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Interfaith Celebration for MLK Day

To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message of freedom, equality, justice and love, you are invited to an Interfaith Event Celebrating MLK Day

joint prayers, exchange of ideas for dialogue, understanding & unity between communities. Focus on combining youth activities and more future endeavors

Featuring:

  • Bishop Patrick J. McGrath, Diocese of San Jose
  • Congressman Ro Khanna, Representing the 17th District of California
  • Fr. John Hurley
  • Mehdi Raza Hasan, British political journalist, broadcaster & author
  • Imam Aladdin EI-Bakri, American Muslim scholar and preacher
  • Kathy Watanabe, Vice Mayor of Santa Clara
  • Maulana Nabi Raza Abidi, American Muslim scholar and preacher
  • Imam Tahir Anwar, American Muslim scholar and preacher

Dinner will be served after the program.

 

Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent

The African American Community Service Agency and Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley invite the community to a screening of “Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent,” a documentary film about a rabbi who would not be silenced, from synagogues in 1930’s Berlin to the March on Washington in 1963. Rabbi Joachim Prinz addressed the crowd at the 1963 March on Washington, right before Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke. Speaking as a rabbi who had been expelled from Germany by the Nazi regime, Prinz warned that America must not make the same mistake he had witnessed in Germany—becoming a nation of silent onlookers. For more information about the film visit www.prinzdocumentary.org.

Free event, reserve your seat by calling the AACSA office (408) 292-3157. Download a flyer.