Scheduling major events on Yom Kippur | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Tom Hammer (thammer302yahoo.com) | |
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:33:07 -0600 (MDT) |
I just received word of a local couple who lead a forming cohousing group in this area who cannot come to a major event here on the East Coast because the event was scheduled on Yom Kippur. As I understand it, this is the biggest holday of the year for Jews. It would be like scheduling a regional cohousing event on Christmas. I believe these folks also felt excluded, and they may not have pushed their members to attend as a result of their feelings about the scheduling. If we want to be a movement that successfully recruits diverse groups, I think we have to be very sensitive to schedule our events around the major religions in the U.S. Otherwise, the message that may come across is that we really do not care about diversity. Tom Hammer Concord Village ===== Concord Village--creating an old fashioned neighborhood in a new way. http://tom.hammer.tripod.com/cohousing "The mutual trust at the heart of community is born of each day's forgiveness and acceptance of the frailty and poverty of ourselves and of others. But this trust is not developed overnight. That is why it takes time to form a real community...Gradually [people] discover that others love them as they are and trust them. But this trust must stand the test and must always be growing." Jean Vanier, Community and Growth __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Scheduling major events on Yom Kippur Tom Hammer, September 25 2003
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Re: Scheduling major events on Yom Kippur Raines Cohen, September 25 2003
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