CARP Las Vegas hosts its first Interreligious Conference for Peace at UNLV

On November 22nd, 2016, CARP Las Vegas hosted our first Interreligious Conference for Peace on the UNLV campus. Participants from different faiths gathered together to discuss the topic of “the Issue of Sexual Immorality.” Representatives came from different faith groups at UNLV, including the Christian groups DREAM and Oasis, and the Muslim Student Association.

After a presentation on some of the statistics related to sexual immorality in Las Vegas, each faith group discussed what they see to be the issue and causes of sexual immorality, and then one representative from each group presented their findings. After all had presented groups, we chose the four biggest issues as a large group.

Then, we mixed all the different faith groups and made new groups based on each issue in order to discuss possible solutions that we can seek to those problems. Each group presented what they came up with, and made a plan to meet again in the future to continue.

It was a powerful experience to come together as people of different faiths, yet who all love God, and care about issues affecting youth today. We hope to hold more conferences like this in the future.