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A
Okay,
well
welcome
ever
welcome
everyone
to
another
spotlight
discussion
today
with
our
faith
leaders
here
in
evanston,
who
are
a
critical
part
of
our
the
mayor's
pandemic
task
force
that
we
created.
So
I'm
so
pleased
to
have
two
of
our
leaders
who
are
part
of
that
task
force.
A
We
have
some
additional
faith
leaders
that
are
also
part
of
that
task
force,
but
two
with
us
today,
one
rabbi,
london
who
is
with
beth
emmett,
is
with
us
and
then
reverend
michael
neighbors,
who
is
the
pastor
and
reverend
at
second
baptist
church
here
in
evanston,
so
welcome
to
welcome
to
both
of
you.
Thank
you
for
for
being
with
us.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
share
with
the
viewers
and
the
residents
of
evanston.
A
You
know
some
of
the
challenges
that
different
sectors
are
facing,
but
also
some
of
the
good
that
has
come
out
of
this
terrible
event
that
we're
all
dealing
with
from
these
different
sectors
as
well-
and
I
know,
there's
good-
that's-
come
out
of
the
faith
community,
so
I'm
excited
to
have
the
conversation,
and
I
thought
maybe
what
we
could
do
for
the
viewers
is
just
share
with
them,
how
the
faith
community
in
evanston
is
organized
in
terms
of
different
associations
and
groups
that
may
have
existed
and
that
did
exist
prior
to
the
pandemic.
B
B
We
have
members
of
the
buddhist
community,
the
baha'I
community,
as
well
as
christian,
jewish
and
muslim
in
our
in
that
group,
and
we're
a
group
that
that
meets
monthly,
to
discuss
issues
within
our
community
and
ways
in
which
we
can
support
our
community
and
also
support
each
other
over
the
last
four
years.
Just
briefly,
that
organization
has
organized
itself
to
be
more
activist
after
the
2016
election.
We
felt
that
there
were
many
people
in
our
community
and
particularly
undocumented,
and
people
of
color
and
others
who
were
being
threatened
after
that
election.
B
We
felt
like
we
needed
to
come
together
as
a
community
and
stand
up
for
that
which
was
right
and
just
and
compassionate,
and
since
then
I
think,
because
we've
organized
ourselves
in
that
way
that
we
have
found
ourselves
to
be
quite
nimble
when
it
comes
to
other
crises
within
our
community
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
to
dr
neighbors.
To
talk
about
some
of
the
other
organizations.
And
we
can
talk
a
little
bit
also
more
about
what
evidence.
Interfaith
clergy
and
leaders
has
done.
C
Thank
you
so
much
rabbi
and
in
addition
to
the
evanston
interfaith
clergy
and
leaders
group,
there
are
a
couple
of
other
clergy
organizations
in
evanston.
One
of
them
is
evanston
own
it
and
it
is
an
organization
primarily
made
of
pastors
and
ministers
who
are
in
the
fifth
ward,
and
it
is
an
african-american
organization
that
is
designed
to
try
to
address
the
particular
needs
and
issues
that
african
americans
are
facing.
C
As
you
know,
mayor
one
of
the
big
pieces
that
they
do
is
an
annual
concert
where
they
actually
raise
dollars
for
the
mayor's
youth
summer
jobs
program
and
that's
been
going
on
for
years
and
years
so
that
that's
a
strong
group
and
another
group
is
called
the
evanston
pastors
fellowship
it's
another
group
that
is
predominantly
african-american,
not
all
african-american,
but
both
of
these
are
ecumenical.
C
They
will
represent
various
denominations
in
the
community
and
they
are
not
just
african-american,
but
they
also
include
haitian
and
belize
congregations
that
are
that
are
located
in
in
the
community.
So
they're,
not,
as
I
think
politically
focused
as
evanston
interfaith
is.
I
think
their
focus
is
more
on
trying
to
provide
resources
for
local
churches
and
pastors.
A
Great
great,
so
that's
just
a
good
starting
point,
so
we
have
these
different
organizations
of
faith
leaders
here
in
town
and
you
have
been
meeting
more
frequently
as
a
result
of
this
pandemic.
And
could
you
talk
to
us
about
what
are
some
of
the
the
key
challenges
that
the
faith
community
is
dealing
with
as
a
result
of
this
pandemic?
Let's
start
with
you
reverend
neighbors
on
that.
C
So
I
think
there
may
have
probably
three
areas
from
my
perspective
that
faith
leaders
have
been
struggling
with
in
terms
of
challenges.
