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The Religious Equity Seminar is intended for community leaders and members who want to build genuinely inclusive spaces, whether in workplaces, congregations, schools, or civic organizations. This includes nonprofit staff, educators, faith leaders, HR professionals, and engaged community members who regularly interact with religiously diverse populations but may lack a shared historical framework for understanding how religious bias forms and persists. This course attempts to lay plain the origins of the tropes, stereotypes and deep-seated narratives that have fueled negative attitudes toward various religious communities for millennia – and which continue to give even the most well-intentioned people faulty understandings that foster exclusivity instead of inclusivity. This seminar gives participants concrete historical grounding and practical tools, like the Five B Framework and the Bridge-Building Model, to translate goodwill into informed, actionable behavior in their own spheres of influence. Participants will walk away with practical tools for driving real change where they work and live, not just a better vocabulary for naming the problem. - Session 1: Monday, October 12, 2026: “Introduction” and “Religious Freedom & Foundations: Part 1” - Session 2: Wednesday, October 14, 2026: “Religious Freedom & Foundations: Part 2” - Session 3: Monday, October 26, 2026: “Religious Equity: Jewish Considerations” - Session 4: Wednesday, October 28, 2026: “Religious Equity: Muslim Considerations” - Session 5: Monday, November 9, 2026: "Intro to Race & Religion,” and “Religious Equity: Native American Considerations.” - Session 6: Wednesday, November 11, 2026: “Religious Equity: African American Considerations” - Session 7: Monday, November 23, 2026: “Christian Nationalism” - Session 8: Monday, December 7, 2026: “Equitable Pluralism: Part 1” - Session 9: Wednesday, December 9, 2026: “Equitable Pluralism: Part 2” and "Conclusion"