The Interfaith Solidarity Network kicked off its fourth annual Interfaith Solidarity March, and its inaugural Interfaith Music Festival, with a rally on Sunday afternoon, June 12, at Zelzah Park in Granada Hills.
Members of various religious groups and social justice organizations came together to rally and listen to speakers including:
–Stacey Moseley, from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense;
–Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, president and CEO of LA Family Housing; and
–Loraine Lundquist, PhD, a scientist from Cal State Northridge.
The event’s goal: To break down barriers of mistrust and foster working together on racial hate and gun violence issues.
Participants, who received a wrist band for entrance to the music festival and a dinner, set off with banners and signs on a four-block march from the park to Temple Ahavat Shalom in Northridge.
The music festival included music from the various faith traditions from Bethel Lutheran, in Encino; H.O.P.E.’s House Christian Ministries, in Granada Hills; St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, in Tarzana; Sikhs of LA; Woodland Hills’ Temple Aliyah, with temple’s Hazzan Mike Stein.
The dinner was provided by Sikhs of LA.
The Interfaith Solidarity Network, based in the San Fernando Valley was founded by Soraya Deen, a Muslim, and Mark and Marsha Novak, a Jewish couple.
“We have met with hundreds of people on Zoom over the past couple of years to seek answers and take action on ending homelessness, and confronting the climate crisis,” the group posted on Facebook. “We’ve lifted up ways to build the ‘beloved community,’ which was the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
More information about Interfaith Solidarity Network: interfaithsolidaritynetwork.org