Maya and Nicholas

This year, we have ... witnessed the rallying of individuals of faith and communities around shared values. Reacting to the injustices that plague our world, we have seen inspiring events and collaboration fostered in Montreal, in Canada, and in the World. As part of Faiths Act, young and old have come together in the recognition that the prevalence of malaria in today`s world is simply an untenable situation. We can no longer sit idly by, and we haven`t. Congratulations on that. Together, the 15 Faiths Act hubs across the three countries have raised nearly $100,000 for the prevention and treatment of malaria; this is before the matching grant. That`s incredible!  
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From Malaria Bites, Bite Back

On Monday, April 26, over 25 individuals of different faiths came together at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom to recognize World Malaria Day and learn more about this devastating disease. The evening featured the Montreal premiere of When the Night Comes followed by a moving talk by Melissa Muduuli, consultant with the United Nations Association of Canada. Moved by the documentary, Ms. Muduuli decided to spontaneously abandon her prepared talk and instead spoke about her own experiences with malaria growing up in Uganda.  
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How do you bring people of diverse faith traditions together around a common theme? Answer: Art and Cookies.  
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There are now approximately seven weeks left before the 2010 World Malaria Day celebrations. A lot can happen in seven weeks. 
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Benedict Joseph Labre was a vocational itinerant... He lived his poverty not as failure but as a means of being generous.  
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Have you ever stood on the beach, right along the edge of the ocean, and realized that you're a part of something much bigger? I've always pictured the scenario as though it were a movie. The camera zooms out into a wide panoramic, nothing but water ahead of me, and my body quickly shrinking to become yet another pebble in the sand... 
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On January 18th, seventeen university students of diverse religious, spiritual, and philosophic traditions met at McGill University to celebrate the birthday of Marin Luther King Jr. with multi-faith dialogue... 
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New things are afoot in the world of multifaith action at Concordia University! Only two weeks into the new year, the Interfaith Ambassadors are off to a good start... 
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I feel I should begin with a disclaimer; I was not the first to draw the parallel between Channukah and malaria. However, when I came across the idea on-line it resonated with what I value about Chanukah. The first thing that comes to mind when I think about Channukah are latkes.Those glorious potato pancakes fried to perfection. The copious amounts of oil necessary for the preparation of latkes serve as a reminder of the oil that miraculously burned for the 8 days... 
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This past Sunday, December 6th,... Volunteers worked together to assemble baskets of winter gifts for a local women’s shelter and discussed the challenge of malaria. 
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Friday, November 20th marked twenty years since the United Nations set into motion a Covenant on the Rights of the Child, fifty years since the Declaration on the Rights of the Child was adopted. Steps have been made, but there is still a long way to go... 
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We're now one month into the fellowship proper. We've spoken to people from across the island, from churches, gurdwaras and synagogues to chaplaincies, councils and schools. We've met with religious leaders and community organizers... 
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Early Saturday morning, on August 22, as we were driving to a community health workers meeting in the community of Yirimadjo... 
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Since returning to Montreal a week and a half ago, countless people have asked me: “How was your training? Tell me about it.” Immediately a long list of words comes out of my mouth: exciting, tiring, depressing, challenging, intense, educational, eye-opening, and inspiring...

 
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There is one moment in my adult life where I can truly say that I’ve been the victim of overt, angry racism... 
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The commitment of the Project MUSO team, both Malian and American, inspires me to believe that malaria will be eliminated. Witnessing the challenges faced by the people of Mali, it is tempting to throw up my hands and conclude that progress is beyond human means in this part of the world [...] However, the Malians have a proverb: “little by little a bird builds a nest...”

 
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We’ve now been here, training in London, for a full two days [...] If it’s any indication of what’s to come, this will be quite the hectic year. At the same time, it’s shaping up to be a really productive year [...] Although the year promises to be trying, and frustrating and even frightening at times, my impression from the start is that it’s not going to end with heads cast low...

 
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