THE NATION AND OUR WORLD”
Sunday, April 11, 2021 2:00–4:00 pm
Click on the event for further details.
Interfaith Solidarity March L.A. 2020 (a virtual event)
This live, virtual event took place on Zoom as a webinar, and on Facebook Live.
CLICK HERE for the Interfaith Solidarity March 2020 PROGRAM
This event coincides with multiple events happening in the US and around the world, including India, Malawi, Nairobi, Pakistan, Palestine (Bethlehem), and Uganda.
We invite you to join us on a “virtual march” for peace and unity among people of every faith, philosophy, and creed.
We are united in the rejection of hatred and oppression in the name of religion and in support of the freedom of worship or belief.
We are united to stamp out bigotry and violence of every sort, and in support of the right to live peacefully.
We are also united in affirming the role that the interfaith community must play in safeguarding the health and safety of all people.
Join us, along with dozens of partner marches and events around the world, for an event you won’t forget. With many different faiths and musical presentations, learn how our differences make us beautiful and unite us.
This event is FREE, and donations are gratefully accepted (and tax deductible).
#InterfaithMarchLA #IRTPJ
Speakers and performers, email us if you’d like to participate, and we will send you information.
Contact us if you can help plan!
Click here to join our event on Facebook.
Our Presenters Include:
· Dr. Arik Greenberg, Founder and Founder and President of the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice (IRTPJ) and Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University
· Rev. Dr. Arthur W. Chang, Senior Minister at Founders’ Church of Religious Science
· Aziz Nathoo, Philly Interfaith Group
· Bridget Graham and Adaawe (music)
· Dwight Trible (music)
· Cor-Bishop George Bet-Rasho, Assyrian Church of the East
· Hedab Tarifi of the Islamic Center of Southern California and Muslim Public Affairs Council
· James Witker, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica Faith in Action
· Rabbi Jason van Leeuwen, Cantor of Temple B’nai Hayim
· Roshi Kipp Ryodo Hawley, Founder of Westchester Zen Circle
· The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church
· Chief Michel Moore, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
· Miry Whitehill, Founder & Executive Director, Miry's List
· Nirinjan Singh Khalsa, Executive Director of California Sikh Council
· Dr. Nitin Shah, Jain Center of Southern California Interfaith Committee Chair
· Pastor Patricia Strong-Fargas, Mt. Salem Church
· Randolph Dobbs, Bahá’í Faith
· Paul Livingstone and Alma Cielo (music)
· Rex Perry (music)
· Rich Procida, Bible Study for Progressives
· Ron Galperin, L.A. City Controller
· Rev. Dr. Shane Kinnison, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Glendale
· Sura Dasa, International Society for Krishna Consciousness
· Tahil Sharma, Sadhana, a Coalition of Progressive Hindus
· Tiana Mincey, Scientology Chaplain
Endorsing Partners
Our partners include many religious and interfaith groups. The following is the current list of organizations and individuals that are helping to make this march a success.
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL INTERFAITH SOLIDARITY MARCH WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND ENDORSEMENT OF THIS MARCH.
* Indicates an inaugural partner in the march
INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE *
ABRAHAMIC REUNION
ALLIANCE FOR ABSOLUTE JUSTICE
ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST
BIBLE STUDY FOR PROGRESSIVES
CALIFORNIA SIKH COUNCIL
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF LOS ANGELES / CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
CLERGY & LAITY UNITED FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE (CLUE)
COMMUNITY OF DIVINE LOVE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GLENDALE
FOUNDER’S CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE *
HOLY NATIVITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WESTCHESTER
HOLY SPIRIT RETREAT CENTER
INGAGE—USC (OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS LIFE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)
INTERFAITH ALLIANCE, A REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
ISLAMIC CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA *
JAINA
JAIN CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
KHALSA CARE FOUNDATION
LOS ANGELES COUNCIL OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS
LOS ANGELES BAHA’I CENTER
L.A. CITY CONTROLLER'S OFFICE
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
MIRY’S LIST
MT. SALEM CHURCH
MUSLIM-JEWISH SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL
NASRUL-LAHI-LI FATHI SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NASFAT LOS ANGELES)
PHILADELPHIA INTERFAITH WALK FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
SADHANA
SCIENTOLOGY VOLUNTEER MINISTERS
SIKH COALITION
SIKHNET
ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OAK HARBOR
ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HOLLYWOOD
STAR POWER OFFERING PEACE AND PROSPERITY
STREETS ARE FOR EVERYONE
TEMPLE AKIBA OF CULVER CITY, TIKKUN OLAM COMMITTEE
TEMPLE B’NAI HAYIM
UMMA CHARITIES
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SANTA MONICA, FAITH IN ACTION COMMISSION
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
VENTURA COUNTY INTERFAITH COMMUNITY
WESTCHESTER ZEN CIRCLE
YOUTH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
Sponsoring Partners (Donors’ Circle)
We would also like to give special recognition and thanks to the following individuals and organizations who went above and beyond the call, and contributed greatly to our cause with either monetary or in-kind donations.
