Wisdom from Our Neighborhood – Tom Ikeda

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A conversation between our Executive Director Terry Kyllo with Tom Ikeda from Densho as we reflect on Japanese Internment (concentration camps), more recent Supreme Court Rulings, how the scapegoating of Chinese Americans impacts all Asian Americans, and how Japanese Americans are acting on behalf of others out of their experiences and more.

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Campaign for Paths to Understanding

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Our mission at Paths to Understanding is to Bridge Bias and Build Unity through Multi-faith Peacemaking. We do our work through Telling Inspiring Stories Nurturing Relationships Acting Together We believe interaction with other wisdom communities enriches and deepens our commitment to our own. We believe each tradition offers gifts for the common good, when we…

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History of Paths to Understanding

Paths to Understanding’s roots go back to 1960 when Rabbi Raphael Levine recognized the similarities between the antisemitism he experienced and the anti-Catholic sentiment that grew during John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Levine wanted to encourage people to build relationships across faith traditions and to counter dehumanization. Working with William Warren from KOMO TV, Rabbi…

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History – Our Founders

The Seattle area became an unlikely place of leadership in interfaith dialogue in the early 1960’s. It was founded on the belief that dialogue could erase distrust and could lead people of very different faith and ethnic backgrounds to build and cross the bridge to their common humanity. The original leaders were a Rabbi born in Lithuania,…

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