May 7, 2020
SFIC COVID-19 Response  Online Briefing for Faith Leaders
 
"Conducting Zoom Calls with Confidence"

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Yesterday, the San Francisco Interfaith Council   (SFIC), in collaboration with the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and the SF Department of Emergency Management's (DEM) Community Branch,   hosted the fifth in a weekly series of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response briefings for faith leaders. Today's briefing featured Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund Director of Jewish Security Rafael Brinner, San Francisco Civil Rights Division FBI Special Agent Kyle Biebesheimer and Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) Intelligence Analyst Kellyn Wagner Ramsdell, who addressed the issue of "Conducting Zoom Calls with Confidence."

The briefing may be viewed in its entirety by clicking the link below:
 

Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair Kaushik Roy, Senior Minister at the Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon, University of San Francisco Associate Director for Faculty and Staff Spirituality Fr. Donal Godfrey, S.J. , Islamic Network Groups (ING) Bay Area Director Ishaq Pathan and GLIDE Minister of Celebration Marvin K. White . Special appreciation  is extended to the DEM  technology team, comprised  of Community Branch Coordinator John McKnight and Engagement Leads Krysten Laine, Russell Allen, Kelly Gaherty, Karen Nemsick, Rayana Tom and Edgar Oroteza.

Additional Resources:
 

For all federal criminal activity involving video teleconference hijacking, report such matters directly to the FBI by submitting an online complaint to:


For all matters not rising to the level of a federal criminal violation of law (e.g., video teleconference hijacking and hate speech), reports may be filed at:

For any life threatening matters, call 911 before doing anything else.

Please join us next Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 8:30 am, for the next in the SFIC's series of online briefings for faith leaders, featuring the theme: Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security with guest presenter SF-Marin Food Bank Executive Director Paul Ash.
(Zoom registration to be provided in the program announcement)


The  San Francisco Interfaith Council is a Cooperation Circle