Events
In Person
Insightful talks and engaged conversations with Susan Katz Miller. These in-person or online discussions navigate religious complexity in our families, or the broader topic of multiple religious practice. Miller offers thought-provoking insights, expert guidance, and relatable anecdotes. She uses her wealth of experience not only in speaking engagements, but also in teaching, and couples coaching. Unlock the potential to enrich your interfaith experiences through her valuable advice and resources. Discover more about Susan Katz Miller’s teaching, coaching, and speaking opportunities. The years of events listed below reflect her dedication to fostering meaningful conversations and connections.
Upcoming and Past Events
- ONLINE, Nov 19 (private), Guest Speaker, Rukin Fellows, 18doors.com.
- ONLINE, Nov 14, Launch event for “Interfaith Work and Interfaith Families: A Toolkit,” Washington DC and London.
- ONLINE, Nov 12, Around the Table with Interfaith Families, Interfaith Family School, Chicago.
- Rockville MD, Oct 20, Interfaith Families in Academica, with Daria El Ariny, Interfaith Families Project, Rockville MD.
- ONLINE, July 18 (private), Guest Speaker, Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute, Interfaith Center of New York.
- SHAVUOT LIVE, ONLINE, June 9, “Multiple Religious Practice,” Judaism Unbound, 6-7am ET. REGISTER HERE. Free, all are welcome.
- ONLINE, June 7, Guest Speaker, Interfaith Couples Workshop, Interfaith Families Project, Washington DC.
- RESIDENCY, April 14-May 19, “Multiple Religious Practice,” Saint Mark Presbyterian, Rockville MD.
- COURSE, Jan 16, 23, 30, “Jewish and…Buddhist? Pagan? Christian? Can You Do That?” UnYeshiva.
- ONLINE, Jan 23, Guest Speaker, Interfaith Couples Workshop, Interfaith Families Project, Washington DC.
- ONLINE, January 30. Guest speaker, Interfaith Couples Workshop, Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington DC.
- Bowie MD, Sunday March 12th. Pathway to Peace: Celebrating our Differences, Interfaith Coalition of Bowie, Bowie Playhouse.
- VIDEO, March 21 2023. One Family/Two Faiths, parts 1 and 2, (with Eboo Patel, Bart Campolo, Charlene Hong White), Freedom Forum.
- PODCAST, April 4 2023. Guest on Called to Be Multiple.
- ONLINE May 5th. Speaker, North Hill, Needham MA.
- PODCAST, July 20 2023. “Interfaith Parenting in the Early Years,” Newbies, New Mommy Media.
- TWITTER chat Sept 11. National social studies teachers #SSChat, with Dr. Tim Hall, Multiple Religious Belonging.
- PODCAST, Nov 18, Conversations with Pastor Cliff, South Africa.
- ONLINE, January 30. Guest speaker, Interfaith Couples Workshop, Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington DC.
- ONLINE, February 25. Guest speaker, Couples and Conversation, 18Doors, Atlanta.
- ONLINE: February 27. “Non-Binary God, Non-Binary Spirituality.” Daylong workshop co-taught with Rabbi Mark Sameth, One Spirit Seminary, NYC. Fee, credit course. Watch video to meet the facilitators.
- ONLINE, April 12. Guest speaker, “Complex Identities, Interfaith Relationships,” Lafayette College.
- June 8. Guest speaker, Interfaith Couples Workshop, Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington DC.
- ONLINE, July 20, Guest speaker, “Supporting and Learning From interfaith Kids,” Religious Worlds of NY Summer Institute, Interfaith Center of New York.
- ONLINE, Sept 8 2022. Guest speaker, 18Doors Rukin Fellowship
- ONLINE, January 15. Shabbat Dvar, Wandering Jews of Astoria, NYC.
- ONLINE, January 31. Guest speaker, Interfaith Couples Workshop, Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington DC.
- ON AIR and PODCAST, February 13. Love Across Differences, State of Belief radio with Rev. Welton Gaddy.
- PODCAST, February 14. Susan Katz Miller: Interfaith Practitioner. Array of Faith podcast with J. Dana Trent.
- March 7 and 21, ONLINE. The Interfaith Family School, Chicago.
