Press Event: Interfaith Harmony Month

The press conference will be live streamed at www.facebook.com/CityCharleston.

Please join Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, Charleston Interreligious Council (CIC) President Dena Fokas Moses, and Interfaith Partners of SC Secretary Rev. Ed Kosak at a press conference announcing a month-long series of faith-based events coordinated by the CIC in observance of Interfaith Harmony Month. The press conference will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2021 in Council Chamber (80 Broad Street).

The press conference will feature a proclamation by Mayor Tecklenburg, who will be joined by representatives from 7 faith traditions, recognizing January 2021 as Interfaith Harmony Month in the city of Charleston.

For the past seven years, the Governor has proclaimed January to be Interfaith Harmony Month in South Carolina in conjunction with Interfaith Partners of SC. This will mark the second year that Charleston has joined in the statewide observance.

For more information on Interfaith Harmony Month events, visit: www.CICouncil.org.

WHO:           Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg

Dena Fokas Moses, Charleston Interreligious Council President

Reverend Ed Kosak, Interfaith Partners of SC Secretary

Dr. Goosby Smith, Greater St. Luke AME Church

Sandra Brett, Synagogue Emanu-El Board Member

Dr. Ghazala Javed,  Central Mosque of Charleston

Shaila Shroff, Hindu Temple Interfaith Liaison

Saundra Upchurch, Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i

Dr. Randhir Makkar, Representative of Sikh Congregation

Heather Mann, Buddhism Minister of Indigo Sangha, Plum Village

WHAT:         Press conference announcing Interfaith Harmony Month 2021

WHERE:     Council Chamber, 80 Broad Street, live streamed at www.facebook.com/CityCharleston

 WHEN:        11:00 a.m., Monday, January 4, 2021