International Students Participate in
“Day of Dialogue” in New York City
On Wednesday, October 28, this year’s International Peacemaking Program students, along with others from the Seminary community, traveled to New York City to participate in a “Day of Dialogue” hosted by Intersections International, Hartford Seminary’s partner in the IPP.
Left to right are: Scott Thomspon, Program Director at Intersections International, The Rev. Ronald Kolanowski of Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford; Jonathan Lee, Chief Development Officer; Sharareh Esfandyari, a student from Iran; The Rev. Bob Chase, founding director of Intersections International; Rabiha Ozdemir, a student from Turkey; Ezekiel Babagario, a student from Nigeria; Consolee Nishimwe from Rwanda, a conversation participant from New York City; Jacky Manuputty, a student from Indonesia; The Rev. Bridget Fidler of First Church, Suffield; Aurora Deuss, Intersections International volunteer; and Lady Mandalika, a student from Indonesia.
Intersections, a peacemaking nonprofit arm of the Marble Collegiate Churches, allows for IPP students to participate in interfaith programming with a diverse network of individuals and organizations.
Those from Hartford who made the trip were this year’s IPP students - Acmad Macarimbang, Lady Mandalika, and Ezekiel Babagario; fellow Seminary students Jacky Manuputty, Sharareh Esfandyari, and Rabiha Ozdemir; along with The Rev. Ron Kolanowski, Assistant Rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford (which is hosting Ezekiel), The Rev. Bridget Fidler of First Church, Suffield, and Jonathan Lee, IPP Coordinator and Chief Development Officer.
Left to Right are Rabiha Ozdemir, a student from Turkey; Aurora Deuss, Intersections International volunteer; and Lady Mandalika, a student from Indonesia.
Below: Jonathan Lee, coordinator of the International Peacemaking Program, talks with Ezekiel Babagario, a student in the program.
Along with six others from Intersections, the group shared a meal together at a home on New York’s upper west side, and then engaged in conversation in small and large groups about identities, inspiration for interfaith dialogue, and the often difficult circumstances experienced in that work for peace.
The group participates in a discussion about identities and their inspiration for interfaith dialogue.
