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Virtual roundtable explores intersection of light, peace, sustainability
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At a virtual roundtable Sunday, The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley celebrated the International Day of Light. Roundtable host Mina Karimabadi asked panelists how light and peace are connected.
The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi, or MTO, Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley celebrated the International Day of Light on Sunday with a virtual roundtable discussion on light, peace and sustainability.
MTO is a global nonprofit with more than 30 centers around the world that teaches Sufi meditation, according to event co-host and MTO student Margarita Gallagher. Guest speakers at the discussion included Terry Taplin, Berkeley City Council member; Jan Kirsch, climate activist at 350 Bay Area; Manohar Croke, U.S. Esogetic Colorpuncture Institute director; and Stephanie Johnson, California State University Monterey Bay visual art professor.
Berkeley center of Islamic Sufism donates groceries, masks for Ramadan
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The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley donated to Bear Pantry in celebration of the end of Ramadan. The donations included nonperishable food items in addition to personal protective equipment supplies.
The Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi, or MTO, Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism in Berkeley celebrated the end of Ramadan by donating three tons of groceries and 400 face masks to the Bear Pantry at University Village in Albany.
MTO, an international nonprofit, also commemorated the birthday of Sufi Master Hazrat Mir Ghotbeddin Angha with the donation, according to an MTO press release. The donation was a way to practice the Islamic principles of charity and service, MTO spokesperson Mana Nazeri added.