With attendance by dozens of individuals, this facilitated conversation touch on an important challenge to the idea of what WIHW is all about. While opening remarks by leaders and practitioners of interfaith cooperation, coming from different geographic, religious, and ethnic/cultural contexts that impact the way that the work flourished for them. The event examined some necessary limitations and criticism of interfaith work, its ultimate purpose, and its ultimate goal when contextualized in growing regional unrest and sociopolitical strife. As individuals gathered and engaged in the topic, it became important for us to examine the core of what makes interfaith work possible... Is it possible to achieve "harmony" when the premise of the work often is exclusionary or dismissive of other identities and experiences? Vern and Tahil highlighted a number of ways where interfaith dialogue, while meaningful and necessary, often becomes the end all be all of the relationships that are built which actually dilutes any possibility for engaging difficult conversations or possibilities for movement building. The event received hundreds of views across Facebook and YouTube. In the lead up to this event, the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) and The Interfaith Center developed a social media campaign called "What Would Each Tradition Invite Us to Do?”, an interfaith reflection series intended to explore shared ethical values across spiritual traditions. These posts are interpretive, not authoritative, and aim to invite reflection not to represent any tradition in its entirety. This series honors the diversity within and across faiths and is not intended to prescribe belief or practice. So far, it has garnered over 1200 views and points of engagement on platforms like Facebook and Instagram. The impact of this conversation has led to an explicit ask from participants and folks who later watched the event to host more conversation about more difficult topics. There is a deep desire to go deeper to explore more explicit and challenging issues that could bridge gaps more sustainably as disagreements and conflicts are on the rise.

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