{"id":9880,"date":"2021-01-05T17:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=9880"},"modified":"2021-01-05T18:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T22:01:04","slug":"a-new-year-of-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=9880","title":{"rendered":"A New Year of Possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 2021 is here! A New Year of possibilities \u2013 of opportunities and challenges. Hopefully this year will see the end of the pandemic. WTB is looking forward to planning monthly meetings again, where we can participate in programs in person, share refreshments, and talk together face to face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January also begins our membership year. To download a form, click <a href=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WTB-Membership-form-2021.pdf\">here.<\/a> You will notice that dues are $25 per year. These dues help support our programs such as the Refugee Sewing Project, WTB Book Club, annual World Interfaith Harmony Assembly (in collaboration with InterFaith Works), monthly meetings (panels, gatherings, films), and the WTB InterFaith Achievement Award given to one or more graduating senior girls in the Syracuse City School District. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WTB is an organization founded after 9\/11, and its mission is really to see \u201cthe other\u201d as \u201cus.\u201d So many Americans seem to look on other groups of Americans, of people, as \u201cthe other.\u201d If there was ever a time to grow understanding between women of different faiths and cultures and backgrounds\u2014this is it. So please join us as we move forward into this new year \u2026 building on our commonalities, creating meaningful connections, becoming \u201cus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some things our members have been inspired to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Support breast cancer survivors by making &#8220;Knitted Knockers,&#8221; soft, comfortable, knit prosthetics. Knitty Gritty yarn shop at 1153 West Fayette St. in Syracuse collects them; subsequently they are distributed to breast cancer centers. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knittedknockers.org\">www.knittedknockers.org<\/a>.<\/li><li>Shop at the online Plowshares Crafts Fair through Jan. 31. Plowshares is central New York&#8217;s premier multicultural craftsfair and proceeds benefit the Syracuse Peace Council. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plowsharescraftsfair.org\">www.plowsharescraftsfair.org<\/a>.<\/li><li>Offer online Turkish cooking classes at the CNY Rise Center. Email <a href=\"mailto:cnyriseladies@gmail.com\">cnyriseladies@gmail.com<\/a><\/li><li>Learn perspectives from different faith traditions about the responsibilities of believers during the pandemic. Listen virtually to a panel discussion at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.risecenter.org\/live\">www.risecenter.org\/live<\/a> Jan. 14 at 6 pm.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2021 opens a new year of possibilities. We are looking forward to gatherings where we can talk together face to face, share refreshments, and build mutual understanding and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9892,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9880\/revisions\/9892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}