- March 16, ONLINE, 4pm ET. Panel event: Personal Perspectives on Intermarriage. Nisa-Nashim, Jewish-Muslim Women’s Network, UK.
- April 14, ONLINE, Guest classroom lecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA.
- April 29, ONLINE, Guest, Couples and Conversation, 18doors, NYC.
- June 26 ONLINE, 5pm ET, Supporting Interfaith Families in Our Communities, Co-Facilitated with Aisha Hauser. Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly (UUA GA).
- PODCAST: August 9, A conversation on interfaith, intercultural, bilingual, and LGBTQ relationships, spirituality, addiction and recovery. Guest on the Tattoos and Torah podcast, with Rabbi Iggy, T’Shuvah Center, NYC.
- PODCAST: Oct 21. Guest on What the Faith.
- ONLINE, January 9 2020. “Being Both: Navigating Faith for Interfaith Families,” The VUU, Church of the Larger Fellowship, Unitarian Universalist Association.
- ONLINE, Thursday April 9th, 2-3pm ET. Webinar with Susan Katz Miller, in the Interspiritual Luminaries series, from the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute.
- Birmingham, England. Tuesday September 15th, 2:30pm ET. Keynote, Multiple Religious Belonging Conference. University of Birmingham, Woodbrooke Quaker Center. ONLINE
- Pasadena CA, Sunday October 4th, 3-6pm ET. The Leading Edge: Interfaith Multiracial Families. Keynote, The Guibord Center. ONLINE
- Weston MA, Thursday October 15th, “Interfaith Families as Bridge-Builders,” Weston Wayland Interfaith Action Group at the Weston Public Library. POSTPONED
- Easton MD, Sunday November 8th, 12:30-2:30pm. “Interfaith Families as Bridge-Builders,” free, open to all, Temple B’nai Israel, 7199 Tristan Drive. ONLINE
- Washington DC, Saturday December 14th, 2-5pm. Takoma Park Book Fair. Sale and signing of both books, hot cocoa and booktinis! Busboys & Poets, 235 Carroll St NW.
- Washington DC, Sundays November 3rd and 17th, 1-5pm. Interfaith Couples Workshop with Reverend Julia Jarvis and Susan Katz Miller on the 3rd, Rev Julia with Rabbi Tamara Miller, and Father Michael Kelly on the 17th, Interfaith Families Project.
- Chicago, Sunday November 10th, 9:45am, Book talk and signing, The Interfaith Family School, Francis Xavier Warde School (Old St. Pat’s), 120 S. Desplaines St.
- Interfaith Couples Workshop, online Sept 3, 10, 17, 14, 7-8pm ET. All couples of any or all or no religions welcome. Details: https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/networks/2019/immersion-interfaith-couples-workshop
- Hot Springs NC, Friday July 12th, 9am, Book Talk and Complex Identities Story Slam, books for sale and signing, Wild Goose Festival
- Spokane WA, June 20, 3-4pm, Room 100B, “Story Slam! Our Complex Identities with host Susan Katz Miller,” Unitarian Universalist General Assembly (UUGA) (books signing in the bookstore, Booth #116 Exhibit Hall A, 4:30-5pm, Conference registration required)
- Washington DC, June 5, 7pm, Book Talk: “Finding Your Interfaith Family Pathway,” FREE, Books for sale and signing, RSVP Northeast Neighborhood Library, 330 7th St NE
- Online and on air, Wednesday April 3, 9-10am, listen anytime and anyplace to the recording at Interfaith-ish, WOWD, 94.3FM, takomaradio.org.
- North Bethesda MD, Sunday March 10, 11am, Pre-Launch Celebration for The Interfaith Families Journal, Interfaith Families Project, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, 1901 E. Jefferson St.
