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Katie Myers

Katie Myers

Portland, OR - Christian
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Katie Myers is a Christian who grew up on the continents of Europe, Africa, and North America.  She now calls St. Louis, MO "home" and is thrilled to be working in Portland, for the next 8 months.  Katie hopes to participate in building God’s kingdom on this earth by living justly and showing mercy and is excited to learn what motivates others to work toward fighting global poverty.  Katie loves singing in stairwells and making homemade chai. You can email Katie at Katie.Myers@faithsactfellows.org

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Erin Toolis

Erin Toolis

Portland, OR - Buddhist
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Erin Toolis is a 23 year old Buddhist originally from the village of Lisbon, Ohio. She graduated from Denison University in 2008 with a B.S. in psychology and spent the last year working at an art center for homeless youth in Seattle, Washington. Erin will be spending the next eight months with Micah Challenge in Portland, Oregon, where she is excited to spread the light and love of interfaith action. In her free time, she enjoys reading and jumping on trampolines. You can email Erin at erin.toolis@faithsactfellows.org

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27 May 2010

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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28 Apr 2010

Notes for Nets a Great Success

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.

 

 
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21 May 2010

Looking forward

With the close of the first Faiths Act Fellowship, Katie and I will be leaving Portland. However, interfaith action in Portland to eradicate malaria from our world has only just begun! Working in this city has been truly inspirational and as we reflect on all that young people in Portland are doing, we are excited to see what the future will bring. 
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03 May 2010

Portland Sleeps Out to End Malaria: reflections from Michael Nelson

On April 23rd, 2010, World Malaria Day weekend, young people from all over Portland gathered to bring awareness to the 1 million deaths caused every year by malaria. At the Sleep Out to End Malaria, FaithsAct Portland wrote letters and recorded messages to our elected officials urging for funding and change. Michael, a student at Jefferson High School, writes about why he decided to take action.

 
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22 Apr 2010

Day 2 at One Voice of Faith: reflections from Andrew Plambeck

Photobucket "Day 2 of the One Voice of Faith conference was a distinct step forward from Day 1. Put succinctly by Bread for the World organizer David Gist, 'Yesterday, we learned. Today, we roll up our sleeves and get to work.'"  
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21 Apr 2010

Day 1 at One Voice of Faith: reflections from Andrew Plambeck

Andrew Plambeck, Portland's FaithsAct Delegate, reflects on the first inspiring day of One Voice of Faith: A National Interfaith Conference on Global Poverty currently taking place in San Francisco. Photobucket  
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29 Mar 2010

What Engages Me?  by Elizabeth Fischer

PhotobucketElizabeth Fischer, an active member of FaithsAct Portland, asks the question, "What would it look like for me to be an Engaged Quaker?" and explains a number of ways that people of faith can put thier faith into action in both locally in Portland and in thier broader global context.  
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12 Mar 2010

Awakening the Senses: An Update from Senegal

Michelle, or rather, Maimunah reflects on her life in on her work with Tostan in Ourossogui, Senegal 
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09 Mar 2010

NOTES FOR NETS: a benefit conert to protect women & children in Mali from malaria

What are you doing this World Malaria Day? Join us in standing in solidarity with women in Project Muso (Project for the Empowered Woman) doing inspiring and life-saving work to fight malaria in their community! Notes for Nets is a benefit concert on April 24th, 2010 featuring David Bazan in Lola's Room.  
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25 Feb 2010

Schoolhouse Supplies Service Project: Education is Key

 
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23 Feb 2010

Bringing Malaria into the Light: reflections from Celine

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Celine, an active member of Faiths Act Portland, recently attended an interfaith conference where she met young people of diverse faith backgrounds and worldviews from all over the country. While learning a great deal, Celine was also a teacher. Here she shares what she has learned about malaria.  
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22 Feb 2010

Coming Together: Faiths Act Portland travels to Tacoma

Faiths Act Portland took a road trip to the University of Puget Sound to attend a national interfaith conference! While facilitating a workshop linking local interfaith action to the global issue of malaria, we heard some inspiring stories and were reminded of the power of our generation to create change. 
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18 Feb 2010

As The Crescent Moon Sets (In Senegal)

Michelle Rintelman gives an update on the start of her second month in Ourossogue, Senegal working with an African-born human rights organization called TOSTAN. Following our service at Schoolhouse Supplies this Saturday, join us for a skype call to listen to Michelle share her experiences working with TOSTAN and to learn what non-formal adult education and human rights have to do with the global effort to eradicate malaria. 
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11 Feb 2010

An Update from Senegal

One of our friends, Michelle is living in Senegal for the next 7 months to learn from an organization called Tostan which promotes sustainable community development and women's empowerment through dialogue and non-formal adult education.  
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11 Feb 2010

Chemistry Professor Dr. Peyton Speaks about the Global Effort to End Malaria

Unlike humans, mosquitoes have no respect for national borders; thus, an outbreak of malaria is possible anywhere (yes, even in the United States) if there are both anopheles mosquitoes and malarias hosts. 
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08 Feb 2010

When the Night Comes

"This is the story of the greatest plague known the mankind, and one generation's quest to stop it." 
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04 Feb 2010

Valentines for Project Muso!

This Valentines Day, give $5 to Project Muso in honor of your loved one and We will send them a Valentine!

