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Interfaith Appalacia – The First Jew I Met
The First Jew I Met Excerpt from a story by Chad McKnight, Outdoor Education Coordinator Read the complete story in the upcoming Interfaith Appalachia Journal, a collection of testimonies, stories, and art from participants and IA community members. “…[David's] views were so much different than mine. Not just his religion, but everything. I eat every kind […]
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Frank Fredericks at Clinton Global Initiative
Clinton Global Initiative recently interviewed Frank Fredericks about what it’s like to launch a startup in: The Stories Behind The Startups: Frank Fredericks, CGI University Class of 2008. The biggest perk of social entrepreneurship? The freedom, according to Frank, who enjoys his autonomy as executive director of World Faith. “The best part of starting my own […]
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Congratulations Shahid, Acumen Fund’s Pakistan Fellow!
Shahid Remat, our own director of World Faith Pakistan, has just been selected for Acumen Fund’s inaugural class of Pakistan Fellows! He is one of only twenty people chosen for leading a “unique project with large-scale social impact in Pakistan.” The program will provide the opportunity to develop leadership skills, advance personal social change projects, […]
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Food, Fun, and Faitheism: World Faith’s Annual Winter Gala!
Save the Date! Join World Faith for our 2012 Annual Winter Gala! Celebrate an evening of food, fun and faitheism. This year, World Faith will be honoring Chris Stedman, author of the revolutionary book, Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. Don’t miss an evening of great drinks, food, and conversation! Chris […]
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Animating Interfaith Culture for 5000 Teenagers a Year
by Tina Petrova Scarboro Missions in Toronto has a long history of promoting the Golden Rule as a universal ethic. The jewel in the crown of their interfaith ministry may be a workshop called “Animating the Golden Rule with World Religions,” offered to hundreds of young people every week. The workshop opens a compelling, appreciative […]
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Back to School – Updated from World Faith Gambia
Each year, World Faith Gambia and the teachers of the Mango Tree Nursery School organize a party full of food, drinks, music, and dancing to welcome the new students and to say goodbye to those leaving the school. Children, teachers, and volunteers went from house to house, singing songs and collecting small donations for the […]
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World Faith Pakistan on the Culture of Peace News Network
Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan!! Interfaith Youth in Action (IYA), a network of diverse faith youth and a project of Youth Development Foundation (YDF) with Separate leadership and local chapter of World Faith USA, is a non-profit, non-government and secular organization led by young people from diverse faiths and backgrounds in Pakistan. IYA serves as a […]
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Update from World Faith Indonesia – This is our story, Our Dream!
“Reading books makes me happy. Reading enables me to see the vast world, though I only live in the village” Heartfelt happiness is a precious thing for children who live in times of conflict and post conflict. Their childhood is taken away and replaced by horrible and traumatic experiences such as shooting, killing, burning, torture, […]
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Time to Speak Out – Libya and “Innocence of Muslims” Film
Dear Alliance Supporters, With all that has happened this week in Libya and across the Middle East, many of us are left feeling that those on the fringe are speaking for all of us. Whether it is the group who made a film that denigrates the Prophet of Islam or those behind the brutal killing of 4 people at […]
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Call for Nominations: Global Youth Connect’s Youth for Human Rights Award 2012
Global Youth Connect (GYC) announces a call for nominations for its second annual Youth for Human Rights Award Nomination Deadline: 9:00PM EST on September 21, 2012. Global Youth Connect (GYC) brings together youth from around the world to share experiences and exchange ideas concerning human rights, and to take action collectively, individually, and in association […]
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