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The Center for Religion and Global Citizenry’s Interfaith Panelist Sr. Toni Ann Palermo will be featured on ABC’s To Tell the Truth gameshow at 9:00 pm CT on Sunday, July 14th. We were excited and honored to have Sister Toni Ann and four other esteemed faith leaders on our Women in Interfaith Panel last April during …
We are again in mourning, this time for the death of one Jewish worshiper and the injuries of several others at the hands of a white supremacist attacker. Chabad synagogue was observing the last day of Passover during this hateful attack. Passover is the seven-day Jewish holiday commemorating the story in Exodus where God saved …
Katherine Hayhoe loves to talk about Jesus, which is not unusual for someone who was raised in an evangelical family and is married to a pastor. She also loves to talk about climate change, which is natural for an atmospheric scientist who directs the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. When she speaks she …
Last Sunday afternoon, Ulrich Rosenhagen stood in front of a motley arrangement of students, community members, and spiritual leaders insisting that, while the path toward interfaith understanding can be fraught with pitfalls — that we will not always say the right thing, in the right way — those in attendance were on the right track. …
This evening marked the end of the first successful day of ‘Intersections of Interfaith,’ the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s first interfaith conference hosted by the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry (CRGC) and the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a non-profit that promotes interfaith dialogue. In a conference room of the Pyle Center, students, educators, interfaith activists, …
Associated Students of Madison hosted a program called “New People New Voices,” to allow an interactive forum to discuss identity on Tuesday Evening. The Center For Religion and Global Citizenry, Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, and Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment organizations came to lead discussions with students. The event kicked off with an activity regarding …
UW’s Center for Religion and Global Citizenry leads the conversation about religious pluralism in our community When University Housing proposed controversial changes to the existing “pay-as-you-go” dining policy in December 2017, student activists of all persuasions spoke out against the decision. Among the voices were interfaith fellows, arguing that mandatory deposits weren’t just burdensome for …
Associated Students of Madison hosted a program called “New People New Voices,” to allow an interactive forum to discuss identity on Tuesday Evening. The Center For Religion and Global Citizenry, Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, and Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment organizations came to lead discussions with students. The event kicked off with an activity regarding …
The death of 49 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was an act of terrorism, a clear manifestation of religious and ideological intolerance. To specifically target a house of worship on a day when attendance is guaranteed to be high, and then to livestream the massacre, shows a horrifying disregard and callousness for …
“The University of Wisconsin’s Center for Religion and Global Citizenry, an interfaith organization, has become an activist group championing ethics and justice at the University. In particular they go after abuse of minorities on campus and focus on interfaith leadership training. Their educational efforts extend beyond campus through partnership with congregations from a variety of …