Wednesday, July 10, 6pm, Keene High School Alumni Field, 77 Arch St, Keene Come enjoy a summer tradition! MIP collaborates with the Swamp Bats to offer the first ever All Faith theme night. Lainee Ginsberg sings the national anthem, faith representatives throw out the...

  Keene City Hall Council Chambers, Wednesday, June 26, 6pm Inspired and led by Keene native, Carl Jacobs, MIP is collaborating with Rotary Club of Keene and the Elm City Rotary in proposing a Peace Monument on Keene’s Central Square.  A central theme of Rotary...

MIP raised $3,640 in the year's campaign, an increase from last year and we increased the number of donors, too! Your contributions help to make more good things happen!

Join us at the Love Your Neighbor Faith Festival!! Click here to RSVP June 1, 4-6pm, Horseshoe Pavilion, Wheelock Park, 101 Park Ave, Keene This is a family friendly event including Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Bahai, and other spiritual perspectives sharing...

After hearing stories of local people's struggles, MIP's Housing Team has been working diligently for two years to get a fund established that incentivizes the building of housing to increase the Monadnock region's affordable housing stock. We are thrilled to announce...

Here is a link to the Keene Sentinel article and photo featuring several of the MIP faith leaders standing in solidarity at the Kristallnacht Remembrance November 9.

We in the Monadnock Interfaith Project grieve for the devastating loss of life and trauma of people in Israel and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Our hearts break that this is the largest mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust. We have deep outrage at the horrific...

We in the Monadnock Interfaith Project grieve for the devastating loss of life and trauma of people in Israel and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.  Our hearts break that this is the largest mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust. We have deep outrage at the horrific...

When: October 1, 12-2pm Where: Congregation Ahavas Achim, 84 Hastings Ave, Keene Join us for the annual MIP picnic. Connect with friends across congregations and celebrate the ways that MIP makes a difference in people’s lives. Bring your friends and RSVP here. The...

Faith is a bridge across differences.  MIP connects people to make more good things happen.  Come share a meal and connect with others who live their lives with hope, promise, and purpose.  We will  develop meaningful relationships across faiths, learn how our fellow...

MIP's Tom Julius and Angela Pape were featured guests talking about promising housing strategies on WKBK radio's What’s Happening with Raleigh Ormerod.

Check out MIP's new page with housing questions and answers. 

May 30, 2023 Dear Keene City Councilors and Mayor, On behalf of the Monadnock Interfaith Project Housing Team, thank you for your thoughtful discussions about Keene’s downtown infrastructure project. On May 24 the Municipal Services, Facilities and Infrastructure...

Keene’s Congregation Ahavas Achim will host a community discussion on antisemitism Sunday, April 16, 3-4:30 pm, in a free event open to the public that will feature local and regional  speakers. ....read more

New York based-consulting group presented a Draft Housing Needs Assessment Report to Keene officials Monday night, and identified direction on implementing solutions... more

Gov. Sununu in the State of the State address hosted by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce named housing as the number one barrier we have. "I can’t bring more workforce in for your business if I have no place for them to live."

The City of Keene would like more input from residents about housing to help shape the City's future housing strategy.  Keene Online Survey Here

Like many cities across the country Keene is challenged by an increasing homeless population. Housing instability and..more

Join us to honor and remember our neighbors who died in the last year after experiencing homelessness. Held on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year! Dec 21, 2022  5:30pm St. James Episcopal Church, 44 West Street, Keene Download...

As clergy and faith leaders - and participants in the Monadnock Interfaith Project – we have been heartbroken and angered by a wave of recent racist and antisemitic acts of vandalism in our community. This past week multiple acts of vandalism struck a Westmoreland...

Homelessness, like high blood pressure or family wealth, is often inherited by the next generation. That’s the sad reality Stacie Pickford Baez of Jaffrey found herself in as soon as she reached adulthood. To Baez, it seemed like everything in her youth made her...

The same week our community came together for a Kristallnacht-Holocaust remembrance, a Westmoreland church was defaced with white supremacist, homophobic graffiti, and we had reports of vandalism and racist, anti-semitic graffiti in several Keene High School...

Project Home is an all-volunteer organization bringing asylum seekers into host homes in the Monadnock region and supporting them fully as  they navigate the asylum process. Hosts provide food and shelter for up to a year, supported by a coordinated team of Project...

In our community we have many people experiencing homelessness sleeping in the woods. They are people with inherent worth and dignity, yet sometimes living in squalid conditions. Expanded housing options and services are needed to keep them safer and embraced as...

Trust funds are often associated with the wealthy, but these legal entities designed to hold assets for the benefit of people and organizations aren’t just for the rich. For example, they can provide means for a community to acquire affordable housing. A group of...

Congratulations to Sandra Whippie who was instrumental in the founding of MIP, a Guiding Council chair, co-leader of the MIP Make a Difference training, and is now a part of the Clergy Team. Sandra’s leadership has helped MIP become the vital community resource it is...

A group of Monadnock Region activists and officials have banded together and are working on a proposal to create a housing development trust fund to help combat the crippling scarcity of affordable housing in the Granite State. Read more...