Amy and Rebecca

 
Amy McNair

Amy McNair

Chicago - Christian
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Amy McNair is a Christian from Redlands, California. Amy is excited to be living in Chicago, Illinois, working with Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN). She graduated last June from Seattle Pacific University with a degree in Public Policy and Law and hopes to attend law school in the near future. An avid traveller, Amy has been to Africa three times doing various development and healthcare work. A random fact about Amy is that she went sky diving to make sure she was not afraid of heights. She highly recommends it. You can email Amy at Amy.McNair@faithsactfellows.org

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Rebecca Oyen

Rebecca Oyen

Chicago - Jewish
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Rebecca Oyen is 22 years old and Jewish. She grew up in Orlando, FL, and has spent the last four years in Amherst, MA. She recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Amherst College with a joint degree in Anthropology and Women’s and Gender Studies. Rebecca is excited to live in Chicago this year and work with the Inner City Muslim Action Network. Rebecca also loves music and sang in an a cappella group at Amherst. You can email Rebecca at rebecca.oyen@faithsactfellows.org

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20 May 2010

Transitions

This is surreal to be saying, but our time in Chicago as Faiths Act Fellows is drawing to a close. Our official final day in the office at IMAN is this coming Monday, and our last official day as Fellows is May 31. We feel so blessed and thankful to all the people who have been involved with our work over the past 8 months, and we have been constantly amazed and inspired by your commitment to the Chicago community, and the broader world.  
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06 May 2010

DePaul vs. Mansquito

Check out this video! One of our hub leaders dressed up as a mosquito and invaded DePaul's Student Center. We sold donuts and raised about $200 for bed nets! 
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06 May 2010

Thank you!

World Malaria Day in Chicago was a smashing success! We created a traveling art exhibition with original pieces focusing on malaria and the affects the disease has on communities in Africa. The exhibit (which doubled as a silent auction) ended up visiting seven different venues in nine days! 
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11 Mar 2010

World Malaria Day 2010!

We are so excited to announce some of our plans for World Malaria Day 2010 here in Chicago! We have been working hard to get the word out about malaria, and we want the events around World Malaria Day to focus on hope: hope that people will continue to unite together around this cause, hope that we can (and will!) eliminate endemic malaria from many places across Africa by 2015, and hope that 5 years from now many people will not die from this disease anymore. 
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04 Mar 2010

Service with Dignity

This past Friday, we led a group of 6 seminarians from Chicago Theological Seminary in a Day of Interfaith Service and dialogue. Meeting bright and early at 7am, we traveled together to the Living Room Cafe, located in Chicago's Southside neighborhood of Woodlawn. 
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08 Feb 2010

National Prayer Breakfast 2010

I just got back a few days ago from Washington, D.C. where I attended the National Prayer Breakfast with Randa Kuziez, one of the Faiths Act Fellows in D.C. The National Prayer Breakfast happens every year, and includes people from over 140 nations.  
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13 Jan 2010

Why?

A question I get asked frequently while meeting people around Chicago is “Why?” Why do I do this work when the people dying of malaria are so far away? Why do we try to mobilize different faiths to come together, aren’t they doing enough on their own? Why should the average person be interested? These are honest questions, they are real questions, and they are hard questions. 
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24 Nov 2009

Blood Drive and Bed Nets

When we walked into the huge, airy ballroom with vaulted ceilings and big windows at 8:30am, we suddenly felt nervous about making sure we had the capacity to fill it. This week, we hosted a blood drive with the Interfaith Dialogue Club at the University of Chicago, where we connected local action with global change through blood and bed net donation. 
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04 Nov 2009

University Interfaith Leaders

Last night Amy and I met with the Interfaith Scholars at DePaul University, a group of incredible students committed to interfaith action and dialogue on their campus. 
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01 Nov 2009

Malaria under the microscope

Video of Amy looking at malaria parasites in the lab at the Tanzanian Training Center for International Health. 
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30 Oct 2009

IFYC Conference 2009

The sixth annual Interfaith Youth Core Conference just wrapped up on Tuesday. The theme of the three days was "Leadership in a Religiously Diverse World." Check the IFYC website for specific info. http://www.ifyc.org 
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20 Sep 2009

Christianity during Ramadan

I am a Christian and this year I decided to fast alongside my Muslim friends for Ramadan. This was a decision I did not take lightly, and I feel so blessed to have had the Muslim fellows alongside me supporting and encouraging my efforts. 
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13 Sep 2009

Training Reflection

The most important thing I discovered in the seven weeks of training we had was what community could actually mean.  
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29 Aug 2009

Interfaith in Tanzania

Organized interfaith work seems to be a new concept in Tanzania. Often times when we’ve visited people in schools or dispensaries here over the past few weeks, they’ve been surprised that we’re involved in an organization that intentionally aims to bring young people from different faith backgrounds together. 
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