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The Boniuk Center Newsletter October 2010
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Greetings!
 Note from the Director:
"Especially youth." These two simple words are a telling new addition to the Boniuk Center's mission statement and educational focus. Last year, our advisory board and staff (deftly led by Interim Director, Shira Lander) conducted a comprehensive, ambitious strategic planning process. The product of that thorough process was a revised and freshly honed statement about our programming priorities for the Center's educational outreach: The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance is dedicated to nurturing tolerance among people of all and no faiths, especially youth, and to studying the conditions in which tolerance and intolerance flourish.
What does this mean for our program offerings this year? It means that we will significantly increase our outreach efforts to secondary school and college students, in particular. The Boniuk Center hasn't prioritized these student audiences so much in the past. So we will keep our newsletter subscribers posted over the course of the year about some of the new programming we'll be offering them. Yet we won't neglect our loyal, engaged Houston adult constituencies entirely, either. Our Bridge Builder Speaker Series will continue, for instance. As a matter of fact, our first Bridge Builder event will be held here on Rice's campus in early November. (Please see box below for further details about that.)
As before, other updates will be posted occasionally on both our website and our Facebook page. We look forward to another busy, rewarding year of promoting religious tolerance in Houston and beyond. Thank you for your interest in and support for our important work.
Appreciatively,
Mike Pardee
Executive Director
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Bridge Builder Speaker Series
East Meets West
November 8th, 6:15 PM
 East meets West in our first Bridge Builder event this fall. On Monday, November 8th at 6:15 p.m., Zen Master Miao Tsan will engage in a searching dialogue with The Very Reverend Pittman McGehee. These two revered spiritual leaders will share their philosophical and religious perspectives on the pathway to truth and oneness. Their conversation will be moderated by counselor, consultant, teacher and speaker Bill Kerley in Herring Hall 100 on the campus of Rice. The program is free and open to the public. It will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m. Paid parking is available in the Rice Central Campus Garage.
For more information, click here.
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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
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Greater Houston Amazing Faiths Project
 Please join the Dinner Dialogue on Nov 4, 2010. Change Your Life. Transform the World. Learn more about the Greater Houston Amazing Faiths Project. To register for Houston, Texas click here. To learn more about the AFP's activities in other cities, click here. |
Kaddish Preserves Voices of the Holocaust Forever
 Tuesday, November 23, 2010
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Jones Hall 615 Lousiana St. Houston, Texas USA
"Kaddish," by New Hampshire composer Dr. Lawrence Siegel, tells the story of the heroic journey of 16 Holocaust survivors - including Houstonians Celina Fein, Walter Kase, Bill Morgan and Naomi Warren - using their personal testimony as the text and framework for this engaging performance. For more information please click here, for ticket information please click here. Two performances one at 10:00 A.M. & 7:30 P.M. |
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