Tony Blair Faith Foundation

To kick off a month-long series of events marking both UN Human Rights Day (10th December) and UN Solidarity Day (20th December) our Face to Faith schools programme will be holding “SolidariTEA” events encouraging students to take action on human rights violations. To launch all of the activity, Face to Faith held four special video conferences on the issue of human rights in countries from India to Indonesia, Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates. It was an honour to have Dr.

Together we were united by the fundamental teaching of all our religions; love your neighbor as you love yourself.

Tony Blair, Founder of the Faith Foundation, was in New Delhi to launch a historic partnership with Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and to foster close co-operation with Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), paving the way for stronger interfaith and religious understanding in India.

Congratulations to young film makers Charles Andrew Flamiano from the Philippines, Liat Har-Gill from Israel, and Mudit Muraka from India for winning the Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s 2012 global film competition, Faith Shorts. The three winners received their awards at 195 Piccadilly, the home of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in front of over 200 guests including Tony Blair, members of the entertainment and film industry, religious leaders, and experts from Wikipedia, Youtube and Google. In case you missed the livestream you can watch the v

Tony Blair and Bishop Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, along with HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan, launched new work led by the Faith Foundation, in Nigeria, to encourage reconciliation between Christian and Muslim communities. Special Video Conference To demonstrate the nature of the work, Tony Blair and Bishop Welby took part in a video conference between Muslim and Christian students to encourage greater dialogue and understanding between the faiths. By talking directly to one another, the aim is to break down barriers, and give the students the knowledge to resist

More than ever before film has the power to shape public opinion on religion. Negative views can now be propagated in an instant through social media. Faith Shorts, our global film competition, challenges the voices who try to distil faiths into stereotypical sound bites and offers a powerful alternative. Faith Shorts provides young people with the opportunity to express their faith through film, bringing their voices to a global stage.

Tony Blair Faith Foundation and The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) jointly hosted a discussion on The Role of Religion in Foreign Policy. The discussion took place at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Chicago.

Poppy Brown from Derby High School, England recently met Deputy Prime Minster of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg at the House of Commons. This was a prize for winning the 2012 annual Face to Faith Essay competition run by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Women of the Future initiative. Students were able to ask Mr. Clegg questions about the government, university fees and the essays. Mr. Claig said, “The essays were very thoughtful”. Face to Faith works to improve religious literacy, building bridges between young people of different faiths and backgrounds.