 
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28 Jan 2010

Interfaith Day of Service at the Ronald McDonald House

Is local service really relevant to the rest of the world? In the week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the stories we heard during our interfaith service project at the Ronald McDonald House helped us to find hope.  
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07 Jan 2010

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day event in Portland, OR: The spirit of the universal declaration of human rights is at the heart of all faiths. We are all part of the human family.  
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04 Jan 2010

Beautification of Human Character

In effect, the purpose of the Islamic tradition, or any religious tradition for that matter, is to beautify the human character. Do you agree? 
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17 Dec 2009

Join Us in Supporting Project Muso

How would you feel, if you were unable to provide your child with a life-saving treatment for malaria? How do you think people of faith in Portland can work to protect those who are vulnerable to malaria in a way that is dignifying?  
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14 Dec 2009

Community Empowerment Service Project: Everyone has a Story

Our second Faiths Act service project involved a holiday craft at Dahlke Manor, a residential program for seniors and adults living with disabilities. We followed with an intentional dialogue about protecting the stories of vulnerable members of our population through community driven empowerment.  
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07 Dec 2009

Fundraising: Building a World of Justice & Abundance

We are developing a fundraising initiative inspired by organized diffusion, faith and personal commitment. Social reality is sculpted by our everyday choices- we all have the power to affirm our values through our actions.  
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29 Nov 2009

The Hijabi Monologues at PSU

It's about being American. It's about being Muslim. It's about being a woman.  
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19 Nov 2009

Anopheles Gambiae, the worst “non profit”

Jason Alphonse Fileta, National Coordinator of Micah Challenge US, reflects on his experience of the deadliest form of malaria and answers the question, "why did I survive this parasite?" 
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18 Nov 2009

An Economic Hit Man comes to PSU

How will you vote to create a new economy that demands a world free of malaria? 
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14 Nov 2009

Reflections: A Day of Interfaith Service for Global Change

Last weekend, a group of seven people went to a park in southwest Portland. It was a bright, crisp morning, and the beauty of the green ivy snaking up the strong doug firs in the quiet of the forest might have taken away my breath, barely visible because of the chill in the air. Except that this ivy was not just beautiful, it was also deadly.

 
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13 Nov 2009

Reflections: Connecting Park Restoration to Malaria

Our sanitation service project was followed by an inspiring dialogue. What does removing invasive species from Terwilliger Park have to do with stopping the spread of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa? Coming together, we were able to shed light on these connections.  
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10 Nov 2009

Veterens Day and the Fort Hood Tragedy

Today we remember our veterans and the ultimate sacrifice they have given in service of our country, to fight for freedom, and to secure our nation’s peace. Let us honor their sacrifice by promoting the peace that we long for.  
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07 Nov 2009

Portland Festival of Faith

The Interfaith Council of Greater Portland hosted its 4th annual Festival of Faith this past weekend. 
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01 Nov 2009

Interior Decorating to Prevent Infection

Research in Benin shows that rice sack wallpaper sheeting can be used to kill mosquitoes  
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29 Oct 2009

When Hope and History Rhyme

"Ours is the first generation in the history of the world who cannot make mistakes and afford to learn from them." History has provided the stage for change: will we as young people seize the opportunity to heal the world? 
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27 Oct 2009

Delicious Peace

Is conflict between people of different faith traditions more profitable than peace? What does the coffee you buy have to do with fighting deaths from malaria?  
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22 Oct 2009

Responsible Satire, the First Amendment, and Reed College

Last week student editors of a satirical piece at Reed College were spotlighted for the publication of a made-up news story of the gassing of Jews on another college’s campus. 
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21 Oct 2009

Portland and its Awesomeness

See what we've been up to in the first weeks of our fellowship, who we've met, and why we love Portland. 
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17 Oct 2009

You Can Do Something

Should Christians work to eradicate Malaria? 
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16 Oct 2009

What Does It Mean to be Part of a Movement?

During our training in Chicago, we had an opportunity to speak with Eboo Patel about what it really means to be part of a movement. In coming to see my individual identity as part of a greater movement, I have realized the power of my own choices and the importance in taking action. 
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16 Oct 2009

The Faith of Ma Cisse

In Mali, we trained with an incredible non-profit called Project Muso. One way that Project Muso is affecting community-oriented change is through training local women in Yirimadjo to be community health workers. Ma Cisse, the lead health worker of Project Muso, was especially inspiring. This is a story of her faith conviction to combat malaria. 
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11 Sep 2009

Reflecting on 9/11

Eight years ago on September 11, my understanding of the world changed forever.  
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05 Sep 2009

Interfaith Cooperation in Health Care at Project Muso

Faith communities play a central role in reaching and distributing effective health care in Yirimadjo, Mali. Interfaith collaboration, then, is key in eradicating malaria. 
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02 Sep 2009

Hope: Little by Little

"Little by little, the bird builds its nest." (Malian Proverb) Materially, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, but Mali is rich in community and spirit. There is good work already being done on the ground in Africa by Africans- how will we partner with our global community to help hope grow? 
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23 Aug 2009

The Deep Roots of Malaria

In Mali, I was shocked by the complexity of malaria and the extent of the violence it inflicts on the community. Poverty, malaria and institutional violence feed into one another. All must be addressed in order to restore the dignity we all deserve as humans. 
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17 Aug 2009

Mali: First Impressions

During training for the Faiths Act Fellowship, I traveled with 10 other fellows to Mali for 3 weeks. This was my first time off the continent of North America. The first thing that struck me about Mali was the sense of community. 
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