Photograph above, taken in Cochin, Kerala, India: A mosque, synagogue and Hindu temple next to each other.
“But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. And if it is cast out there, then no act, no pact, no treaty, no organization can hope to preserve it…So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people.” John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
Recognition of ICfC’s work by US State Department Middle East Partnership Initative
ICfC is proud to announce that it has been selected by the Department of State’s Middle East Partnerships Initiative (MEPI) as a pre-identified partner for potential future, discrete funding opportunities, under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA). ICfC is now part of a small group of NGO’s who are eligible to receive special invitations from the NEA for funding in the next four years! More details to come!
ICfC Dr. President Hillel Levine reflects on the 10th anniversary of 9/11:
“Which 9/11 will you mourn?”
There are, indeed, many. For each we experienced fear and anger, shame and self-reproach, blame and vindictiveness. We seek hope and reform. We crave protection when we put up with the indignities of airport inspections, but what we really acknowledge as gone are the days when we could sit on a plane without imagining neighbors preparing to blow us out of the sky. We long for the renewal of public trust. Read more…
ICfC-Cambodia’s Feature Film: We Want (U) to Know
WE WANT (U) TO KNOW reveals how Cambodians are struggling to cope with painful memories at the time of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. This is a participatory film: Villagers from all around the country take the camera in their hands to document what they have gone through during and after the Khmer Rouge era. Through sharing their stories with the young generation, survivors are breaking 30 years of silence and initiating a powerful discourse about the challenges of the present. The big screen under the trees becomes a public space for confrontation, a picture of hope beyond this film. ICfC-Cambodia, in collaboration with the Khmer Institute of Democracy and the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization, formed a cooperative partnership to help make this film a reality. To learn more about this documentary, click here..