- Washington DC, July 31, panelist, Reimagining Interfaith, George Washington University
- Washington DC, September 21, radio appearance, Interfaith Voices
- Ifrane, Morocco, October 18, speaker, “Parents and Children in Intentional Mixed-Religious Communities,” at academic conference on Identities and (Trans)Nationalism in Mixed Families, Al Akhawayn University
- Toronto ON, November 4th, 3:15pm, speaker, #GenInterfaith: Claiming Complex Religious Labels, Parliament of World’s Religions
- Denver CO, November 18, 5:30pm, panelist, Interreligious Aesthetics: From Dialogue to the Senses, American Academy of Religion, Convention Center 505
- Silver Spring MD, November 28, 7pm, In conversation with Amber Khan of WAMU speaking at “An Inspired Story Slam: Many Beliefs, One Family,” Silver Spring Civic Building, Fenton Room
- Washington DC, February 5, radio appearance, WOWD 94.3, Takoma Radio
- New York NY, February 14, Union Theological Seminary, spoke to John Thatamanil’s “Double Belonging” class
- Washington DC, March 1, radio appearance, WOWD 94.3, Takoma Radio
- Washington DC, April 1, Wesley Theological Seminary, guest speaker in Peniel Jesudason Rufus Rajkumar’s class on Multiple Religious Belonging
- Cambridge MA, 6:30-8pm, April 24, Harvard Divinity School, 102 Andover Hall, guest lecture, “Being Both: Interfaith Families and Multiple Religious Belonging“
- Washington DC, February 7, DC Interfaith Leadership Summit, Howard University
- New York NY, February 18, In conversation with Professor Alan Levenson, in conjunction with the art exhibit, “Unorthodox.” The Jewish Museum
- Harrisburg PA, March 3, Generation Interfaith, Morrison Gallery, Library, Penn State Harrisburg
- Highland Park IL, March 6, Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism
- Chicago IL, March 6, Mishkan Chicago (register here, WAITLIST), at Uncommon Ground (Lakeview). Co-Sponsored by InterfaithFamily/Chicago
- Chicago IL, March 7, Generation Interfaith: Women as Innovators. Women’s History Month lecture, MTCC Auditorium, 3201 S State St, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Brookville NY, March 20, Generation Interfaith: How Interfaith Families are Changing the Religious Landscape, Interfaith Community of Long Island, Brookville Multifaith Campus
- Philadelphia PA, October 26, 9am-6pm, Interfaith Opportunity Summit 2016: Embracing the New Jewish Reality, National Museum of American Jewish History
- Claremont CA, January 10, “Uncomfortable Conversations” Summit Speaker, Interfaith Action Master’s Degree program, Claremont Lincoln University. Watch the video (35 minutes).
- Washington DC, March 3, Classroom visit, Gallaudet University.
- New York NY, March 25, The Interfaith Family Today: a panel of Jewish Daily Forward interfaith advice columnists, Museum of Jewish Heritage. Watch the video (59 minutes).
- New York NY, March 26 2015, Out of the Box: Our Sacred Complex Identities. Reflection during the chapel service in James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary.
- New York NY, March 26 2015, Deeper than Dialogue: How Clergy Can Meet The Needs of Interfaith Families, free panel event at Union Theological Seminary, RSVP. Facebook event page. Watch the video (95 minutes).
- Bethesda MD, March 29, Reading and reception, The Writer’s Center. RSVP on facebook.
- New York NY, April 3, appearance on the Today Show
- Washington DC, April 19, Book talk and signing: Generation Interfaith. Hosted by Brown Club of DC, open to the public. Busboys and Poets, Takoma DC. Facebook event page.
- Silver Spring MD, June 22, Authors Among Us Luncheon, Association of Jewish Libraries annual conference
- Portland OR, June 24, “Complex Religious Identities in the Interfaith Classroom,” keynote speaker, Professional Day workshop for Unitarian Universalist religious educators, LREDA, Doubletree by Hilton Portland
- Portland OR, June 25, “Interfaith Families, Complex Identities, and Peacemaking in the 21st Century,” Sophia Fahs Lecture, Unitarian Univeralist Association General Assembly, Oregon Convention Center. Read the lecture in this eBook.
- Claremont CA, July 16, President’s Committee on Interfaith Action
- Washington DC, September 10-11. “Complex Families, Complex Faith Identities on Campus: Bringing Our Whole Selves,” Fifth Annual President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge National Gathering, Howard University. Registration required.
- Silver Spring MD, October 4, Guest speaker, Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
- Salt Lake City, Oct 16, “Our Interfaith Future: Religious Complexity in the Age of Interfaith Families,” Parliament of World Religions, Registration required.
