An Afternoon in Shalom brings together speakers and believers from the wide range of Black faith traditions—Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Unitarian Universalism, Ba- hai, New Thought, Religious Science, Center for Spiritual Living—who are male and female, progressive and traditional, Immigrants, LGBTQ, elders and youth, and secular allies. The Black faith community in its totality is diverse.

We encourage local congregations, religious conferences, and denominational associations to revisit, reclaim, and redeem our sacred texts and teachings that are historical, prophetic and pragmatic. These texts and teachings reveal Divine Will for right relationships in every aspect of our lives; a Divine love ethic practiced in all that we do; and our spiritually endowed role affirmed as people of faith, reconciliation and restoration. An Afternoon in Shalom can be a powerful step forward on this journey.

Domestic, intimate partner, and gender-based violence creates dysfunctional family units, chaotic neighborhoods, and communities in crisis, and perpetuates itself through succeeding generations if there is no intervention.

You may be wondering, what can I do? What can we do? An Afternoon in Shalom is one way that you can help to break the silence on this epidemic, stop the cycle of violence, plant seeds of peace, and reap a harvest that ushers in change in our communities and the wider world. An Afternoon in Shalom is an opportunity to be the change that you wish to see in the world.