Restoring Community: Celebrating Diversity

Story: Belonging to a religious community is linked with higher levels of civic engagement, according to data from Pew Research Center. In the U.S., for example, 69% of people who are religiously active say they also vote in national elections. In this final episode of “Restoring Community,” we travel to Bowie, Maryland, to speak with Tameeka Washington and Stephen Weisman, leaders of the Interfaith Coalition of Bowie, to learn how they’re uniting people across faiths and backgrounds amid the social unrest and other divisions in society today.

Related resources:

• Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement and Health Around the World
• Interfaith Coalition of Bowie
• How ‘Vacation Interfaith School’ Helped Build Connections in Maryland
• ‘Bowie Stands Up’: Faith and Community Leaders Hold a Rally for Peace After Recent Threats