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Goldhirsh founded Reaching Common Ground in partnership with The Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies (ICJS), a non-profit organization that focuses on increasing interfaith understanding...
...application was rejected—she will graduate tomorrow with a Social Studies degree—but that itch to break out from prescribed paths has stayed with Honeyman. It drove her work in two Harvard student groups that promote diversity, the Interfaith Council and the Race Culture, and Diversity (RCD) Initiative. It also landed her in places as distant as the Czech Republic, Honduras, and Rwanda as she worked to unite divided peoples by fostering greater cross-cultural understanding...
Honeyman helped to establish the Interfaith Council in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which she says led many to question the role of religion in public life. The group participated in an interfaith memorial in Tercentenary Theater shortly after the attacks...
...That initial interfaith assembly furthered the momentum for others, including a one year memorial of Sept 11., featuring music associated with different faiths, and a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day pledge service.With Honeyman serving as co-coordinator for the Council this past year, its foundation also finally solidified, with representatives from different student groups holding bimonthly dinner discussions on topics such as prayer and the religious symbols...
...consider [the Interfaith Council] one of the most valuable things I’ve spent my time on here because I know that it’s really one of those things that didn’t exist before and I know that it has enough momentum to continue...