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Four Progressive Religious Leaders Speak Out About "Moral Values"
Presented by Artists for Social Change and Political Awareness and Diversity Studies
Friday, April 8, 6:30 pm

Nahl Hall, Oakland campus

Four nationally renowned religious and spiritual leaders speak about difference and commonality, justice and compassion, interfaith coalitions, the progressive spiritual voice, and a redefinition of "moral values."

• Ibrahim Farajaje is an Islamic scholar and dean of the Starr King ministry school at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.
• Rev. Dr. Mark Wilson is an ordained American Baptist minister and assistant professor in ministry and congregational leadership at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley.
• Yvonne Rand is a mediation teacher and a lay householder priest in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition. She has studied with Suzuki Roshi and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, among others.
• Rabbi David J. Cooper is the spiritual leader of Kehilla Community Synagogue, a politically progressive, spiritually oriented congregation in Piedmont.

Light refreshments will be served.

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