Temple Beth El Concert and UPDATED info on joining the next Talking Circle on Race

[MLK Community Build]

Temple Beth El Concert

*NOTE: The MLKCB is a collaborating organization of this event.

Temple Beth El is in the midst of producing an important concert for the Ithaca community.  It is an inter-faith and inter-racial cultural event which aims to build bridges between groups in our community through the vibrancy of music. We are hosting Neshama Carlebach in concert with Reverend Roger Hambrick and Members of the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir-The Unity Tour on Wednesday evening, March 2, 2011, at the State Theater.

 

Theirs is a message of unity and hope.  The album that resulted from their collaboration, “Higher and Higher,” is an intersection of faith and talent.  You can find more information about our headline artist at www.NeshamaCarlebach.com and you can find out more about her collaboration with Reverend Hambrick and the choir and listen to the music from their album at www.SojournRecords.com.             

 

Our plan is to offer access to anyone who wishes to attend.  There will be a suggested donation of $18 per person, but no one will be turned away at the door.  We are now working out a plan for how to distribute tickets to interested organizations, so that they can sell them to their constituents at prices that fit their budgets.

As part of the MLK  Community Build’s collaboration, Barry Derfel and Diane Carruthers have agreed to create a reading/discussion/action group made up of people  who attend the concert.  There will be a table at the concert,  with free books and a sign up sheet. Barry and Diane will then follow-up to facilitate 3 - 4 reading/discussion/action sessions with those who sign up.

For more information, contact Scott Glass:

Temple Beth El

273-5775

402 N. Tioga Street

ra...@tbeithaca.org.

(UPDATED)

Join the Talking Circles on Race!

*NOTE: the Multicultural Resource Center is one of the MLKCB's valued partners.

The Multicultural Resource Center is coordinating the January 2011, Talking Circle on Race and Racism.  Register Immediately! 

The MRC Talking Circles on Race and Racism facilitates a community discussion, through the careful guidance of highly skilled "dialogue leaders," which provides Circle participants with a unique opportunity to reflect, to share personal experiences, and their perspectives. 

The Multicultural Resource Center invites community members, partners, philanthropic and business leaders, college and university colleagues, nonprofit professionals, grass roots organizers and young leaders to share in the opportunity to effectuate social change through a shared dialogue on race and racism.  Since 2007, MRC has created safe spaces in our community for nearly 500 Tompkins County residents to reflect, share personal experiences, and perspectives on race and racism. 

When:  Five Mondays, beginning January 31st

Time:    6:30pm- 8:30pm

Where: Village at Ithaca (map)

MRC encourages all our communities to participate, and continues to provide childcare, transportation and other limited services.

A $25.00 participant donation is requested to cover related costs.  Sponsorship opportunities are available.

For more information or to register, please contact Sarah Reistetter @ sr85@cornell or 272-2292 x191.

The Multicultural Resource Center is located at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Office of TC, 615 Willow Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850

The Multicultural Resource Center of Tompkins County (“MRC”) is honored to be a community partner for 24 years. MRC is a small, grass-roots non-profit (501c3), committed to social change and equity in Tompkins County. The organizational mission is to empower individuals, communities and organizations to seek social, economic, and environmental justice and equity by advocacy, training, information, and through fostering and building relationships.  MRC collaborates with a wide range of community organizations and educational institutions to offer programs that have a direct impact on fairness and justice.

                          “Justice at its best, is love correcting that which stands against love..”

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(social equity + economic equity + environmental equity = a "beloved" community)