- Washington DC, November 4, Lunch and Learn, Temple Micah
- Takoma Park MD, January 30, “Takoma Park: Birthplace of a Pioneering Interfaith Community.” Susan Katz Miller in conversation with the “Founding Mothers” of the Interfaith Families Project. Historic Takoma, 7328 Carroll Avenue.
- Reisterstown MD, Feb 4, Presentation at the Rabbis Without Borders alumni retreat, Pearlstone Center.
- Easton, PA, March 6, Brown Bag, “Interfaith Dating.” And, Lecture by Susan Katz Miller, sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights, Lafayette College.
- Greenwich CT, March 13, “Interfaith Conversations: Being Both,” with wine and cheese reception. RSVP here, JCC Greenwich. Co-Sponsored by the Jewish Book Council and Jewish Family Services of Greenwich.
- San Jose CA, March 19, “Two Religions, One Family, A Million Questions,” A panel discussion with Rabbi Michal Woll and Jon M. Sweeney, authors of Mixed-Up Love. At Temple Emanu-El. Register and purchase tickets here: Addison-Penzak JCC, Silicon Valley. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Book Council, InterfaithFamily.com, and Temple Emanu-El.
- Corte Madera CA, March 20, Book Passage (Marin County), with wine and cheese reception.
- Claremont, CA, March 23-25. Clinical Pastoral Care classroom presentation and discussion, Claremont School of Theology.
- Online, March 27, “Raising Up Interfaith Families” Webinar, available to watch online: click and play. Brought to you by Religions for Peace.
- Washington DC, April 3, dinner provided, RSVP required. “Interfaith Marriage in America: Transorming Religion and Families,” in conversation with Georgetown’s Erika Seamon, Berkeley Center, Georgetown University. Watch the video (95 minutes).
- Charlottesville VA, April 9, “Flash Seminar” on Interfaith Identity, at the University of Virginia. Co-Sponsored by the Brody Jewish Center, the Jewish Studies Department, the Wesley Foundation, and the Muslim Student Association.
- Washington DC, May 7, Book talk and signing, MLK Jr. Memorial Library
- Washington DC, September 24, panelist, altFEM Magazine launch, The St. Regis Hotel. “Gender Norms in Religious Dating and Marriage.” Watch the video (58 minutes).
- Washington DC, October 19, DCJCC Literary Festival, Local Authors Fair. FREE but must Register, limited space!
- Chicago, October 24, Kol Hadash Humanistic Jewish Congregation, North Shore Unitarian Church
- Chicago, October 26, The Family School, Old St. Pat’s
- Chicago, October 27, meeting with invited Chicago rabbis, Northbrook JCC
- Baltimore, MD, November 5, Book Talk and Signing, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Facebook RSVP. Listen to the podcast.
- Frederick, MD, November 9, Book Talk and Signing at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick and Book Talk and Signing, Curious Iguana Bookstore Facebook RSVP
- Washington DC, November 15, Book Signing (no talk) with many authors at Takoma Park Book Fair, Trohv
- Takoma Park, MD, November 16, Book Signing (no talk) and Paperback Release Celebration, Now & Then Facebook RSVP
- Washington DC, October 27 2013, Politics & Prose Listen to the Audio recording, including great introduction by David Cohen.
- New York, NY, October 30, Barnes & Noble (82nd & Broadway)
- Brookline MA, November 13, Brookline Booksmith (join facebook event)
- Weston MA, November 14, Weston-Wayland Interfaith Action Group (WWIAG), Weston Library, RSVP required. Watch the Video recording by Weston cable access TV
- Cambridge MA, November 17, With Chris Stedman, atheist interfaith activist and author of Faithiest, Humanist Community at Harvard (join facebook event), Harvard Hall, Harvard University
- Baltimore MD, November 23, signing books at the Beacon Press booth, exhibition hall, AAR (American Academy of Religion) annual meeting, Convention Center
- Honesdale PA, November 29, signing books at the Wayne County Library
- Takoma Park, MD, December 7, Signed books available at the Takoma Park Authors Book Sale
Booking Information
Discover a world of interfaith possibilities by emailing skm@susankatzmiller.com with your interests and event details. We look forward to the opportunity to collaborate with you and create an extraordinary learning experience together.