One
of
them
obviously
is
keeping
in
touch
with
their
congregations.
You
know,
there's
nothing
like
a
a
worship
service.
There's,
there's,
there's
nothing
like
a
shabbat
in
terms
of
coming
together
and
seeing
everybody
and
being
able
to
communicate
and
and
talk
that
that
fellowship
has
ceased
to
to
exist.
The
way
that
we
that
we
have
been
accustomed
to
so
part
of
the
challenge
is
keeping
in
touch
with
the
congregants.
C
Another
challenge,
obviously,
is
the
reorientation
that
houses
of
worship
have
had
to
create
for
mysteries
admission,
and
that
includes
online.
Everything
is
online
now,
so
we've
had
to
make
our
adjustments
to
have
our
worship
services
online.
We've
had
to
make
adjustments
to
have
all
of
our
teaching
moments
online,
whether
it's
bible,
study
or
other
forms
of
instruction
for
members
of
the
church
and
leaders,
and
we
also
have
had
to
have
all
of
our
ministry
groups
meeting
online
as
well.
C
So
we
had
to
really
have
houses
of
worship
learn
how
to
do
that
very
quickly,
and
I
think
the
third
challenge
that
houses
of
worship
are
facing
and
leaders
are
probably
financial
obligations.
C
I
know
that
there's
some
houses
of
worship
that
have
had
to
struggle
with
with
laying
off
staff
members
and
personnel
and
and
sort
of
either
lowering
hours
or
letting
people
go
because
finances
are
are
a
bit
of
a
struggle
and
with
the
online
piece
in
addition
to
the
learning
piece,
we've
had
to
teach
our
folks
how
to
give
online
as
well.
So
you
know
that
has
been.
B
Well,
you
know
we
finance
ourselves
a
little
differently
in
the
jewish
community
with
you
know,
ongoing
annual
membership
commitment,
so
people
have
paid
those
in
different
ways,
so
we
haven't
had
that
challenge
right
away,
although
our
fiscal
year
ends
at
the
end
of
june,
and
so
we
don't
know
what's
going
to
happen,
I
think
so.
B
A
big
challenge
is
that
as
robert
neighbors
are
saying,
as
we
all
know,
that
religious
communities
are
used
to
gathering
in
a
particular
place
and
and
we
we
can't
do
that
and
also
singing
together
and
now
there
seems
to
be
a
lot
of
research
that
is
showing
that
actually
singing
is
the
worst
thing
that
we
can
do
together,
because
droplets
go
into
the
air
yeah.
You
know,
we
don't
think
that
choirs
or
people
coming
together
or
seeing
to
sing
will
happen
for
more
than
a
year.
B
So
this
is
really
in
the
last
few
weeks
I
think
very
disorienting
to
the
religious
community,
because
even
if
you
can
get
together,
what
can
we
get
together
and
do
six
feet?
Apart
is
not
far
enough
apart
if
we're
gonna
sing
together.
So
there's
a
lot
of
other
things
that
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
and
considering
and
also,
I
think
in
terms
of
the
financial
issues.
B
B
We
have
put
our
building
staff
to
use,
doing
those
deferred
maintenance
projects
that
we
kept,
hoping
that
we'd
have
time
to
do
we're
like
well
now
I
got
the
time
to
do
them,
so
people
have
been
going
into
doing
that.
But
at
some
point
you
know
we're
nervous
about.
What's
going
to
happen,
if
we
don't
can't
open
up
our
building,
you
know-
and
I
think
the
other
thing
that
we
really
have
to
think
about
as
a
religious
community,
our
life
cycle
of
them.
A
B
Weddings,
funerals
for
the
jewish
community,
a
bar
bat
mitzvah,
has
been
a
particularly
dif
extreme,
so
people
who
are
can't
go
to
the
funeral
can
see
it.
I
was
at
a
funeral
just
a
few
days
ago
and
we
had
people
participating
in
the
funeral,
one
from
israel
and
one
from
virginia
and
there's
a
possibility
of
doing
that.
We
had
the
microphone
over
by
the
camera
so
that
they
could
participate
in
the
service
of
that.
But
then
how
do
we
comfort
the
mourners?
B
We
have
a
tradition
of
people
gathering
together
and
now
we
have
to
do
that
on
zoom
and
how
do
we
give
our
condolences
when
30
people
are
on
a
screen
and
lots
of
things
that
we've
had
to
work
out
and
the
barn
bar
mitzvah
has
been
a
big
thing?
It's.
How
do
you
ask
your
13
year
old
to
lead
worship
on
zoom?
