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Songs of the Season Grace Farms 2018

Series of Seasonal, One-Hour Music Concerts Coming to Grace Farms in December

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 Grace Farms Foundation offers visitors its Songs of the Season program, a series of free one-hour afternoon concerts featuring improvisational arrangements of seasonal music performed by local musicians. — an announcement from Grace Farms
Songs of the Season will take place on Dec. 19, 22, 26 and 28 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Sanctuary, which overlooks Grace Farms’ 80-acre preserve at 365 Lukes Wood Road in New Canaan. 
 
“Songs of the Seasons offers visitors a break from the holiday craze to reflect and contemplate in a welcoming environment,” said Chelsea Thatcher, director of communications & marketing at Grace Farms Foundation. “The diverse lineup of musicians lends unique voices to classic seasonal music, and we’re excited to showcase our community’s talented artists.” Concert Series Schedule

Wednesday, Dec.

Grace Farms 2018

Protecting Wildlife | New Strategies to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

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Wildlife trafficking generates more than $10 billion a year for transnational organized criminal networks. — an announcement from Grace Farms

Come to the Sanctuary at Grace Farms in New Canaan from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Sept. 21 to learn how a unique collaboration between our Nature and Justice Initiatives is providing expert training to law enforcement task forces working to dismantle the transnational organized crime syndicates responsible for wildlife trafficking. Hear from Robert Mande, chairman of the National Anti-Poaching Task Force  and assistant director of Anti-Poaching Wildlife Division in Tanzania and Sean O’Regan, director of Freeland Africa, alongside Grace Farms Foundation’s Nature Initiative director, Mark Fowler, and Justice Initiative advisor Rod Khattabi. Join us before the program for our September Community Dinner.

Grace Farms 2018

Portraying Faith in the News Media: An Inside View from New York Times, Washington Post Journalists

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Join Grace Farms Foundation for an inspired conversation about how religion is portrayed in the media today. In a discussion moderated by Community Initiative Director & Faith Initiative Program Facilitator Lisa Lynne Kirkpatrick, journalists Wajahat Ali (New York Times and CNN contributor) and Michelle Boorstein (The Washington Post) will share insights from writing and speaking about faith in American life and discuss how each of us can contribute to civil discourse and expand our capacity for greater compassion in our pluralistic society. Suggested articles by Wajahat Ali and Michelle Boorstein:

A Muslim Among Israeli Settlers, The Atlantic by Wajahat Ali
Religion is in trouble. The word, that is., The Washington Post, by Michelle Boorstein

Join us before the program for our July Community Dinner.