The Faiths Act Fellows are 30 young leaders of faith spearheading multi-faith action in the UK, USA and Canada. Click on the images below to see how you can get involved.
Photos by James Perrin
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.
27.05.10
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
06.05.10
On April 24th, 2010, 150 people gathered to hear the soulful expression of David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, and Headphones fame), Shannon Stephens (Marsuki), Matthew Haussler, and Sonya Yun: four artists from the Pacific Northwest who performed at the benefit concert Notes for Nets to protect mothers and children in Mali from malaria.
28.04.10
I never thought that out of all the random things I would be doing for this fellowship, one of them would be meeting Princess Astrid of Belgium. It started when I was on a phone call with the malaria caucus trying to organize an event on April 20th for World Malaria Day. When Senator Mobina Jaffer mentioned that the Princess of Belgium is interested in eradicating malaria and wants to meet with the malaria caucus, I imagined a woman wearing a tiara, white gloves coming to Ottawa to drink tea with us with our pinkies up and making superficial conversation. I never imagined how much a passionate and sweet woman she would be!
17.04.10
The Faiths Act Fellowship has given me the opportunity to get really into and learn about development work. Now that this fellowship is ending, I can think back at the time I started the fellowship and realize how much my perception has changed about development, community work and sustainability. Being able to travel to Tanzania and talk to community workers, health care workers, religious leaders and average citizens definitely contributed to my understanding of the Millennium Development Goals. Prior to travelling to Africa, I did not know what to expect; the only images of Africa I had gained from North American media was the imagine of starving children with mosquitoes around their gloomy and sad faces but what I saw in Tanzania changed my perception about Africa for ever. I saw how rich in culture and high spirited the Tanzanian people were; everywhere we went, people were dancing and singing of joy. I saw an ideal society that I wanted for Canada in Tanzania where Christians and Muslims worked side by side to ensure the well being of every community member.
06.04.10
Why become involved with Faiths Act? Two members of the London Faiths Act hub, Alex Skolnick, Jewish , and Neelam Shah, Hindu, explain why they decided to.
29.03.10
Karem and Ushna are raising money for Malaria by selling gift cards for £5 enough to protect a family from malaria. Order your cards here. Find out more
Danny and Hilary have put up an inspiring new film about how they are trying to bring people of different faiths together to act against malaria. Watch this to see how multi-faith action really can make a difference! Find out more
You can sign up to online to recieve all the training and support you need to turn your creative ideas into action and increase your knowledge of other faiths. This is a brilliant opportunity to male a difference to your local and global community. Find out more