Do
we
want
to
do
non
zoom,
we
post
home,
many
of
our
name,
it
so
to
the
fall
and
now
all
sudden
we're
looking
and
saying?
A
Yeah
yeah,
I
think
it's
one
of
the
there's
so
many
hard
things
about
a
pandemic,
but
one
of
them
is
not
being
able
to
gather
for
celebrations
or
memorials
like
thank
you
talked
about
and
that
really
breaks
your
heart
and
you
know
hopefully
again
the
hopefully
we
get
through
this
quicker
than
than
we
than
we
may
think
right
now,
but
also
that
you
know
we're
able
to
come
up
with
some
really
innovative
and
creative
ways
to
still
celebrate
and
memorialize
lives
and
in
people
can
you
talk
about
what
are
your
plans
given
the
uncertainty
that
we're
all
facing?
A
C
Well,
let
me
let
me
say,
mayor
that
you
know
over
the
next
several
months
we
plan
to
remain
in
isolation
and
to
try
to
increase
our
proficiencies
and
online
services
in
terms
of
what
we're
doing
so.
We
also
want
to
be
of
assistance
and
help
to
other
houses
of
worship
and
congregations
in
the
community.
But
you
know
that
means
that
our
social
media
platform
is
going
to
be
zoom
meetings
for
the
foreseeable
future.
We'll
have
live
stream,
worship,
services
and
the
like.
C
We
take
advantage
of
youtube
and
our
website
and
we
take
advantage
of
for
our
young
people,
other
apps
that
are
out
there
like
house
parties.
You
know
you
can
play
bingo,
there's
so
many
different
things
that
have
been
created.
C
That's
the
creative
stuff,
yeah
yeah,
yeah,
just
wonderful,
creative
things,
so
we're
gonna
con,
consider
doing
that
and
when
the
time
comes,
when
the
governor
says
that
we
can
begin
to
reassemble,
we
are
certain
that
it's
going
to
probably
be
numerical
and
that
initially,
that
might
mean
only
50
people
can
gather
together
and
that
they
may
have
to
also
practice
social
distancing.
C
So
it's
going
to
look
very,
very
different,
so
we're
looking
at
the
idea
of
whether
it's
feasible
to
have
one
service
with
50
people
practicing
social
distancing
and
live
streaming
that
service
or
whether
or
not
we
have
five
different
services
with
50
people.
Doing
you
know
social
distancing,
but
coming
together
under
the
same
building.
So
we're
struggling
to
understand
that.
But
we
put
it
together
a
committee
to
work
on
on
the
timeline
for
what's
going
to
happen.
B
Yeah,
we've
done
the
same
thing.
We
have
a
contingency
planning
committee,
but
you
know,
just
like
the
governor
has
laid
out
these
different
stages
until
we
get
to
those
different
stages.
We
don't
know
when
this
is
going
to
happen,
and
I
think
also
the
concern
is
that
even
when
we
can
gather
with
10
20
or
even
up
to
50,
people
can
people
who
are
over
60
or
65
or
who
are
immunocompromised
join
us
during
that
time.
B
A
I
think
people
will
appreciate
knowing
that
you
know
our
faith
community,
just
like
our
city,
just
like
our
the
businesses
that
we
work
for
our
non-profits,
you
know,
are
working
to
try
and
develop
plans.
But
again
we
all
have
the
uncertainty
of
knowing,
when
we'll
be
moving
into
the
different
phases
and
how
those
phases
may
change
over
time
as
more
data
is
collected
by
public
health
officials
and
they
have
more
information.
A
Let's
end,
let's
end
with
a
final
question
for
each
of
you
in
terms
of
something
that
you're
really
proud
of
that
the
faith
community
has
done
since
the
pandemic
and
if
there's
a
silver
lining
in
this
situation
that
we're
all
going
through
right
now.
What
do
you
think
that
silver
lining
is?
A
Let's
start,
let's
start
with
you
rabbi,
london
and
then
we'll
we'll
have
rabbi
or
revenue.
A
C
Two
or
three
things
one
may
I'm
I'm
really
proud
of
the
way
evanston
has
responded
to
the
coronavirus,
I'm
proud
of
the
fact
that
you
have
jumped
on
this
right
away,
that
you
created
the
pandemic
task
force
and
that
it
has
been
working
literally
over
time
to
try
to
educate
and
inform
the
community.
I
think
that's
great,
I
think,
with
regard
to
second
baptist.
