Tag: Create Understanding

  • Join Us for Teatime for Peace at the Islamic Center of Cleveland

    Join Us for Teatime for Peace at the Islamic Center of Cleveland

    What is better than teatime in June? Teatime AND fellowship. Come out and experience our shared humanity over a cup of tea where we focus on our similarities and celebrate our differences!

    Event registration is at 6:30pm and program begins at 7:00pm.

    Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019

    Time: Registration 6:30 – 7:00 | Program 7:00 – 8:45 PM

    Location: Islamic Center of Cleveland
                        6055 West 130th Street
                         Parma, Ohio 44130

    Teatime for Peace is a chance to have tea, snacks and conversation with neighbors from diverse communities that may not otherwise get a chance to come together.

    The mission of Teatime for Peace is to host events where people of different belief systems and ethnic and racial backgrounds come together to engage in honest dialogue in a nonjudgmental, respectful environment in which each person has an opportunity to listen and be heard.

    The vision of Teatime for Peace is to create peace by building the Beloved Community by getting to know each other better, by outgrowing our conscious and unconscious biases about who the “other” is and by both accepting our differences and recognizing our shared humanity and aspirations.

    For more information, email teatime4peace@gmail.com

    Information about hosts:
    The Islamic Center of Cleveland serves as a cultural and religious institution for Muslims in the larder Cleveland area. The mosque and community center offers daily prayers, youth programming and other activities which promote good-will, understanding, fellowship and tolerance.
    Salaam Cleveland serves the NE Ohio area. Their mission is to promote understanding between people of different faiths and ethnicities; to establish charitable activities such as supporting soup kitchens, health clinics etc, to guide, educate and nurture refugees in their resettlement and to arrange multi-cultural social and educational events.

  • Teatime for Peace at the Islamic Center of Cleveland

    Teatime for Peace at the Islamic Center of Cleveland

    The Islamic Center of Cleveland and Salaam Cleveland invite you to

    Teatime for Peace

    An Interfaith Dialogue

    Come help us break through the stereotypes over a cup of tea.
    Our goal is to build bridges of understanding by focusing on our similarities and celebrating our differences.

    Let us keep the tea and the conversation flowing.

    Event is free, but RSVP is requested.

  • CAIR-CLEVELAND: 120 People Join Teatime for Peace to Challenge Islamophobia, Stereotypes

    CAIR-CLEVELAND: 120 People Join Teatime for Peace to Challenge Islamophobia, Stereotypes

    (CLEVELAND, OHIO, 10/24/16) – More than 120 people recently joined the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland), West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church and local religious, civil society and social justice groups for “Teatime for Peace,” an event to help dispel stereotypes about Islam and Muslims.

    The event was part of an ongoing series of interfaith gatherings being held in Cuyahoga, Summit and Lake Counties designed to foster support for the Muslim community in light of increasing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric in American politics and media.

    “From the enthusiastic turnout for the event, it is clear that people want an antidote to counter the rising hate rhetoric, division and religious scapegoating in our society,” said Isam Zaiem, CAIR-Cleveland board treasurer and co-organizer of the event. “This event was a chance to counter fear and hate with honest connection and conversation through getting to know one’s Muslim neighbors right here in our local community.”

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  • CAIR-Cleveland: Northeast Ohio Muslims to Co-Host Teatime for Peace to Challenge Islamophobia, Stereotypes

    CAIR-Cleveland: Northeast Ohio Muslims to Co-Host Teatime for Peace to Challenge Islamophobia, Stereotypes

    (CLEVELAND, OHIO, 10/5/16) – On Tuesday, October 18, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland), West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church and local religious, civil society and social justice groups will co-host a “Teatime for Peace” event to provide the chance to get to know the local Muslim community and to help dispel stereotypes about Islam and Muslims.

    The event is part of a series of interfaith gatherings being held in Cuyahoga, Summit and Lake counties designed to foster support for the Muslim community in light of increasing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric in American politics and media.

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  • CAIR-Cleveland Co-Hosts ‘Teatime for Peace’ to Challenge Islamophobia, Build Interfaith Relations

    CAIR-Cleveland Co-Hosts ‘Teatime for Peace’ to Challenge Islamophobia, Build Interfaith Relations

    (CLEVELAND, OH, 3/1/2016) – More than 100 people gathered last night in an interfaith event to discuss the growth of Islamophobia in America. The event, called “Teatime for Peace,” was held at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church and was co-hosted by the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) and area social justice groups.

    The goal of the event was to provide an opportunity for people of different faiths to engage in dialogue and get to know each other as a way to help dispel stereotypes about Muslims and Islam. The event was conceived to help challenge the rampant Islamophobia being promoted by anti-Muslim hate groups, agenda-driven media outlets and political figures during the current US presidential election cycle.

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