The Faiths Act Fellows met for our first day of training this morning. We’ve spent the last three months getting to know each others’ bios and pictures, discussing the Fellowship over conference calls, and in some cases, chit-chatting through Facebook. It was the first time that all thirty of us were in the same room. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Rosetta Stone
July 30th, 2009
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There it is. When I was a kid, I learned that Jean-François Champollion was the name of the French scholar who had decoded the stone. From that point on, I imagined myself as a young Champollion, someday traveling to the sands of a far-away place and digging up some language fragment that I would then [...]
Landing in London
July 29th, 2009
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My plane from Denver took off about three hours late due to mechanical failures, general delays, and harsh rains – pretty much the three main reasons (not counting geese) that can screw up air travel. That being said, I also screwed up my seat assignment by not checking in early. They settled me in the [...]
Interfaith Youth Core and Tony Blair Faith Foundation
July 23rd, 2009
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Well, it’s come down to it. I leave next Tuesday for six weeks of training for my new job (my first day is October 1st) and I couldn’t be more excited. A bit of background: A year ago, an encounter between Eboo Patel, the Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, and Tony Blair, former [...]
Graduate student to unite faiths, tackle societal ills – from DU Today
July 20th, 2009
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This article originally appeared on the University of Denver’s DU Today site. Graduate student to unite faiths, tackle societal ills Samantha Stewart June 02, 2009 Tim Brauhn, who graduates from DU on June 5, will begin training for an eight-month-long fellowship, running from October to May, with the Tony Blair Foundation and Interfaith Youth Core. [...]
Kenya Series – The Myth of Western Superiority
July 15th, 2009
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I’ve been with The 1010 Project for a little over a year. At the same time, I was working my way through graduate school at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. At the office, I learned about humanitarian work by doing, and through discussions with those who had been [...]
Kenya Series – Water
July 15th, 2009
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Water is life. I’ve known this for some time. I’ve also been nursing a water addiction for about a decade. I love the stuff like a fish loves…water. I need it, I crave it at almost all times, and I drink many, many liters each day. I knew that traveling in Kenya would be difficult [...]
Today’s [Poetry Chaikhana] Rabia Rabi’a Al-’Adawiyya – I carry a torch in one hand
July 15th, 2009
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This one came into my inbox this morning through Poetry Chaikhana: I carry a torch in one hand By Rabia (Rabi’a Al-’Adawiyya) (717 – 801) English version by Charles Upton I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to [...]
Giardiasis
July 14th, 2009
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So I’ve been feeling a little fluxy in the stomach since returning from Kenya. I finally got the gumption to go see a doctor about it yesterday. They gave me dicyclomine for my stomach-ache and took blood and other stuff. The lab just called me and said that I tested positive for giardia, the little [...]
