National Interfaith Prayer Service for Secure & Healthy Communities with Punya Upadhyaya.
On Thursday, May 4th, 2023, Religious for Peace USA, Faith in Public Life, the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation, the North American Interfaith Network, the Temple of Understanding, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions organized the National Interfaith Prayer Service for Secure & Healthy Communities. The event was conducted virtually over Zoom and Facebook and included speeches by several speakers, including HfHR co-founder and board member Punya Upadhyaya who led with an expression of gratitude,
“We give thanks for all the goodness and beauty in our worlds. We give thanks for all the blessings and abundance that surrounds us and infuses us. We give thanks for all those who help us and bless us. For all those who give us opportunities to serve and to care … For the communities that we live in on a daily basis, for the communities that we work and care and share and build together, for the communities we are part of that are global …”