Flag Day Ceremony Offers Refugees Freedom to Tell Story
Jihad Al Jiboury and Osman Hassan were among the former refugees participating June 14 in a flag-raising ceremony outside InterFaith Works' office. They were featured in a story posted on The Post-Standard website.
TV Station Features Senior Companion Program
Syracuse television station WTVH featured InterFaith Works' Senior Companion Program as part of its five-part series on loneliness and isolation among the elderly and the local resources adressing the issue during the station's evening broadcast. Senior Companion volunteer Lily Silva and Lola Zarins, who is matched with Silva, were the subjects of the report. -- 5/24/18
SU Publication Reports Professor’s ILAD Award
Syracuse University's "Campus & Community" reports SU professor Keith Alford as one of eight receiving 2018 Interfaith Leadershap Award Dinner honors. -- 4/30/18
Anchor Partner InterFaith Works in Central New York Is On a Mission
Everyday Democracy, a national organization proting dialogue and deliberation, recently honored InterFaith Works of Central New York and its El-Hindi Center for Dialogue as its latest Civic Change Champion. Everyday Democracy’s Sandy Rodriguez visited Syracuse New York to see InterFaith Works and its partners in action, and shared ans account of how dialogue is impacting the Syracuse community and Central New York region. -4/30/18
The 8th Annual World InterFaith Harmony Assembly at Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevras Shas
From Syracuse to Utica to Oswego, the diversity of Central New York brought just over 400 people of different faiths together Monday night at the eighth annual World Interfaith Harmony Assembly. This year's celebration, "Voices in Harmony," was held at Congregation Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas in Jamesville and co-hosted by Interfaith Works and Women Transcending Boundaries. -2/8/18