Be My Guest: How can religious practices support environmental justice?

Join Twin Cities PBS for an interactive virtual event that examines how faith traditions and sustainability practices are intertwined.

We examine how two youths of different faiths came together to combat food insecurity in their neighborhood. We learn how one congregation transformed their place of worship into an eco-mosque, and we consider how religion influences our relationship with the environment.

TPT invites you to break bread with your neighbors to explore these questions and more with the help of community storytellers and original media designed to foster empathy and solidarity among our Muslim and non-Muslim communities.

Featuring:

• Host Hibo Glued, Green Garden Bakery’s D’loveantae Allen & Lammi Ahmed
• Somali refugee and multimedia artist Ifrah Mansour
• Imam Makram El-Amin of Masjid An-Nur Mosque

Register by November 9 to receive the activity kit and gift card.

Attendees located in the Twin Cities metro will be mailed an activity kit and gift card to enjoy a meal from Afro Deli.

Attendees located in Greater Minnesota and will be mailed an activity kit and gift card to use at Target. Recommended recipes are provided for the full Be My Guest experience.

Be My Guest is a multi-course engagement project, combining interactive events that center around food as an invitation for storytelling and short-form media, creating conversation and connection between Muslim and non-Muslim communities across Minnesota.

Join us in making new connections — virtually — and engage in meaningful dialogue with the aim of activating empathy across differences. There is no cost to participate.

For questions or more information please contact us at [email protected].

You will receive a follow-up email confirming your registration with more detail about the program. TPT will also be assembling a digital cookbook using audiences’ treasured recipes as part of the Be My Guest event series, so start thinking about what favorite recipe you’d like to share with us!

Funding was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment.