Celebrating Religious Diversity During World Interfaith Harmony Week

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2019-02-07

Country: United States
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  • Organizer

    Play for Peace

  • Location

    500 N. Michigan Ave. Ste 600 Chicago, IL 60611

  • Email

    [email protected]

At Play for Peace, we work year round to create friendships across cultural, religious, and ethnic divides. While we are not a religious organization, we celebrate and support World Interfaith Harmony Week with our partners, because we cherish the religious diversity that exists within the Play for Peace community. Many of our trainers, mentors, and youth leaders draw strength from their spiritual beliefs during their engagement in peace building activities. As peace builders, we recognize that conflict often exists between different religious groups. Through Play for Peace methods, youth leaders around the world can bring together children from different religious backgrounds and create safe spaces for them to learn about each other, find commonalities, and appreciate their differences. During World Interfaith Harmony Week, our Play for Peace clubs are organizing special activities around interreligious dialogue and cooperation, and many members of our community are offering a peace prayer in their native language.