April 2nd

Interfaith Community Town Hall & Iftar Dinner

Name: Interfaith Community Town Hall & Iftar Dinner
Start: 2024-04-02T17:30:35-1000
End: 2024-04-02T20:30:35-1000
Location: Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin

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In partnership with the Honpa Hongwanji Hawai’i Betsuin, the ACLU of Hawai’i invites you to the “Interfaith Community Town Hall & Iftar Dinner" on Tuesday, April 2 from 5:30pm-8:00pm HST at the Hawai'i Betsuin (enter from Lusitana Street, not Pali Highway). The Iftar meal marks the end of a day of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, observed by our Muslim ohana.

The Town Hall forum will begin with interfaith leaders discussing the spiritual significance of fasting and explaining how people of faith are called to civically engage and to provide support for our most vulnerable neighbors.

Experts from the ACLU of Hawai'i will then share insight on the work we do to protect civil liberties and religious freedoms, and answer any questions from community members. This Town Hall forum is intended to create bonds of solidarity and to cultivate the community's input towards building lasting peace.

Doors open at 5:15pm. The Town Hall program will take place in the Main Temple at 5:30pm, followed by Maghrib (evening prayer for those who choose to pray) in the Annex Temple at 6:45pm, and conclude with the Iftar Dinner & Q&A in the Social Hall at 7:00pm. Vegan options are available, and all meat options are halal-certified.

All community members, including partners, families, children, elderly, etc. are welcome to join, but RSVP is required. The event will be limited to 200 guests. Please RSVP by Thursday, March 28. We hope to see you there, inshAllah.

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The ACLU of Hawai‘i is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization that has been protecting the civil rights and civil liberties of residents of the Hawaiian Islands since its inception in 1974.

With help from community partners and volunteers, the ACLU of Hawai‘i works to ensure that the government does not violate fundamental constitutional rights of everyone — regardless of race, socioeconomic status, gender expression, sexual orientation, or anything else. We fight for a safer, more just Hawai‘i.

Defending civil liberties in the state of Hawai‘i is a constant battle, but a rewarding one. We will continue to work daily in the courts, legislatures and out in the community to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. As an independent government watchdog, we are able to do this work with the support from individual donors.

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