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Former Faiths Act Fellows bring their multi-faith message to the World Youth Congress in Instanbul
In early August, four former Faiths Act Fellows, Sara Eftekhar, Jem Jebbia, Randa Kuziez, and Miranda Rosenberg, presented a workshop entitled "Lessons I Learned in Africa: Multifaith action and asset-based solutions to our communities' hardest problems" at the 2010 World Youth Congress in Istanbul. The Congress brought together 1400 young activists, educators, and journalists from over 140 countries for a 2 week summit on the Millennium Development Goals, Climate Change, and how young people under 35 can work together to change the world and end global poverty.
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Face to Faith teacher training a big success in Washington
Teachers from 3 American States - Virginia, California, and Utah came to the 2 day training workshop that we've just finished at the Newseum in Washington DC. We were very lucky to have such an amazing venue - with views overlooking the capitol; we had two rooms - one for the workshop, one for refreshments, and a terrace overlooking Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Head on Top, Shiv Tandan reflect on winning Faith Shorts, the Foundation’s film competition
My experience in London was scintillating. There were great causes that were being ploughed forward by volunteers dedicated to the betterment of people around the world. My film was a small piece of the larger movement that the Tony Blair Faith Foundation is leading; that movement is one towards peace and harmony.
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prof. PhD Lorenzo Cantoni shares his research on religion and technology
PICTURE (Priests’ ICT Use in their Religious Experience) has studied the usages of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and of the internet in particular, by the priests of the Catholic Church all over the world. The research aims to offer a picture of which are the religious activities done by priests online, and which are their attitudes toward digital technologies. PICTURE has considered only priests who access the internet, who are named “ePriests”.
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Reflections on Faith & Globalisation Student Conference 2010 by Ow Yeong Wai Kit
I’ve been to a number of youth conferences before, but few were as fascinating and relevant as the Faith and Globalisation Student Conference: it was a real eye-opener. Given the complexity and seriousness of the issues concerning the place of religion in our globalised world, I think that the conference dealt with problems particularly pertinent today.
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Surrounded by bamboo plants, the partnership between Peking University and TBFF was signed
In a traditional Chinese courtyard, surrounded by bamboo plants, the partnership between Peking University and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation was signed today by Tony Blair, PKU's Executive Vice President Prof Lin Jianhau, and myself.
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American muslim leaders make history in visit to Auschwitz and Dachau
On August 7 – 11, ten of the foremost Imams and Muslim leaders in the U.S. made an historic trip to concentration camps in Germany and Poland. The trip was led by Rabbi Jack Bemporad of the Center for Interreligious Understanding (NJ) and co-sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany). As a result of that profound experience, with a united voice these influential Muslim leaders issue the following statement:
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A Faiths Act Story by Prophet Dominic Mwangi Gatumu
Prophet Dominic Mwangi Gatumu is a Faiths Act Volunteer in Kenya. Inspired by the campaign, he established the Prophet Reward Foundation this year to find the poverty and hunger in his community. The charity is currently engaging young people and women’s groups of different faiths to fundraise for and distribute malaria bed nets to children under 5 and pregnant women. Here, Prophet Mwangi tells his Faiths Act story.
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Lovely city, lovely people, Marcela Gomez reflects on her son winning Faith Shorts film competition
My summer began the moment my son Esteban came home after his first year of college at New York University. It was a wonderful yet overwhelming feeling. He was done with his first year of college even though it seemed like it was just a few weeks before that he had graduated from high school
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Day dreaming, Esteban Pedraza reflects on winning Faith Shorts film competition
Esteban Pedraza winner of the 18-25 Film Maker category reflects on winning the competition and his first visit to London
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Faith and Globalisation students gather in the world’s most globalised country
On Friday, students from around the world began to arrive in Singapore for the first conference of the now seven University strong Faith and Globalization Initiative. The National University of Singapore students were waiting at the university to greet their slightly bleary eyed counterparts from Mexico, Australia, USA, Canada and UK and within minutes long journeys were forgotten as the room buzzed with conversation. -
A Yale student reflects on upcoming Singapore conference
I’ll be honest, I’m not really sure what to expect from the conference tomorrow. Being a practicing Muslim, the notion of faith has always intrigued me, more so after coming to Yale. It might not be a widely held notion across America but the general feeling on Yale campus echoes the phrase “we don’t do God” –
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Canadian Youth Put their Faith in Action!
