Interfaith Council Plans Anti-Violence March, Campaign

“Stop the violence” is the message the San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council is hoping to project this week with a solidarity march and a symbolic campaign to shine a “light of love” on hate and fear.

On Sunday, a march will initiate the council’s weeklong “Turn on a Love Light” campaign. The council is asking people to turn on porch lights from Sunday through Aug. 29 to demonstrate goodwill and love for all people and opposition to hatred, fear and violence.

The march against hate will begin at 2 p.m. at Em Habanim Synagogue, 7533 Fallbrook Ave., and end about one mile away at Shadow Ranch Park, across the street from the West Valley Jewish Community Center at 22622 Vanowen St., West Hills. A rally will be held at the park following the march. For more information call (818) 718-6460, ext. 3007.

YOUTH REVIVAL

Jermaine Griggs, a 16-year-old youth minister, will share his message of hope and encouragement for young people and adults in the second annual Summer Youth Revival sponsored by the 2nd Corinthian Baptist Church of Long Beach, Monday through Friday. During the week, several youth choirs, adult choirs and others will share the message of Christ and the theme “Don’t Get Left Behind.” The revival will be held at the Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2640 Santa Fe Ave., Long Beach. Services will begin at 7 p.m. each night. (562) 591-4146, Ext. 4.

GRANTS

The Conservative Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism has been awarded a Jewish Community Foundation grant that will provide for 12 rabbinical student internships. The students will be placed in synagogues and other Jewish organizations throughout Southern California. The internships are part of a program that will provide rabbinical students the opportunity to develop pulpit skills and gain experience in pastoral counseling, education and administration.

DRAMA

Nancy Becker Kennedy will present her one-woman show, “I Had to Break My Neck to Get Here,” at the Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley, 5730 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, at 8 p.m. Friday. Confined to a wheelchair since a teenage diving accident, Becker Kennedy is an activist for the disabled and a “sit-down” comedian. With humor, she shares her perspective on the trials and triumphs of her life and the strength of the human spirit. (818) 762-1133.

* The Westside Jewish Community Center, 5870 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, will present “Home Free, All!” a comedy about a young woman who comes to dinner and changes a family’s lives forever, on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. A reception with the cast and author Joe Feinstein will follow the presentation. Cost is $8 for members, $10 for nonmembers. (323) 938-2531, ext. 2225.

COMMUNICATIONS

“Clergy on Call,” a radio program featuring a Catholic priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister, will debut Sunday on local Catholic radio station KPLS-AM (830), from 10 to 11 p.m. Hosted by Father Gregory Coiro, media relations director for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the clergy members will answer calls from listeners and address issues of the day from Jewish and Christian perspectives.

* The Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley has initiated “Hopeline,” a recorded message of hope, encouragement and inspiration for all members of the community. The recorded messages, changed once a week, are available to callers 24 hours a day. Hopeline can be reached at (818) 762-2889.

PEOPLE

Garbis Bartanian and William Chu will be ordained as Buddhist ministers in a ceremony at the Rosemead Buddhist Monastery, 7833 Emerson Place, Rosemead, on Sunday at 11 a.m. Buddhist monks and nuns from all traditions will attend the ceremony, which will be presided over by the Venerable Havanpola Ratanasara Nayaka Thero, president of the Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California. (626) 280-1213.

MUSIC

Pianist Esther Lee, a 10th-grader who has played with the Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra, will perform at the Music at Noon concert at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, on Colorado Boulevard at Madison Avenue, Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. (626) 793-2191, ext. 2.

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Joe Feinstein will follow the presentation. Cost is $8 for members, $10 for nonmembers. (323) 938-2531, ext. 2225.