Our first ever virtual Iftar has wrapped!
Our first ever virtual Iftar has wrapped!
On April 30, 2020, NewGround hosted its first ever virtual Iftar.
Many of you know that the annual NewGround Community Iftar is a tradition very near and dear to our hearts and to the Los Angeles interfaith community. Each year, NewGround convenes hundreds of Angelenos across faith, class, and race for a night of breaking bread, facilitated table-side dialogue, and commemorating the month of Ramadan.
This year, we were unable to convene in person, but something didn’t feel right about not gathering at all this year.
We made the decision to host our Iftar, for the very first time, virtually. Streamed on Facebook Live, thousands of you showed up and made the evening a meaningful, communal, and spiritually fulfilling experience.
Among those thousands of you who tuned in were our friends at the Los Angeles Times, Voice of America, the Forward, and ABC News, who have recently released coverage of the evening for all to enjoy. We encourage you to read, watch, share, and soak in the familiar faces!
A video of the event is available to view on both YouTube, as seen below, and Facebook, with the latter also including preservation of comment section engagement.