Our gratitude to the following:
BIBLE STUDY FOR PROGRESSIVES
CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
COMMUNITY OF DIVINE LOVE
HOLY NATIVITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WESTCHESTER
ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, OAK HARBOR
Interfaith Ambassadors: Winter/Spring 2020
Join Dr. Arik Greenberg and his LMU students for a field trip to various houses of worship around Los Angeles. RSVP to info@instituteforreligioustolerance.org or (323) 454-0557.
Click on event title for further details.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, further in-person field trips are cancelled for the Spring. Stay tuned for news on remote participation opportunities! Join our mailing list. Like us on Facebook.
Interfaith March LA 2019
Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles
*Strengthening diversity, plurality, unity*
Now a flagship partner of the Interfaith March for Peace & Justice,
The world’s largest coalition of interfaith marches.
Click here for more details!
Interfaith Ambassadors: Fall 2019
Join Dr. Arik Greenberg and his LMU students for a field trip to various houses of worship around Los Angeles. RSVP to info@instituteforreligioustolerance.org or (323) 454-0557.
Click on event title for further details.
Religions of the World 4-Part Series 2019
Youth for Human Rights California presents
An event to
CELEBRATE INTERFAITH AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
A series of four events featuring ethnic food, music, artifacts, scholars and leaders from religions across the world.
The certificate of completion for all sections is sponsored in part by the IRTPJ. (Dr. Greenberg will be there to present the certificates.)
Full details can be found at this link.
Interfaith Ambassadors: Winter/Spring 2019
Join Dr. Arik Greenberg and his LMU students for a field trip to various houses of worship around Los Angeles. RSVP required. Click on event title for details.
Interfaith Ambassadors: Fall 2018
Join Dr. Arik Greenberg for a field trip to various houses of worship around Los Angeles. RSVP to info@instituteforreligioustolerance.org or (323) 454-0557.
Sunday, 9/16/18, 12:30 PM: Islamic Center of Southern California (mosque), 434 Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Friday, 10/12/18, 7:30 PM: Temple Akiba (Jewish synagogue), 5249 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230
Sunday, 10/14/18, 10:30 AM: Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, 6700 W 83rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90045 (Westchester)
Sunday, 11/18/18, 9:00 AM: Khalsa Care Foundation (Sikh gurdwara), 9989 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima, CA. Easy parking, dress casual with socks, snacks included.
Our Muslim Neighbors Forum
JOIN US for a panel presentation and discussion, featuring several Muslim Americans from different professions, ages, and genders.
Click on the title for all the details.
Religions of the World 4-Part Series
Youth for Human Rights of California presents
A Cultural Journey Through
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
A series of four events featuring ethnic food, music, artifacts, scholars and leaders from religions across the world.
Part 4: Eastern Religions -- Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Falon Gong, Unification Church, Jainism — Saturday, 29 September
Ethnic Food, Music and Art starting at 1 PM. Speakers starting at 2 PM, including Dr. Arik Greenberg of the IRTPJ. See video of Dr. Arik Greenberg’s talk at Part 1 at https://www.facebook.com/YHRCal/videos/321528981943053/
Our Muslim Neighbors
Join us for a free panel discussion and presentation, featuring several Muslim Americans from different walks of life, professions, ages, and genders. Light refreshments to follow. RSVP Here. FaceBook event.
Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles
We send our immense gratitude to everyone who participated in the #InterfaithMarchLA 2018! View Photos and Video by clicking HERE!
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Please join us on the third annual
Interfaith Solidarity March
Strengthening diversity, plurality, unity
Sunday, April 29th, 2018
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Registration begins at 1:30 at Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Final program at the Islamic Center of Southern California
Click on Title for full details.
RSVP at Facebook or Eventbrite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/435078353615860/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interfaith-march-la-2018-tickets-44049880378
Interfaith Ambassadors: Sikh Temple
Join Dr. Arik and his LMU students at Khalsa Care Foundation. Meet at 9 am for an introduction and tour, a Q&A session, and langar (a free meal).
A Humanitarian Appeal to the Rohingya Genocide
Hosted by IRTPJ Board Member Mahomed Khan. Dr. Arik will be speaking.
Past Events
There have been many wonderful events presented by the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice since its creation in 2011. Those listed on this site’s calendar were created when our new website was built in 2018. For an archive of information, pictures, and videos of our highlighted past events, visit our Past Events and Videos pages (with the link to our YouTube channel).