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HC2 Climate Stories by Marion Stoddart and Paul Willard

HC2 Attendees

Harvard Community Conference  (HC2)

Michele Buni leads the Conference on Climate Change. 

Town Wide Book Read with Dr. Hugh Silk 

Discussion of the book Rough Sleepers.  Dr. Silk spoke to the work he does in Worcester with the homeless population with similarities to the book.

Arm in Arm at Harvard's Annual Flea Market

Food from different countries as well as promotion of Town Wide Book Read on Juneteenth

Arm in Arm at Harvard's Annual Flea Market

Henna

Arm in Arm at Harvard's Annual Flea Market

Two Arm in Arm Steering Committee Members

A pledge to learn more about the environment from the Intersection of Religion and the Environment event.

A pledge to eat less meat and more vegetables from the Intersection of Religion and the Environment event.

Intersection of Religion and the Environment had three terrific speakers - Rabbi Mike, Pastor Steve and Dr. Celene with different messages about how their religions treat the environment.

Virtual Town Wide Book Read

Virtual town wide book read to discuss Heartland by Sarah Smarsh.  The group met for an hour and a half and discussed the relevance of this book particulalry given the current circumstances of COVID-19. 

Arm in Arm's Chat Bench

Arm in Arm's Chat Bench initiative is aimed at fostering conversation within the community. There is so much we can learn from our neighbors - all we need to do is sit down and chat! Three strangers who just met, pictured from left to right: Kristen Benedict, an eighth-grade math teacher and Stow native, Raiya Suliman, a senior at Bromfield, and Carlene Phillips, a Harvard resident

Arm in Arm First Religions Panel: Above, Harvard students and residents come together to learn about the similarities and differences between 3 Abrahamic Faiths: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Religious leaders from the region share their personal experiences as members of their respective creeds while engaging in meaningful dialogue with each other.

Students listen as religious leaders of various creeds discuss interfaith similarities during the Bromfield Educational Religions Panel.

Harvard residents and members of Arm in Arm observe an Islamic prayer session at the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland during Arm in Arm's Mosque Visit.

During the Mosque Visit, Harvard residents and members of Arm in Arm discuss religious artifacts and Islamic art.

Members of Arm in Arm and Harvard residents discuss the origins of Islam and its diversity throughout the world at the Mosque Visit.