Faith In Brooklyn for June 28
City Leaders Pledge to Support Muslims at Brooklyn Iftar
“It is an act of resistance for us to come together. It is an act of resistance for us to support each other wholeheartedly. It is an act of resistance for us to show deliberate kindness to all of our neighbors.”
These were the words of state Assemblymember Tremaine Wright (D-A.D. 56, serving Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights). She and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-52nd A.D. stretching from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn to Gowanus, parts of Park Slope and Prospect Heights) were among several speakers at an outdoor iftar last Friday, June 16.
An iftar is the meal at sundown when Muslim communities break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, a month marked by fasting and prayer.