Commonwealth Club
- Breaking Ground: From Landmines to Grapevines (7/1/2020)
- The Importance of Interfaith Understanding (5/26/2020)
- Envisioning Peace: The United Religions Initiative (10/25/2019)
- Helping Refugees, Welcoming the Stranger (2/15/2019)
- Reliving My Hajj: Reflections Beyond Ritual (10/26/2018)
- Diplomatic Righteous Among the Nations (4/13/2018)
- Roots of Peace: Mines to Vines (12/15/2017)
- Interfaith Power and Light - Audio (8/19/2016)
- Waging Peace: Why Genocide Keeps Happening - Audio (2/26/2016)
- Democracy in the Muslim World - Audio (2/14/2014)
- Sufism: Mysticism of Islam - Audio (10/25/2012)
- Salma Arastu: A Merging of Islamic and Hindu Traditions - Audio and Video (8/22/2011)
- The Baha'i Faith- Audio (4/12/2011)
- The Women of Israel: A Remarkable Diversity - Audio (8/27/2010)
- Turkey and Armenia - Audio (1/29/2010)
- Sumbul Ali-Karamali: The Muslim Next Door - Audio (10/30/2008)
Communities of Faith and Their Role in Civil Rights Movements ... Then and Now (2/12/2016)
Homelessness
- The Vigil: Annual Homeless Persons Memorial (12/14/2023)
- The Vigil: Annual Homeless Persons Memorial (12/15/2022)
- The Vigil: Annual Homeless Persons Memorial (12/16/2021)
- The Vigil: Annual Homeless Persons Memorial (12/17/2020)
- 30th Anniversary Observance of Interfaith Winter Shelter (11/20/2018)
- Do Your Part to Respond to Homelessness in SF Today! - Video (10/7/2016)
- "Lazarus and the Rich Man" Sermon at Old First Presbyterian Church by Michael G. Pappas - Audio (9/25/2016)
- An Inside Look Into Navigation Centers (6/29/2016)
- KALW Walking SF Streets with the Night Minister (4/18/2016)
- Navigating a Path from Homelessness to Housing in San Francisco (3/24/2016)
- Michael Pappas Interview on Asian TV - Homeless Helping SF Nuns Facing Eviction - Cantonese Version (2/12/2016)
- Michael Pappas Interview on Asian TV - Homeless Helping SF Nuns Facing Eviction - Mandarin Version (2/12/2016)
- New Funding for Homeless Navigation Center Mayor's Press Conference (9/10/2015)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas Remarks at Mayor Lee's Press Conference Announcing Additional $28.9M in Homeless Housing & Services (5/13/2015)
- Navigation Center Launch Remarks by SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas (Video) (3/5/2015)
Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfasts/Services
- "Reimagining Thanksgiving" 18th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service (11/22/2022)
- "A Thanksgiving to Remember" Honoring the 100th Birthday of San Francisco Interfaith Council Founder and Past Chair Rita R. Semel (11/23/2021)
- Thanksgiving 2020: A Time For Healing (11/24/2020)
- ABC7 News Coverage of 19th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast (11/22/2016)
- 18th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast Video (11/24/2015)
- Sanctuary: A Short History Video (11/24/2015)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas Remarks at the 17th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast Celebrating the SFIC's 25th Anniversary (Video) (11/25/2014)
- Mayor Edwin Lee, Rita Semel and Leader Nancy Pelosi's Remarks at 17th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast (11/25/2014)
- The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Remarks at 14th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast Honoring Rita Semel (Video) (11/22/2011)
- Mayor Edwin Lee Remarks at 14th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast Honoring Rita Semel (Video) (11/22/2011)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas Remarks at 14th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast Honoring Rita Semel (Video) (11/22/2011)
- SFIC Founder Rita R. Semel Remarks at 14th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast (Video) (11/22/2011)
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi Sends Message to SFIC at 20th Anniversary Prayer Breakfast (11/24/2009)
Mayor's Interfaith Prayer Services
- Interfaith Prayer Service for Mayor London Breed at Third Baptist Church (1/6/2020)
- Mayor-Elect Breed Holds Pre-Inauguration Celebration in SF (KTVU News 7/9/2018)
- Pre-Inaugural Interfaith Service for Mayor Edwin M. Lee at the Presidio Chapel (1/7/2012)
MLK Day Interfaith Services
- MLK Day Virtual Interfaith Service "Toward Justice" (1/17/2022)
- MLK Day Virtual Interfaith Service "Justice & Hope" (1/18/2021)
- Metropolitan Gerasimos Offers Invocation at SFIC's MLK Day Interfaith Observance (Video) (1/19/2015)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas Introducing Mayor Edwin Lee at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Observance at Yerba Buena Gardens (Video) (1/16/2012)
Podcasts
- In Wake of New Zealand Attacks, a Call for Bay Area Neighbors to 'Stand with Each Other' (3/15/2019)
- "Interfaith Gathering Against Hate" audio recording at Congregation Emanu-El (8/25/2017)
- "Passion for Advocacy" with Rita and Elisabeth Semel at Grace Cathedral's Forum (5/8/2016)
