Calling All Faiths! Building Peace Call Out

Festival of Faiths
Celebrating the Spirit of Edmonton

For the past two years, the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights has facilitated the Building Peace: From Tolerance to Appreciation program. This project aims to build an inclusive and compassionate Edmonton that truly understands and appreciates the diversity of human spirit. It has resulted in a movement of Peace-Builders, dynamic and diverse young leaders aged 18-30, who are committed to building communities based on understanding, inclusion and respect.

On Friday, February 6th and Saturday, February 7th, in partnership with the Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education and Action and to celebrate the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, the Peace-Builders will be hosting Festival of Faiths: Celebrating the Spirit of Edmonton. With the aim of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of Edmonton’s faith diversity, Festival of Faiths will foster a safe, inclusive and welcoming space for Edmontonians of all backgrounds to reflect on faith diversity, community and compassion.

Friday, February 6th will focus on youth aged 12-15, offering a variety of activities and learning circles hosted by diverse faith traditions and elders.  Saturday, February 7th will be open to the public, inviting Edmontonians to take part in an exciting and colorful festival of exhibits, booths, music and performances hosted by various faiths. Both days will build a safe, inclusive and compassionate environment for Edmontonians to explore the diversity of faiths in their city.

The Peace-Builders are currently seeking faith groups throughout Edmonton to share their faith with the community! Opportunities for involvement of faith groups include:

Working with the Peace-Builders to develop an interactive, engaging and educational activity session or installation for youth ages 12-15. A facilitated activity session would range in length between 10-15 minutes  running multiple times or an installation could be  set up in a way for students to walk through it independently to learn. The theme would be peace, community and compassion.

Host a booth, exhibit or display to increase awareness about their particular faith or faith centre on Saturday February 7th; and/or

Host a presentation, performance, teaching, workshop or reading etc on Saturday February 7th.

The Peace-Builders would love to have your faith centre/group join us in celebrating Edmonton’s faith diversity and invite you to contact the John Humphrey Centre for more information (780.453.2638 or info@jhcentre.org).