(From press release) On February 2, the twenty-first annual Celebration of Abraham will meet and explore Finding Strength to Move Through Challenges. The event will be held from 3 to 5 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 1701 Russell Boulevard in Davis.

This past year has been very hard. We had one of the most contentious elections in decades. The consequences of the election will mean that many in our state face potential deportation and family separation. The fires in Southern California, which have burned over 40,000 acres, are more evidence of the devastating effects of climate change. Our world feels increasingly fragile.

Religious traditions offer insight into how we can face these challenges with kindness and decency. The Celebration’s speakers and the training and table exercises in how to listen to others will offer insight into how the three Abrahamic traditions can help us face the difficulties in the next year. The three speakers this year are Mairaj Syed, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program at University of California Davis and a founding member or the MUSLIM DEAN; John Katonah, Congregation Bet Haverim and President of the Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network; and the Very Rev. Pamela Dolan, Rector, the Episcopal Church of Saint Martin, Davis.

This year the Celebration of Abraham is raising funds for two nonprofit groups--Sahaya International https://sahaya.org/ and the Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network https://www.yiinyolo.org/. The Celebration acts as the fiscal sponsor to collect these funds. The Celebration provides donors with a tax receipt.  All funds that are donated  will be divided equally between YIIN and Sahaya.

To register for the event, please use this link  https://bit.ly/COAstrength . The link is case sensitive. You can also use this link to donate.