Our Sacred Earth series continues with a Multigenerational Package of Hope.

The next event hosted by Interfaith Council will be a Climate Cafe.

How do we understand the sacred imperative of our earth and what do we do as an interfaith community?

Join us for the fourth and final Death Cafe of this spring/summer Living Into Dying series, focusing on Remembrance:  What do you want for your obituary, ceremonies, memorials, physical remains, and other ways to remember your legacy?

Monday, July 10, 6:30pm at the Second Congregational Church on Court Square, Greenfield.

The ceremony honoring our 2023 Peacemakers will be held on Thursday, May 18th at 7pm at Stoneleigh Burnham School located at 574 Bernardston Rd, Greenfield MA.

Join the Interfaith Council of Franklin County for our continuing series of conversations about Living Into Dying. 

We are gathering for our Death Cafes on the second Monday of the month at 6:30pm at Greenfield's Second Congregational Church, and the focus for May 8 is Readiness--Are you ready? What supports do you need? 

Participation in a previous Death Cafe is not necessary. All are welcome!

It seems many people avoid talking about death, instead of including it as part of life, and therefore something to be anticipated, possibly planned for and brought out of the shadows into the general conversation we all share as finite beings.

The Interfaith Council is hosting an opportunity for people to gather, share their stories, questions, fears, celebrations, and experiences in a judgment-free, respectful, and confidential zone.

All sharing is appropriate, including laughter and tears!

Join us for a conversation, tea and cake!

Come sing together. Bring a song to teach. Protocol requires wearing a mask except when teaching a song.

Please join the Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Faithwaze to celebrate the lives of those who have died this year, especially those who died unhoused or without the benefit of a memorial service, Sunday, December 11, 2pm, Greenfield Town Common.

Please join Faithwaze and the Interfaith Council on Sunday, November 13, at 2pm on Greenfield Common as we celebrate A Common Giving with a brief interfaith service and a takeaway turkey chili dinner supplied by Stone Soup Cafe.

The Interfaith Council joins faith groups in Hampshire and Hampden counties for two vigils that are part of Greenfaith's Faiths 4 Climate Justice month-long initiative: "We, people of diverse faiths, want our moral voices to be heard and the right decisions to be taken on climate justice. From 2 October to 6 November, in the run up to the G20 and COP27, we will rise from our pews, prayer rugs, and meditation cushions worldwide." Join us in front of Bank of America in Springfield on October 21 and in Northampton on October 28.

Our summer retreat at the New England Peace Pagoda has been postponed, due to the heat wave and concern for those getting up the hill and needing to stay out of the sun. There will be no retreat on July 22.

We will gather on Sunday afternoon, September 11, from 1 to 4pm at the Peace Pagoda in Leverett instead. More information will be sent out.

On June 19, 2022, Historic Deerfield will present an evening of music and history titled “Songs of Abolition: A Juneteenth Celebration at Historic Deerfield.” The concert will include early gospel tunes, music from a new documentary film titled "Songs of Slavery and Emancipation", songs of the Hutchinson Family (19th century abolitionists who performed locally), and Pioneer Valley shapenote music. Performer and musicologist Tim Eriksen will be the emcee for the evening.

Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Americans in Texas learned of their emancipation under the law, if not always in practice. Over time it has become a national, even international, celebration of African American culture and history, and the drive to freedom.

In its first public celebration of the holiday, Historic Deerfield presents a program rooted in local history, the lost soundtrack of 19th-century abolitionism, and the joy and determination expressed in a wide range of music appropriate to the occasion.

Peformers will include:

· La’Shelle Allen

· Dr. Eric Brown

· Dr. Kathy Bullock

· Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore

· Tim Eriksen and the Pioneer Valley Shapenote Singers

· Christella Philipe

Admission: Tickets can be purchased at historic-deerfield.org/events.

Students: $10 | members: $15 | non-members $20 | admission plus new 12-month membership $50

Venue: The concert will take place Sunday, June 19, at 7pm at the Deerfield Community Center, 16 Memorial St, Deerfield. Masks are required.

You can find the concert information in the attached Word document, or by going to https://www.historic-deerfield.org/events/2022/6/19/songs-of-abolition-a-juneteenth-celebration-at-historic-deerfield

Join us for our Annual Meeting on June 16, 5-7pm at Second Congregational Church Parish Hall, Greenfield, MA.

Join the Coalition for Racial Justice in celebrating the life of George Floyd on the 2nd anniversary of his murder on Wednesday afternoon, May 25th, from 4-7pm on Greenfield Common.

We welcome people in the 26 towns of Franklin County to be part of a special action for racial justice on the 2nd anniversary of the murder or George Floyd, on Wednesday afternoon, May 25th, from 4:30-5:30pm.

The Interfaith Council of Franklin County is offering a workshop on conscious dying on May 22, at 4 pm, the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield.

Facilitated by Patrizia de Libero.

22nd Annual Peacemaker Awards Ceremony

Cosponsored by Interfaith Council of Franklin County and Traprock Center for Peace and Justice

May 18, 7pm, Greenfield High School Auditorium

Join Sen. Jo Comerford and the schools and communities who nominated these young people

Honor the Peacemakers!

Learn about the Poor People’s Campaign, the June 18 Mobilization in D.C., & how to get involved in Western MA and beyond.

Join us for a gathering to allow us all to express our grief, our fear, our anger, our sadness.

Registration is required

Or email: reparations@racialjusticerising.org