The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

Seminar participants gather around the table.

Seminar participants listen carefully to a presentation.

Gail Katz, co-founder of Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in MetroDetroit (WISDOM); Sande Hart, founder of SARAH (Spiritual and Religious Alliance for Hope); and Trish Harris, co founder of WISDOM.

Diana Eck, director of the Pluralism Project, and Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, spokesperson for Muslim Women’s League.

Mushim Ikeda-Nash, Buddhist meditation teacher, shares her experience of an “interfaith monologue.”

Grace Ogden, convener of the Sacred Circles Conferences at Washington National Cathedral, and Dr. Barbara Kellermen, James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Amy Caiazza, director of Democracy and Society Programs at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, spokesperson for Muslim Women’s League.

Janet Penn, executive director of Interfaith Action; Dr. Ann Braude, director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School; Sande Hart, founder of SARAH; Gail Katz, co-founder of WISDOM; and Danya Wellmon, co-founder of Women Transcending Boundaries.

Participants mark the start of Shabbat and break the fast for Ramadan at sundown on Friday.

Danya Wellmon, co-founder of Women Transcending Boundaries, and Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, spokesperson for Muslim Women’s League, share about the significance of Ramadan.

Janet Penn, executive director of Interfaith Action, lights the Shabbat candles.

Seminar participants enjoy dinner together.