Faith in Roots: Special Web Event

March 4, 2011 islamoyankee

Faith in the Roots: Stories from the Field, reporting out from

the first year of the Community Organizing Residency

Date:	Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Time:	Noon – 1 pm Eastern/ 9 – 10:am Pacific
Registration:	Register for this event. Registration is required by March 7. No fee.
Date:	Wednesday, March 9, 2011

PRESENTERS:

Joshua DuBois, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of The White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Rachel Feldman, Director of Organizing, Jewish Funds for Justice
Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann (Jewish), organizing resident at IKAR
Susana Lopez (Christian), organizing resident at United Power for Action and Justice
Naim Shah Jr. (Muslim), organizing resident at LA Voice

MODERATOR:

Brie Loskota, co-founder and special advisor for American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute

WHAT IS THIS EVENT: Stories from the field: A live web event sharing stories from the first year of the Community Organizing Residency (COR). Muslim, Jewish, and Christian organizing Residents will share reflections on their placements, the curriculum, struggles with sustainability, their personal faith journey, and what they learned about organizing other faith communities. We are now launching year two of the Community Organizing Residency. The application deadline for year two is April 8^th, seewww.rootedinfaith.org for more info.

Muslim and Jewish students join to celebrate art – Schools of Thought – CNN.com Blogs

Muslim and Jewish students join to celebrate art – Schools of Thought – CNN.com Blogs. Canvases with bold colors and Arabic letters lined the walls of the rooms. Downstairs, students rapped about Islam and Judaism to their own version of the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” melody, followed by songs performed in Arabic, Hebrew and English. For the first time, Muslim and Jewish students at Emory University collaborated for an interfaith art gala.

David Campbell and Robert Putnam: Islam and American Tolerance – WSJ.com

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