The
thing
that
I'm
most
proud
of
is
that
we've
been
able
to
create
real
opportunities
for
folks
to
become
very
literate
in
the
online
technology.
C
We
have
a
lot
of
our
members
who
are
65
and
over
75
and
over
and-
and
I
asked
them
a
few
weeks
ago
to
write
me
a
letter
because
you
know
that's
a
lost
art
form.
So
I
got
about
a
hundred
letters
that
came
in
from
folks.
The
average
age
is
about
70
or
75,
and
they
were
talking
about
how
much
they
enjoyed
learning
about
online
and
how
much
they
have
been
enjoying
our
streamlined
worship
services.
So
that's
things
that
we're
proud
of
in
terms
of
a
silver
lining
mayor.
C
Well,
you
know,
of
course,
there's
a
silver
lining.
The
sun
rose.
This
morning
you
know
flowers
are
blooming.
Birds
are
chirping.
I
saw
a
cardinal
landing
on
one
of
the
red
tulips
in
my
backyard.
The
best
in
the
human
spirit,
I
think,
is
rising
to
meet
this
tragedy
together
and
in
the
sort
of
colloquialism
of
the
black
church.
We
don't
believe
that
god
brought
us
this
far
to
leave
us
so
as
we
get
through
this,
the
best
is
yet
to
come.
A
Wonderful
words.
Thank
you,
reverend.
How
about
you
rabbi
london?
Is
there
a
silver
lining
to
this
incredibly
difficult
time.
B
Well,
I
think
that
we've
come
together
in
many
ways
stronger
as
a
community
we've
had
people
reaching
out
to
everybody
to
call
everybody
in
the
congregation.
There's
been
really
wonderful.
Intergenerational
moments,
as
dr
neighbors
is
talking
about,
in
which
young
people
are
helping
older
people
figure
out
how
to
use
the
technology
we've
pairing
people
up
relationships
are
developing
even
at
this
distance.
So
that's
been
a
beautiful
silver
lining.
B
B
We're
not
going
to
go
back
to
normal,
in
which
we
live
in
our
little
isolated
atomistic
way,
but
we're
have
come
together
more
strongly
and
we're
going
to
come
out
of
this
as
greater
and
a
stronger
and
a
more
loving
community
is
what
we're
hoping
and
praying
for.
I'm
certainly
seeing
that
in
my
community,
and
certainly
seeing
that
in
evanston
in
general-
and
that's
I
think
this
overall
lining
will
be
is,
let's
remember,
is
that
we're
gonna
be
kinder
and
more
generous
and
more
loving.
B
A
Good,
we
love
we'd
love
to
have
that
at
city
hall,
and
you
know
it's
not
often
that
we
have
disasters
in
this
country
that
affect
every
single
person
in
the
country
not
affecting
everybody.
Equally,
some
some
are
certainly
being
impacted
in
a
much
greater
greater
way,
but
everybody
is-
and
so
my
hope
of
the
silver
lining
is
that
that
empathy
that
we're
seeing
here
in
evanston
for
for
everybody
in
the
community
we
are
see.
Hopefully
we
will
see
that
around
this
entire
country
yeah.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
to
both
of
you
for
spending
some
time
with
our
viewers
today.
Thank
you
for
both
of
you
for
your
leadership
in
the
in
the
faith
community.
I
will
just
leave
a
couple
things
with
our
viewers
that
I
think
that
the
faith
community
has
really
been
leaders
in
is
one
food
insecurity
that
has
risen
greatly
as
a
result
of
this
pandemic.
So
many
of
our
faith
organizations
have
been
stepping
up
to
provide
food
to
people
the
homeless,
which
has
always
been
an
issue
in
our
community.
A
Both
of
your
churches.
There
are
houses
of
worship
and
other
house
of
worship
here
have
worked
on
that,
but
there
is
a
lot
being
done
to
try
and
help
people
with
house
with
housing,
and
then,
lastly,
is
all
of
the
new
rules
and
the
orders
that
we
have
and
the
fact
that
we
have
to
wear
face
coverings
and
that
it
was
evanston
own
it.
A
One
of
the
groups
you
talked
about
at
the
very
beginning,
who
has
really
done
a
great
service
in
the
community,
providing
over
5
000
masks
or
face
coverings
to
folks
in
the
community,
which
is
made,
which
is
making
a
difference.
So
I
appreciate
your
leadership
on
the
task
force.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
all
of
our
faith
leaders
as
we
continue
to
respond
to
and
recover
from
the
pandemic.
So
thank
you
be
well
to
both
of
you.
Thank
you
again.
Thank.