Interfaith Connections

12/30/2024

Check out this message below from Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR) about their Pen Pal Project.

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We Need You to Write to Incarcerated People!

Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR) launched its first pen pal program in 2017 to keep DC residents connected to their communities while serving time in federal prisons around the country. Since then, we have expanded our program to incarcerated people in Virginia and Maryland State Prisons. We’ve connected over 250 inmates and local volunteers who exchange letters once a month.

Join Our Pen Pal Project!

Joining our program is an opportunity to:
Build a new friendship
Learn more about prison conditions.
Share your story to inform our work on prison reform.

Interested? We’d love to hear from you! Email us to introduce yourself to Rabbi Chuck Feinberg, chair of the Pen Pal Project. He will send you the details.

For more information, please visit their website at https://www.interfaithactionhr.org/pen_pal_program. The Pen Pal Project’s email address is [email protected] or contact [email protected].

12/17/2024

This is a good article about Spiritual Literacy Month that is celebrated in December. It has been around since the 1990s.

(RNS) — Mary Ann Brussat and her husband, Frederic, introduced 'Spiritual Literacy Month' back in the 1990s. They're still at it.

09/24/2024

"The governor’s decision ignores the widespread support for clemency based on serious doubts about the integrity of Marcellus’ conviction and death sentence. More than 1,400,000 concerned citizens petitioned Gov. Parson to commute his death sentence. The papal nuncio expressed support for clemency, as did a group of nearly 70 Missouri faith leaders from the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities."

Despite widespread concern about innocence, racial bias, and other errors, Gov. Parson denied Marcellus Williams clemency.

07/01/2024

Check out this update about this production.