Previous Programs
Our Hope for the Future
On Saturday, November 4th, 2017 The Interfaith Initiative of Santa Barbara hosted a dinner and program called “Our Hope for the Future.” Faith representatives of major faith traditions shared their core teachings that give us hope for the future. We honored the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith and screened a short video presentation along with brief reflections of the Baha’i community members Mollie DeWald and Rad Schreiber.
Yasmin Sallak of the Muslim community moderated an interfaith panel discussion. Panel members included: Vrajaprana (Hinduism), Art Cizneros (Chumash), Ed Bastian (Buddhism), Roy Donkins (Christianity) and Mark Childs (Judaism). The evening concluded with a live celebratory music performance by the UCSB Middle East Ensemble.
