BREAKING BARRIERS: Christians, Muslims and Jews Join Together to Present

a New Kind of Peace Initiative

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than two
months Muslim, Jewish and Christian teens from metro Detroit came
together to discuss their lives, their fears, and the possibility of
peace between their three religions. Results of those powerful
conversations are now "Reuniting the Children of Abraham," an engaging
multi-media "ToolKit 4 Peace" presentation, followed by interactive
dialogue and additional workshops.

"Reuniting the Children of Abraham" is a creative response to show how
it is possible to break through the long standing barriers of fear,
prejudice and hate.

Brenda Naomi Rosenberg, founder of Pathways to Peace Foundation, is
the creator of "The Children of Abraham Project," author and
co-executive producer of the documentary "Reuniting the Children of
Abraham" and the multi-media "ToolKit 4 Peace" with Julie Fisher
Cummings, in collaboration with NCCJ Interfaith Partners and the
University of Michigan Arts of Citizenship Program. The play was
inspired by Imam Abdullah El Amin and Rosenberg, directed for the
stage by Rick Sperling, written by Rachel Felbin Urist and youth
writers from Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit: Sofia Begg, Yusef Begg,
Gal Ben Josef, Jon Black, Andrea Davis, Adriana Faycurry, Julie
Gershenson, Harold Adam Harris, Miriam Leibman, Ariella Lis, Mohamed
Qazwini, Blake Rowley, Sammy Satar, Irene Sorser, Jasmine Way, with
assistance from Darnishia Slade, Jasmine Rivera, Brenda Naomi
Rosenberg and Rick Sperling.

The performance is sponsored by St. Hugo of the Hills, Muslim Unity
Center, Kirk in the Hills, Temple Beth El, NCCJ Interfaith Partners
and Pathways to Peace Foundation. Tickets are free, but reservations
are required.

Supporters include: Fetzer Foundation, Andrus Foundation, University
of Michigan, Michigan Humanities Council, ACCESS (Arab Community
Center for Economic and Social Services), Jewish Community Council,
Interfaith Partners of NCCJ (The National Conference for Community and
Justice), The Metropolitan Christian Council Detroit-Windsor, B'nai
B'rith, ADL Anti Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, JET
Theatre, American Middle East Christian Congress, Council of Islamic
Organizations of Michigan, Cities of Peace Project, World Sabbath of
Religious Reconciliation, Metro Detroit Center for Attitudinal
Healing, The Michigan Institute for Nonviolence Education, ACC (Arab
American and Chaldean Council), Greater Detroit Chapter Hadassah,
NAACP, Pathways to Peace, Wings 4 Peace, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work,
and Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

Interfaith Partners is a program of NCCJ. Its mission is to create a
deeper understanding among the Abrahamic faiths and to improve social
welfare through education, dialogue and cooperative service projects.
The primary takeholders of Interfaith Partners are the Jewish
Community Council, the Metropolitan Christian Council Detroit-Windsor
and the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan. Other partners
include local Jewish, Christian and Muslim congregations and
organizations such as Pathways to Peace.

"REUNITING THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM"

Recipient of the 2004 National Conference for Community and Justice

Community Service Award

2005 Vanguard Award from Women in Communications

Featured as a CBS network special on religious reconciliation in America

Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.

Kirk in the Hills, 1340 Long Lake Road

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302

Tickets are free, but reservations are required. For information contact

Rev. Sharon Buttry at 586-943-7259. SOURCE National Conference for
Community and Justice