South Bay Interfaith

 

Interfaith Organization Background Information

Last updated November 18, 2010

We have begun the shift over to our new identity as the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council, and have begun a new website at www.sivicouncil.org with the files listed below and updated announcements. Please check there for the most up to date information.

We are engaging in a series of conversations and considering what kind of organization and consistency would best serve interfaith relationships in the South Bay. Organizations that are currently involved in interfaith activities or interested in becoming involved are invited to join the discussions. A list of the members of the Planning Team/ Interim Steering Committee is here. You can contact us at southbayinterfaith@yahoo.com

Our next scheduled meeting is:

• To Be Announced: At our September 28th meeting, those present (over 50 people representing a wide range of religious communities) approved the Planning Team Proposal as a framework for continuing to develop the Silicon Valley Interreligious Council, and appointed the Planning Team to continue serving as an Interim Steering Committee. The goal is to convene our first General Assembly meeting in March of 2011.
  
  In addition, four new committees were begun, to be convened by members of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will also serve as a nominating committee. The committees and their convenors include
  
  
  1. by-laws and nonprofit status committee (Girish Shah)
  2. membership development and outreach committee (Diane Fisher)
  3. infrastructure committee (Joy-Ellen Lipsky)
  4. fund development committee (Chuck Rawlings)

If you would be interested in working with one of the committees, contact the convener listed above.

If you would like to contact the Steering Committee, or be included on our contact list, please write to southbayinterfaith@yahoo.com

Questionnaire about Interfaith Organization

Please take a few minutes to download the questionnaire (Word format) and send your responses to the questions to southbayinterfaith@yahoo.com. The planning group will use your input in shaping the process of creating the new organization.

Files related to the history and future of interfaith relations in the South Bay
(all pdf, except where indicated):

• Planning Team Proposal, September 28, 2010
  Includes Mission Statement, Goals and Objectives; Organizational Structure; Programs; and Code of Conduct
• Draft Guidelines for Building Interreligious Relationships July 28, 2010
  Your comments are invited.
• Report from the Planning Group July 22, 2010
• Notes from the group meeting June 17, 2010
• Report from the Planning Group June 17, 2010
• Links to local interfaith councils:
  • Marin Interfaith Council
  • Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
  • Peninsula Clergy Network
  • San Francisco Interfaith Council
• Notes from the group meeting May 12, 2010
• Notes from ad hoc steering committee meeting April 29, 2010
• Notes by Tim Brauhn (Faiths Act Fellow working in South Bay)
• Partner City Profile
  developed as part of the application process for Silicon Valley to become a member of the Partner City network of the Parliament of the World's Religions
• The "neXus"– a reflection on structure and organization of interfaith cooperation
• Interfaith Organizations in the South Bay
• Interfaith Activities in the South Bay
• An Open Letter to interfaith colleagues in the South Bay
  Andrew Kille, Interfaith Space, April 8, 2010