Former Faiths Act Fellows bring their multi-faith message to the World Youth Congress in Instanbul
In early August, four former Faiths Act Fellows, Sara Eftekhar, Jem Jebbia, Randa Kuziez, and Miranda Rosenberg, presented a workshop entitled "Lessons I Learned in Africa: Multifaith action and asset-based solutions to our communities' hardest problems" at the 2010 World Youth Congress in Istanbul. The Congress brought together 1400 young activists, educators, and journalists from over 140 countries for a 2 week summit on the Millennium Development Goals, Climate Change, and how young people under 35 can work together to change the world and end global poverty.
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“I commit to stop using disposable coffee cups, plastic water bottles and containers. I commit to gaining different perspectives on global issues and sharing this knowledge with my friends and family on a weekly basis. I commit to purchasing 2 items from the Canada Food Guide each time I grocery shop to donate to the local food bank.”
These commitments to real, concrete change were made by over 100 youth of diverse faith traditions at GEN-Y to G-8: A Multifaith Dinner to Inspire Change. On June 22nd 2010, youth from Winnipeg and across Canada came together to discuss major social justice issues and to start taking action to improve the situation of the world. This mini-youth Summit was held in conjunction with the Religious Leaders’ Summit, a gathering of over 80 leaders from around the world in Winnipeg to challenge and encourage the G8 and G20 leadership to address poverty, care for the environment and invest in peace (University of Winnipeg, June 21-23rd 2010).
