On this 22nd anniversary of 9/11, we find hope in solidarity across faith lines. Click here to watch highlights from a press conference held by the Interfaith Center of New York on September 13, 2001. Gathering for the first time following 9/11, diverse New York City religious leaders gave voice the city’s trauma, and stood together against Islamophobia. May their words continue to sustain us today. In his closing reflections, ICNY's founder the Very Reverend James Park Morton spoke to the ethical demands of 9/11: |
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We have so much, really, to commit ourselves to do. They’re not hard things. I mean, they take everything, because we have to change old bad habits, but to love someone who’s different isn’t really hard . . . . We’ve heard since we were tiny tots that we’re one family, but we really haven’t believed it. And that’s been the blessing – in disguise – of the 11th. . . . Where was God on the 11th? Answer: In that building – with everybody. So, we have got to be with everybody – with each other. Because each other is everybody. |
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The Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) works to overcome prejudice, violence, and misunderstanding by activating the power of the city's grassroots religious and civic leaders and their communities.
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