“I commit to stop using disposable coffee cups, plastic water bottles and containers. I commit to gaining different perspectives on global issues and sharing this knowledge with my friends and family on a weekly basis. I commit to purchasing 2 items from the Canada Food Guide each time I grocery shop to donate to the local food bank.”
These commitments to real, concrete change were made by over 100 youth of diverse faith traditions at GEN-Y to G-8: A Multifaith Dinner to Inspire Change. On June 22nd 2010, youth from Winnipeg and across Canada came together to discuss major social justice issues and to start taking action to improve the situation of the world. This mini-youth Summit was held in conjunction with the Religious Leaders’ Summit, a gathering of over 80 leaders from around the world in Winnipeg to challenge and encourage the G8 and G20 leadership to address poverty, care for the environment and invest in peace (University of Winnipeg, June 21-23rd 2010).
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21 young women give a voice to 3.3 billion around the world
More than a few organizations hope to influence the G8/G20leadership during their meeting in Canada in June, but very few are backed by over 3.3 billion voices. That’s the number of girls and women around the world who are represented by 21 young women at the Girls 20 Summit in Toronto this week. Not an eye was dry after the opening panel shared their stories and views on the biggest challenge to girls and women today. Lack of safe spaces, lack of education, child marriage, control of assets, and undervaluing are all a part of everyday life for girls and women around the world. The Belinda Stronach Foundation is hoping to elevate these issues on the G20 agenda by bringing together a group of exception 19 to 20-year-old young women from each of the G20 countries plus an African delegate to discuss these issues and offer creative, actionable solutions to the political leadership. -
Face to Faith respect poster competition winners announced!
width="371" />We recently ran a competition looking for ideas to improve the existing RESPECT principles poster. We asked all our students to offer us designs that we could use to inspire professional graphic artists who will be re-designing the poster to make it more eye-catching and exciting. -
Notes for Nets: What’s the Big Deal? by Matthew, Faiths Act Portland co-ordinator
Matthew Haussler, a student at Portland State University and essential member of FaithsAct Portland, reflects on his leadership and involvement in Notes for Nets. As of now, Matthew is the coordinator for FaithsAct Portland and point person for Notes for Nets 2011.
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Multifaith Week Of Action Video 2010
From Aril 25th-May 2nd 2010 a group of religiously diverse youth worked together to answer the call to serve and put their faiths into action. They organized community events to give people of all faiths and no faith the opportunity to share how their faith/philosophical tradition inspires them as well as a chance to do good things for their community and the world through local service projects and fundraising -
Counting Malaria Out
A fibre for bed-nets is being researched that snags and breaks off mosquitoes’ feet. Apparently it grounds them better than volcano ash. There is always something new to learn about malaria - even in the unlikely setting of the European Parliament in Brussels.
The European Union chose the Parliament as a venue to celebrate World Malaria Day: an evening reception in the presence of Princess Astrid of Belgium, the Special Representative for Roll Back Malaria, and a working lunch. Eating and taking notes at the same time, believe me, is an acquired skill. But here is an overview.
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My Face to Faith experience by Indian pupil Sheena
The face to faith program is connecting people of different faiths across the globe via secure video conferencing and online community. This program is using modern ways of communication to create one world irrespective of all religions. FACE TO FAITH PROGRAM has provided a whole new meaning to my life, whether it be participating in the video conferencing or chatting in the online face to faithcommunity. I learnt about social, cultural and religious practices of different people around the globe. Participating in this program built the awareness of the role of faith in my life and the life of others. It made me realize the importance of religion in my life which I had completely forgotten. Through this program I am able to understand about the faiths and religious practices of people a lot much my age.
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Ugandana Faiths Act volunteer Allen describes how his community are saying goodbye to malaria
New Life Christian Ministries International located in Kyaliwajjala Namugongo, Wakiso district in Uganda (East Africa) is a faith based organization and not only passionate about improving spiritaul lives of community members but also their welfare.
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