MONADNOCK INTERFAITH PROJECT is a non-profit coalition of congregations from the Monadnock region of southern New Hampshire. We are wholehearted individuals working together to foster interfaith community, understanding, and systemic change that benefits our region. Through the Monadnock Interfaith Project (MIP), people come together to put faith into action.
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
–Margaret Mead
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Working for systemic change
Clergy and faith leaders heartbroken and angered by a wave of recent racist and antisemitic acts of vandalism in our community
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 faith community and Keene High School.
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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 destined to bounce from friend’s couch to friend’s couch for years.
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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 bathrooms.
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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 Home volunteers who help with rides, health care, tutoring, shopping, and everything else that’s needed.
If you have space to share with an individual or a family, please contact us at info@ProjectHomeNH.org.
To speak to an individual, contact Judy Reed < jureed@keene.edu > or 603-357-4905 (home).
To learn more about Project Home: www.ProjectHomeNH.org.