– El Puente, Williamsburg meet with Dani Castillo, Adám, and Frank – LUNCH from L’Industrie Pizza – Weeksville Heritage Center meet with Erica Harper – Dinner and community @ Weeksville – Playtime in Central Park/speeches – Retire to Cultural Connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El Puente is a community center. I love dhow there was art all around...Read More

– Nuyorican Poets Cafe, @ Loisaida Center with Claudia Alvarez-Plaud (CAP) – LUNCH in Alphabet City – Visit with Peter Mendelsund and Honor Jones @ The Atlantic – Meet with Chauncey Dandridge @ Stonewall Monument/speeches  – Dinner South of Washington Sq. Park – Cirque du Soleil: Luzia – Retire to Cultural Connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We wander...Read More

– DNA Learning Center, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn – LUNCH DeKalb Market Hall – Meet for a walking tour with Shawne’ Lee – African Dance class with Shawne’ Lee – Columbus Park/Sun Ya Sen Plaza/speeches – Dinner in Chinatown – Retire to Cultural Connections Something that was important to me was how, on the train,...Read More

– Leave Hilltop – Depart from New Haven on Metro North, arrive at Grand Central Station – Arrive Cultural Connections Hostel, 38 W. 88th Street – Meet w/ Peggy King-Jorde – Pizza and dance party w/ Taj Campman @ Friends and Lovers, 641 Classon Ave, Brooklyn – Retire to Cultural Connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When we went...Read More

Day 6 – May 7 :30 – Breakfast @ BB 8:15-ish departure Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, dialogue with Swami Tagyananda Burritos in Charlesgate Park  Muddy River Walk w/ Lisa Kumf Society of Saint John the Evangelist, dialogue Brother Jack and Brother Lane Dinner @ Harvard Square 8:30 – 9:00 Compline @ Saint John the Evangelist Retire...Read More

May 6 – Day 5 Drive to Center for the Study of World Religions Dialogue with Nicole and Carina of the Pluralism Project Lunch @ Harvard Square Auschwitz Exposition: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away Trinity Church Dinner @ American Flatbread Retire to BB I was really excited to hear what [graduate students] Nicole and...Read More

May 5 – Day 4 Emmanuel Church, service/cantata Common Cathedral, Service for the unhoused at the Brewer Fountain in Boston Common – Dialogue with Rev. Carrington Moore Back to Emmanuel, dialogue with Rev. Pamela Werntz/Deacon Bob Greiner Sri Lakshmi Temple, tour and dialogue with Ganesh Krishnan Dinner @ Sri Lakshmi Cafe Retire to BB The...Read More

May 4 – Day 3 10:00 Temple Beth Zion, morning Shabbat service and convo w/ Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum; Lunch @ Temple Beth Zion 3:00 – 5:00 – Fo Guang Buddhist Temple meet with Venerable Miaox 8:00 Blue Man Group @ Charles Playhouse Retire to BB Today we visited Temple Beth Zion and attended a bat...Read More

May 3 – Day 2 10:30- Islamic Society of Boston Lunch @ Islamic Society 1-1:45 Sermon @ Islamic Society  4:30 – 5:30 – Temple Israel of Boston, with Rabbi Zecher 6:00 – Shabbat service  7:30-ish – Dinner @ Zaftigs Deli Retire to BB Witnessing the prayers and the sermon [at the Islamic Society of Boston...Read More

May 2 – Day 1 8:30 – Leave Hilltop Temple Forest Monastery Lunch at the Temple Check in @ Boston Backpackers Hostel Early dinner @ The Corner Mall Food Experience 5:30 – 6:30 Meet w/ Rev Tamra @ The Crossing 7:00 Worship with The Crossing Retire to Boston Backpackers Hostel I think I truly had...Read More