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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. You may also join by Zoom (see Ticketing page above)!
Join us in the mid-Wilshire District and on Zoom for the 7th annual Interfaith March Los Angeles!
The 7th Annual Interfaith Solidarity March Los Angeles
(Representing all Southern California)
Freedom, Diversity, and Respect: Learning to Live Together
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
An Entirely Outdoors Event!
Starting Location: St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church, 3611 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010. Registration begins at 1 PM, Program starts at 1:30, Step-off at about 2.
Brief stops on Wilshire Bl. in front of the Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park and Immanuel Presbyterian Church.
Ending Location: The Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC), 434 Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020. Arriving at approximately 3 PM, with programming through 4:30.
Parking: Park in the lot at St. Basil's (on Harvard Bl. north of Wilshire) or street parking near Wilshire and Harvard; or, park in the ICSC lot at 425 Shatto Place and transit to St. Basil’s to begin the march. (All options are free.)
Join us marching in partnership with dozens of marches around the world. Let us walk together to affirm freedom, diversity, and respect among nations, ethnicities, and religions, as we learn to live in peace.
Our march pillars:
• We are united in rejecting hatred and oppression in the name of religion and in supporting 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 united in affirming the role that the interfaith community must play in safeguarding the health and safety of all people.
Speakers include:
Salam Al-Marayati, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Chaplain Ruth Belonsky, Jewish community
Sheikh Ahmed Asim Buyuksoy, Islamic Center of Southern California
Dep. Chief Blake Chow, Los Angeles Police Department
Susan Feinstein, Sister Rose Foundation
Dr. Tim Helton, Ventura County Interfaith Community
Dr. L. Arik Greenberg, Loyola Marymount University Professor of Religious Studies, Founder and President of IRTPJ
Msgr. Frank Hicks, St. Basil Roman Catholic Church
HarSimran Khalsa, Sikh community
Mohammed Khan, American Muslims for Sustainability
Rev. Andy Schwiebert, Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Rt. Rev. Alexei Smith, Los Angeles Arch Diocese
Dr. Brad Elliott Stone, Loyola Marymount University Associate Dean & lay minister at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church, representing the Baptist Church
James Witker, Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica
For Questions or to Sponsor: InterfaithMarchLA@gmail.com or (323) 454-0557
Produced by the Institute for Religious Tolerance, Peace and Justice. The Interfaith Solidarity March LA is a flagship partner of the Interfaith March for Peace & Justice, the world’s largest coalition of interfaith marches.
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