Renewal: An Interfaith Call to Action

 

An interfaith gathering to watch Renewal at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC.	T.C. Morrow - Foundry Green Mission and GWIPL staffer - welcomes people to Foundry Church.
Tiffany Montavon, with Faith @ Work, led the crowd in song. after watching the clips from the documentary	Mohamed Chakaki of the DC Green Muslims introduces the documentary.
Allison Fisher of GWIPL descibes actions individuals can take.	Nadia talks about her recent trip to Wise County, VA to testify at the Air Pollution Control Board hearing and see mountiantop removal first-hand.
After watching the clips from the documentary, talking in small groups about possibilities for personal and community actions.
Sanjana talks about the Ramadan Compact and invites others to join in buying nothing during Ramadan, except for food and small personal necessities.	Yakir Manela (right), director of the Kayam Farm at Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center, spoke of their work with Jewish young people and others.
Photo Credits: Thanks to Nadia Janjua and Laura Bellows for the photos.

 

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Sixty-five people of multiple faiths gathered for an evening of getting to know each other and engaged in hands-on actions to carry our vision forward! The evening, of July 16, 2008, got started with a game of "human bingo," greeting and opening prayer by T.C. Morrow of GWIPL and Foundry UMC, and introduction of the documentary by Mohamad Chakaki of the DC Green Muslims. We viewed highlights of the first feature-length documentary to capture the breadth and vitality of America's religious-environmental movement, called Renewal.

Following the excerpts from the documentary, we formed discussion groups of 2 or 3 people - with the instruction to gather with people you were meeting for the first time. After this lively discussion time, we came back together to hear from three people taking action in their community and their own lives.

The evening was sponsored by Shomrei Adamah of Greater Washington, DC Green Muslims, Faith at Work, Teva Learning Center, Foundry UMC's Green Mission and Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light.

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