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UPCOMING DIALOGUES

JULY 8, 2008
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue: 'Speaking Across Differences'

JULY 10, 2008
Hicksville, LI School District

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Hofstra University: Day of Dialogue

Union Theological Seminary: Interethnic / Interfaith Difficult Conversations

NOVEMBER 16, 2008
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims: Interfaith Teach-in

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Speaking Across Differences
Community Empowerment Through Dialogues, Interfaith Outreach and Training

Pictures and Highlights
From the Brownstone Brooklyn Kick-Off
On Wednesday, March 7, 2007 The Dialogue Project initiated the SPEAKING ACROSS DIFFERENCES Program in Brownstone Brooklyn (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens). at The School for International Studies. The Playback Theatre troop acted out the stories of neighbors, both new immigrants and long time residents. (See images and highlights below)
Speaking Across Differences is a community dialogue program that began in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 2005 that Provides:
  • A face-to-face opportunity for Brooklyn natives and newcomers to talk about our lives and neighborhoods
  • A chance to learn about your neighbors' culture and faith traditions
  • A forum for talking about issues that affect our daily lives in Brownstone Brooklyn
Community Partners for this program include:
Brownstone Brooklyn - The Arab American Family Support Center, Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Community Board 6, Public School 58, The School for International Studies, Dawood Mosque, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Kane Street Synagogue, Christ Church Episcopal, Mt. Sinai Synagogue, The Oratory Church of St. Boniface, Packer Collegiate Institute, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Grace Church, Eileen Dugan Center, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, SABA – The Association of Yemeni Americans, New American Chamber of Commerce
Bay Ridge - Arab American Association of New York, Bay Ridge Jewish Center, Salam Arabic Lutheran Church, PS 102, Al Noor School, Lutheran Medical Center, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, St. Andrews Church and Our Lady of Angels Church.
Pilot Challenge Grant provided by The Independence Bank Community Foundation
Contributors: The New York Community Trust and Citizens for NYC/Deutche Bank New Neighborhood Partners
Dave Hall's "Come to Brooklyn"

Come to Brooklyn by winter's glow
You know it looks so pretty under newly fallen snow
Come to Brooklyn

Come to Brooklyn, live in my brownstone
And I promise you: you will never live alone
Come to Brooklyn

Live with me on the very same street
Where your grandparents happened to meet.

Come to Brooklyn when the flowers bloom
Come and see the colors from the window of my room
Come to Brooklyn

Come to Brooklyn, walk across the bridge
Climb up to my roof, see from Williamsburgh to Bay Ridge
Come to Brooklyn

Walk the park under falling rain
See the roofs of houses from the windows of the train
And listen to the neighborhood's quiet, mad refrain

Come to Brooklyn, hear the children play
On the streets and sidewalks on a humid summer day
Come to Brooklyn

Live with me...

Come to Brooklyn when the colors change
Smell the scents of Autumn as the leaves all rearrange
Come to Brooklyn

Come to Brooklyn, spend a gentle year
And stay with me, stay with me, stay with me here
Come to Brooklyn

Walk the park under falling rain
See the roofs of houses from the window of the train
And listen to the neighborhood's quiet, mad refrain

Come to Brooklyn
Come to Brooklyn
Come to Brooklyn