Love Your Neighbor, Love Your World: Annual Convening

Join us on January 25th 2026 2-4PM for our convening, Love your Neighbor, Love your World. We will launch our convening with a fireside chat with bestselling author and civil rights activist Valarie Kaur. This will be followed by a fireside chat reflecting on 10 years of Laudato Si with special guests. Then join us on Monday, January 26th through Thursday, January 29th from 7-8pm each evening where we will host a workshop. These workshops will discuss planting trees, growing gardens, learning organizing skills, and reflecting on the writings of bell hooks. All sessions will be recorded.

The Annual Convening has been a core offering of Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light (PA IPL) for many years. It serves as a way to connect passionate individuals across the state, strengthen multifaith community, and build momentum to address climate change as a moral issue here in the Keystone State. Together, we are practicing the world we want to see, and we hope you will join us!

Anyone can host a watch party in your living room, community space, or really anywhere you’d like! Request this option on the registration form to be sent a watch party guide. Faith or community groups can apply to be official watch party locations!

About Valarie Kaur

VALARIE KAUR is a renowned civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, innovator, and best-selling author of SEE NO STRANGER. She is the founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, where she leads a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Valarie burst into global consciousness when her Watch Night Service address went viral with 40 million views worldwide. Her question — “Is this the darkness of the tomb, or the darkness of the womb?” — is a beacon for people fighting for our future.