The CONNECT Community Series at Park Avenue invites you to connect on issues you care about so that we can do good and feel good – together! Held 3 – 4 times a year, these free events are open to the community and offer ways to educate ourselves and contribute to good work being done in the world.
Have an idea for an event? You can contact the CONNECT team here.
Past events:
Listening Across the Political Divide
Learn skills for having respectful conversations that clarify differences, search for common ground, and affirm the importance of the relationship – just in time for family gatherings over the holidays!
The Dialogue Project of the Arava Institute
Hear from an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian raised in Jordan about their vision for an environmentally sustainable Middle East.
Transgender 101
Hear one woman’s transgender experience and familiarize you with the basics of transgender identity.
Soup for Syria
Soup dinner benefiting the work of the Syrian American Medical Society
Bending the Arc
Free screening of the documentary telling the story of how Partners in Health changed the landscape of global health.
Islam 101
Learn about Islam from Imam Sami Abdul Aziz, President, and Ms. Vjosa Querimi, Vice President, both educators and peacemakers from Common Ground Services.