{"title": "Religious Freedom & Immigration Rights: Lessons from the Frontlines", "start": "2026-10-27T18:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-03T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Union Theological Seminary", "address": "10027 New York", "price": "$180", "price_from": "180.00", "price_to": "180.00", "tickets_url": "https://utsnyc.pathwright.com/library/religious-freedom-immigration-rights-lessons-from-the-frontlines-online-246532/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/migration"], "description": "An online course examining the tension between religious freedom and U.S. immigration law, run by Union Theological Seminary. It offers an overview of how faith-motivated support for immigrants can be prosecuted or shielded, then studies the case of No More Deaths volunteers prosecuted under the harboring law in southern Arizona in 2019. The instructor is Scott Warren, an Arizona-based cultural geographer and border humanitarian volunteer who himself faced trial in 2018-2019 for providing humanitarian aid. 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It also explores, through authentic storytelling, how to answer donors' questions of why a mission is urgent and important, and whether generosity and philanthropy are the same moral practice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fundraising-fundamentals-57264/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a73c69104133c7719d18843d9f41cee98023db3e430e91fc0737d086651cf8c3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hablemos Inglés (y español)", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew", "address": "West 86th Street 263, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/languages/language-learning"], "description": "Hablemos Inglés (y español) is a conversation and community program held alongside the church's Homework Help on Wednesday evenings. 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The church's ministries together make midweek a time of learning, sharing, and belonging for the whole community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/hablemos-ingles-y-espanol-51882/", "official_url": "https://stpaulandstandrew.org/event/hablemos-ingles-y-espanol-3/2026-10-28/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Weekly Sunday Discipleship Class", "start": "2026-11-01T09:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "United Nations Pentecostal Church", "address": "1494 Ocean Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11230", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/christian/bible-study"], "description": "A weekly Sunday Discipleship Class that anyone is invited to join at the United Nations Pentecostal Church in New York. The class is focused on sharing teachings from God's Word in a manner that is easy to understand. It is taught by Pastor Daniel Omarejedje and Prophetess Patience Omarejedje, Founders and Senior Pastors at the Church.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/weekly-sunday-discipleship-class-57280/", "official_url": "https://www.unpchurch.org/mec-events/weekly-sunday-discipleship-class/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dc92a30bc6e134f1361e7b54f888de853a55a8195f407f31d7803dd36524d0a1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "English for Beginners - Wednesday Class In Person Fall Trimester", "start": "2026-11-04T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Astoria Baptist Church", "address": "21st Street 31-17, 11106", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/languages/language-learning"], "description": "A free in-person English class for beginners, meeting on Wednesday evenings during the fall trimester. It is coordinated by Annette Scattoni as part of Astoria Baptist Church's ESL program, and sign-up is through a simple online registration form. All classes are free and no questions are asked about immigration status. Questions can be sent by email to Al Grey at QueensESL@gmail.com.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/english-for-beginners-wednesday-class-in-person-fall-trimest-76938/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Installation of the Marilyn Seven Endowed Chair in Religion and the Arts", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Union Theological Seminary", "address": "10027 New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/theology", "art"], "description": "Union Theological Seminary celebrates the installation of Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes as the Marilyn Seven Endowed Chair in Religion & the Arts. 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