Christians, Jews & Muslims break bread - Residents meet for open dialogue session- by Stephen Witt
They came to find common points of humanity, not to debate politics, war or religion.Such was the purpose recently for the event ‘Speaking Across Differences,’ where about 150 Muslim, Christian and Jewish residents of Downtown Brooklyn and Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill gathered in the cafeteria at the High School for International Studies, 284 Baltic Street. “The reality is that change doesn’t happen with big, grand, global statements but happens in small increments on a human level,” said Marcia Kannry, founder and president of the non-profit Dialogue Project, Inc., which put the event together.
“Part of the methodology of ‘Speaking Across Differences’ involves a disciplined decision to listen to what somebody else has to say. It is a belief that when we hear others speak that we will recognize the fact that we share more in common with the others than we think we do,” he added. For more information on the organization, log onto www.thedialogueproject.org
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