South Bay Interfaith

 

Keep the Diversity; Seek the Harmony

October 2, 2007

Sponsoring Organizations:

• Campbell United Methodist Church
• Cantors/ Rabbinic Association of Greater San Jose
• Catholic Diocese of San Jose
• Center for Spiritual Enlightenment
• Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale
• Council of Churches of Santa Clara County
• First Unitarian Church, San Jose
• Interfaith Space
• Islamic Networks Group (ING)
• Jewish Community Relations Council of the Peninsula
• Jewish Community Relations Committee
  of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
• San Jose Stakes
  of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Santa Clara University
• South Bay Islamic Association
• SVCCJ (Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice)
• Temple Emanu-El, San Jose

Participating Organizations:

• Assyrian Church of the East- Western CA Diocese
• Assyrian Religious Cultural Television (ARC-TV)
• Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills
• Congregation Kol Emeth, Palo Alto
• Hindu Group
• International Satsang Association: Bay Area
• Lohgarh Sikh Foundation
• SEMAH
  (Safety, Education, Mutual Respect, Awareness, Hope)

Special Thanks To:

Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for set up and clean up; Susanna Pittman for logo design; Rahima Foundation for the dates; Mehran Restaurant for the Pakoras; Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale for the cookies; Chandni Restaurant; café Too! for use of tables and chairs;Temple Emanu-El for the sound system.

Food Committee:

Aida Hamshari, Firdous Kamran, Geeta Naidu, Erwin Polar, Nancy Smereski, Carol Stephenson, Margo Tenold, Reshma Yunus

Steering Committee:

Bart Charlow & Rev. Bruce Bramlett (Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice); Diane Fisher (Jewish Community Relations Council of Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley ); Richard Grant & Hal Hendrickson (The San Jose Stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints); Ven. Jian Hu & Moira Shek (Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale ); Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones (First Unitarian Church of San Jose); Yasmine M. Khan (Islamic Networks Group); Rev. D. Andrew Kille (Interfaith Space); Joy-Ellen Lipsky & Rev. Ann Hayes (Center for Spiritual Enlightenment); Rabbi Dana Magat (Temple Emanu-El & Cantors & Rabbis Association of San Jose); Dr. Philip “Boo” Riley (Santa Clara University); Rev. Jose Rubio & Don Jones (Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose); Chetan Sanghvi (Jain Center of Northern California); Karen Stiller (Jewish Community Relations Council, Peninsula Region); Rev. Margo Tenold (Council of Churches of Santa Clara County); Syeda Reshma Yunus (SEMAH Inc.)