SPONSORED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAMPTON ROADS’ ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION

eligion and spirituality can be powerful catalysts for shaping how a person engages in the world. Most religious and spiritual traditions call for people to live in love and show compassion for others, but what does that mean? How do different religions and spiritualities understand the relationship between faith and social action? How might their beliefs, sacred texts, or spiritual practices influence their public life? In a world in which polarization and division over issues relating to immigration, racism, abortion, gun control, and immigration are eroding civil society, how do people of faith respond? This discussion reflects both on healthy differences between people of faith and the common ground they share in seeking to create a better world.PANELISTS

Rev. Dr. Nicole Charles, Chief Executive Officer of Edgar Cayce’s Association of Research and Enlightenment

Rev. Dr. Antipas L. Harris, Dean of the Urban Renewal Center in Norfolk and Ordained Presbyterian Minister

Saher Mirza, Host of Coffee with a Muslima and Community Outreach Coordinator for the Muslim Community of Tidewater

Dr. Michael Panitz, Rabbi of Temple Israel in Norfolk and Co-founder of the NEXUS Interfaith Dialogue series at VWU

Teresa Stanley, Coordinator of Interspiritual Empowerment Project of Virginia Organizing and former Social Justice Minister in the Catholic Diocese of Virginia

And a representative of the Art of Living Foundation

Hampton Roads World Culture Festival

Saturday, March 25 | 11 am–5 pm

VIRGINIA BEACH CONVENTION CENTER