On November 9, CPFA held its 35th Annual Interfaith Service and Conference for Peace in Princeton, focusing on Sealing the Deal with the Iran Nuclear Issue. The conference was held two weeks prior to the November 24th deadline for the P5 +1 and Iran, to reach an agreement. The Interfaith Service and Conference for Peace was attended by over 500 participants.
Speakers included:
Nontombi Naomi Tutu
Amy Goodman, Award winning journalist, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!
Jamal Abdi, Policy Director, National Iranian American Council
Ariane Tabatabai, Associate, Belfar Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
A special thank you to photographer Anna Savoia, for the following pictures:
Nontombi Naomi Tutu at the Conference for Peace on Nov 9, 2014. (Pictured Right: Irene Goldman, CFPA Chair)
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now! speaks from the pulpit during the Conference for Peace. (Pictured Left: Rev. Robert Moore, CFPA executive director)
The crowd listens intently during the Conference for Peace
To view a gallery of photos from the November 8 Individual Sponsors Reception/Dinner with Naomi Tutu, Click Here
To view a gallery of photos from the November 9 Interfatith Service for Peace, Click Here
To view a gallery of photos from the November 9 Conference for Peace with Amy Goodman, Jamal Abdi, Ariane Tabatabai, and Naomi Tutu, Click Here
Special thanks to Videographer, Leigha Cohen, for the following videos of the conference:
To view video of Amy Goodman's talk Click Here.
To view video of Naomi Tutu's talk Click Here.
To view video of Ariane Tabatabai's talk Click Here.
To view video of Jamal Abdi's talk Click Here.
Organizational Co-Sponsors of 2014 Interfaith Service and Conferece for Peace:
Christ Congregation, Princeton
Community Presbyterian Church, Kendall Park NJ
Conference Board of Church & Society Greater NJ Conference, United Methodist Church
Ewing Presbyterian Church
Fellowship in Prayer
First Baptist Church, Princeton
Grace United Church of Christ of Flemington, NJ
Islamic Society of Central Jersey
Islamic Society of Ewing, NJ
Monmouth Center for World Religions & Ethical Thought
Muslims for Peace
NAACP Trenton
Nakashima Foundation for Peace
Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton
National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
New Brunswick Friends Meeting
New Jersey Association, Central Atlantic Conference, United Church of Christ
New Jersey Council of Churches
New Jersey Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Peacemaking Committee, Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Princeton Clergy Association
Princeton Friends Meeting
Princeton Middle East Society
Princeton University Chapel & Office of Religious Life
Progressive Democrats of America-NJ Chapter
Shiloh Baptist Church, Trenton
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Princeton
The Peace Center, Langhorne PA
The Protestant Community Church, Medford Lakes, NJ
Trenton Meeting of Friends
Trinity Cathedral, Trenton
Trinity Church, Princeton
United Christian Church, Levittown, PA
Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of NJ
United Nations Association, Bucks County
United Nations Association, Trenton-Princeton Chapter
Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, Princeton
World Sikh Council, North America Region