Tough Shit with Oregon Humanities: Naseem Khalili & Rabbi Ariel Stone
- Fri, Sep 25
Run Time: 90 min.
TICKETS $15
Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.
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THE EXPERIENCE
Tough Shit is an onstage conversation about the most challenging questions Portlanders are facing. We’ll bring together four people with very different experiences of and perspectives on the city to talk through some shit with help from the audience and a moderator. The questions will be tough, and this shit will not be resolved in one night; We expect to leave with more questions than answers, plus some renewed hope for the future. And if not, well….
This time, we’re talking about faith and the city with faith leaders, including Rabbi Ariel Stone and Pastor Naseem Khalili. The conversation will be moderated by Adam Davis of Oregon Humanities, and the full list of speakers will be announced soon!
ON STAGE:
Rabbi Ariel Stone
Rabbi Ariel Stone has served congregations in the US and in the former Soviet Union, taught Judaism at several universities, and for thirty years has responded to community spiritual challenges by joining and supporting movements for change wherever she has found herself. In 2017 she cofounded the Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance, the first interfaith convening to include Black and white, gay and straight, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Wiccan members. Her book The Alef-Bet of Death is a guide to the dying, and her Because All Is One brings the insights of Jewish mysticism to the question that repeatedly bedevils moderns: the intersection of individuality and community.
Naseem Khalili
Naseem Khalili is Pastor of Formation at Imago Dei Community. She moved to Portland in 2024 after serving for several years at Awakening Church in San Jose, California. Khalil is a second-generation Iranian-American daughter of immigrants who were the first in their family to convert to Christianity. She is also the host of Nas-Talgia, a podcast about 1990s pop culture.
HOSTED BY: Oregon Humanities
Oregon Humanities is committed to bringing people together across differences of background, experience, and belief. Each year, we offer hundreds of public conversations and programs across the state, train and support dozens of discussion facilitators, and award grants and fellowships that help people connect, reflect, and cultivate a stronger sense of agency in their communities. In our magazine and on our website, we publish stories that explore the thoughts, perspectives, and experiences of Oregonians. Our long-term hope is that the work of Oregon Humanities will make broad and significant contributions to a more cohesive, inclusive, and imaginative democratic culture.