Human Connection | Interfaith Understanding | Collective Transformation

Upcoming Events

TONIGHT! - One Small Step Listening Event & Reception

October 1, 2024 6-8pm
Eberhard Center, Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

One Small Step is an effort to remind the country of the humanity in all of us, even those with whom we disagree. In collaboration with StoryCorps and a coalition of community organizations, including WGVU Public Media, the Padnos/Sarosik Center for Civil Discourse, the Kaufman Interfaith Institute, the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, Seeds of Promise, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, we have spent the past four months bringing strangers with different political views together to record a 50-minute conversation—not to debate politics, but to learn who we are as people. We are gathering tonight to listen to some of those stories.

Thursday, October 10, 2024 6-9pm
Eberhard Center, Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

Join visionary civil rights leader Valarie Kaur in an immersive experience of storytelling, music, song, ancestral wisdom, and community-building. We invite you into a space for soulful introspection, deep listening, and courageous action. Each stop uplifts local leaders, artists, and advocates who catalyze hope. You will leave with the tools needed to lead with love and courage in your daily life.

Sacred Site Visit - Masjid Al-Tawheed (Community)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 6-7:30pm

The Kaufman Interfaith Institute invites you to join us as we seek to create community and further interfaith understanding through our sacred site visits.

Thursday, December 5, 2024 9am - 9pm
Eberhard Center, Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

This year's Triennial Dialogue will feature Rabbi Dr. Donniel Hartman from the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem with join Dr. Elaine Pagels from Princeton University, and Mustafa Akyol, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. You can read about Mustafa Akyol's book The Islamic Jesus in an insight here.

Save The Date

October 4, 2024 - Community Event | Leap of Faith Movie Screenings

October 18, 2024 - Community Event | Hijabis An Interfaith Play By Rohina Malik

October 22, 2024 - Community Event | The History of Nazi Germany and the Road to the Holocaust

November 25, 2024 - 25^th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration