Events

Past Events

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Mar 07

12:15 pm

From Surviving to Thriving: Research-based Insights for Congregational Flourishing

Join Hartford Institute researchers at an online discussion to better understand the challenges and possibilities for congregations and pastors to thrive! The first Thursday of each month we will offer a lunchtime webinar and Q&A period to explore our latest church research with insights to

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Feb 15

7:00 pm

Zoom: Connecting with the Sacred Wild

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE WINTER STORM, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM. THOSE WHO REGISTER WILL RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK.  We live in a time of dangerous disconnections and polarizations dividing humans from one another and from a livable future. Underlying all human divisions is an even more

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Nov 06

7:00 pm

Cosmos, Consciousness, and Care for Creation

The emerging results from scientific research support a worldview that is inherently holistic and spiritually oriented toward care and compassion for all beings. Together we will reflect on some of the leading insights from cosmology and consciousness studies as we explore ways to integrate these

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Nov 13

11:00 am

Webinar: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Conversations about World Events

Have you tried to have a conversation about world events with a friend/neighbor/colleague only to trigger an overpowering reaction? Or perhaps be overwhelmed by your own reaction? This webinar will explore how trauma can be a factor in our reaction to news of violence in the world around us. We’ll

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Nov 09

7:00 am

Greater Hartford Multifaith Prayer Breakfast

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE AT THE ARTIST'S COLLECTIVE - 1200 ALBANY AVE., HARTFORD Since 1997 the Greater Hartford Multifaith Prayer Breakfast has reached across religious boundaries to find and celebrate those beliefs we share, to pray for the Greater Hartford community, and to

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Nov 06

12:00 pm

Webinar: Active Listening for Divisive Times

Join Phoebe Milliken, Director of the MA in International Peacebuilding, to learn the components of active listening. Conversations about world events with friends, neighbors, or colleagues with different views can be challenging and strain relationships. Active listening can help, but it takes

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Nov 01

7:00 pm

Book Launch - With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes

This event introduces With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes (Orbis 2023), edited by Lucinda Mosher (director of the MA in Interreligious Studies at HIU), Ellie Pierce (research director for the Pluralism Project at Harvard University), and Rabbi Or Rose

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Oct 21

10:30 am

Candid Community Conversations: Hartford Mayoral Candidate Forum

The Howard Thurman Center at Hartford International University invites you to our inaugural Candid Community Conversations event. Our Candid Community Conversations invite members from our multifaith community, and the community at large, to interact with our civic leaders. Our invited guests to

Women's Leadership Institute - MT Winter
Oct 18

7:00 pm

Celebrating 25 Years of WLI

Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (HIU) will host an online session to celebrate 25 years of the pioneering Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI). WLI’s founder, Emerita Professor Miriam Therese Winter, will look back on the goals of WLI and celebrate how they were met over its

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Oct 17

7:00 pm

Prayer Vigil of Lament and Supplication to God

HIU is a community of individuals—students, faculty, staff, trustees, ambassadors, alumni, and community members—who have been deeply affected by the atrocities and violence in Israel and Palestine. We have and know children, family, friends, and colleagues who have all been directly