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Reader Opinion: Our hearts are broken, our spirit is undaunted

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...

MIP Letter – Israel/Hamas War

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...

Save the Date! MIP Picnic, October 1

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...

MIP on the radio!

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.

MIP exceeds our NH Gives goal

This was MIP's first time participating in the NH gives campaign. We exceeded our goal of $2000 by $1,433 enabling us to continue our mission of fostering interfaith community, understanding, and social justice in the Monadnock Region. Thank you.

MIP Housing Team Commends City Councilors and Mayor

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...

The Longest Night – A Candlelight Memorial

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...

Invisible Walls: Restrictive zoning and homelessness

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...

MIP Letter to the Editor: Speak up, stand up to bigotry and hate

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...

Asylum Seekers Need Host Homes in Monadnock Region

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...

Congratulations to Sandra Whippie

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...

Extraordinary Women: Sandra Whippie

Sandra Whippie is an educator. Always has been, always — even at 86 years old — will be. Her range is all-encompassing, scholastically to ministerial, the arts to physical fitness. And she loves to dance. Read more...