- KALW Walking SF Streets with the Night Minister (4/18/2016)
- KALW Crosscurrents Podcast Spotlights Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Our Homeless Dead (12/17/2014)
- KALW Podcast - Religion in a Secular Society: The Divided States of America (6/19/2012)
- KQED Michael Krasny Forum on Interfaith Dialogue Podcast (8/23/2010)
Security in Houses of Worship
- COMMUNAL SAFETY SYMPOSIUM VIDEO (Part 1) - 8/25/2021
- COMMUNAL SAFETY SYMPOSIUM VIDEO (Part 2) - 8/25/2021
World AIDS Day Interfaith Services
Other Videos
- "A People Without Vision Shall Perish" Sermon by Michael Pappas at First Unitarian Universalist Society of SF (1/8/2023)
- San Francisco Jewish Community Gathers to Take Stand Against Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents (7/29/2021)
- "Here I Am" Gathering at Congregation Emanu-El To Take Stand Against Anti-Semitism (7/29/2021)
- Faith, Hope and Charity: Inspirations From the Bay Area (2/24/2021)
- UN Human Rights Day Commemoration (12/10/2020)
- Prophets and Poets: An Interfaith Service for The Common Good from Grace Cathedral (11/4/2020)
- Fleet Week Interfaith Service from St. Ignatius Church (10/11/2020)
- Adult Education & Spiritual Formation: Encountering 'The Other" (9/27/2020)
- SF Department of Emergency Management (Joint Information Center - COVID Command Center) Celebrating Community Successes and the 250th Outreach Event Milestone (9/2/2020)
- Clean Transportation with Assemblymember Phil Ting (7/23/2020)
- Conversation with Rabbi Dan Ain of Congregation Beth Sholom and SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas (6/3/2020)
- JCRC Behind the Scenes Gala 2020 Honors Rita Semel (5/7/2020)
- Annual Ramadan Interfaith Gathering (4/29/2020)
- Rita Semel and Michael Pappas on The Kelly Wright Show at 34:44 (4/21/2020)
- URI Accelerate Peace International Conference: SFIC ED Michael Pappas at 46:35 (6/26/2019)
- How Different Faith Traditions View Death ((4/4/2019)
- Vigil for Mosque Shooting Victims (3/21/2019)
- URI Founder Bishop Swing Speaks at TED Talk in San Francisco (2/4/2019)
- NOT IN OUR TOWN: Working Together for Safe, Equitable and Inclusive Communities (10/9/2018)
- Interfaith Vigil for Children Separated at the Border (Telemundo 6/21/2018)
- Panel Moderated by Michael Pappas: Sanctuary City (4/24/2018)
- Religious Pluralism Panel at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep (12/1/2017)
- Mayor Lee Comments on DACA Program (9/5/2017)
- San Francisco Leaders Oppose Right-Wing Rally Permitted for Crissy Field (8/16/2017)
- Mayor Lee Comments on GGNRA's Decision to Issue Permit for August 26th Rally (8/15/2017)
- Salesforce Tower Topping Off Ceremony (4/6/2017)
- Interim SFPD Police Chief Addresses Faith Community (8/11/2016)
- SF Interim Police Chief Says He'd Like the Job Permanently at Faith Community Briefing (8/11/2016)
- Praying for Peace: SF's Grace Cathedral Welcomes All Walks of Life to Interfaith Vigil (7/11/2016)
- Interfaith Justice and Peace Rally ABC News (7/10/2016)
- Annual San Francisco Interfaith Ramadan Dinner (6/8/2016)
- "Passion for Advocacy" with Rita and Elisabeth Semel at Grace Cathedral's Forum (5/8/2016)
- SFIC Chair G.L. Hodge Honored at Mayor's Earth Day Breakfast - View Clip from 13:32 to 16:07 (4/22/2016)
- Michael Pappas Receives JCRC's Civic Leadership Award (2/24/2016)
- "May Peace Prevail on Earth" - A CBS Interfaith Christmas Special (12/24/2015)
- Sanctuary: A Short History Video (11/24/2015)
- Interfaith Service of Peace and Remembrance at Calvary Presbyterian Church Video (11/15/2015)
- Integral Ecology: Concern for Environmental and Economic Justice Video at USF (10/1/2015)
- Rita Semel's StoryCorps Audio Interview (8/6/2015)
- Micro-Documentary About the SFIC's Earth Day with Habitat for Humanity (4/22/2015)
- Values Day at Alcatraz with Stuart Hall High School (Video) (1/9/2015)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas Offers Invocation at San Francisco's 25th Anniversary Observance of 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake at the Exploratorium (Video) (10/17/2014)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas Remarks at the UN International Day of Peace Interfaith Concert "Sounds of Peace" (Video) (9/21/2013)
- Check'n Go Settlement Press Conference (12/27/2012)
- Peace Sunday with Rev. Jesse Jackson (12/9/2012)
- Rita Semel Honored with The San Francisco Foundation 2012 Leadership Award (10/10/2012)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas Interview Regarding Proposed Sunday Parking Meter Enforcement in SF (3/30/2012)
- SFIC Executive Director Michael G. Pappas Delivers Invocation at SFSU Commencement (5/21/2011)
- SFIC & SF Food Bank featured on NBC News (6/7/2009)
- Michael G. Pappas interview in Mayapur, West Bengal, India at the United Religions Initiative (URI) Global Assembly - December 2008 (click here for the interview)
- Blessing and Opening of Porziuncola in San Francisco (9/27/2008)