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Faiths Act Fellowship draws to a close
Posted on June 6, 2010 | View Comments
I spent the last week of May in Chicago with the Faiths Act Fellows. For many, it was the first sight of each other since we parted ways back in September. Unfortunately, only 29 of the 30 Fellows were able to attend. Bilal Hassam, who was based in Leicester, UK, was detained in Montreal on his way into the US, a casualty of America’s homeland security theatre. Luckily, we were able to Skype him in for a few of our sessions! -
We are Catholic and Muslim and often very much alike
Posted on June 1, 2010 | View CommentsThere was a car accident in the southbound lane of Highway 880 near Fremont the other day. Thankfully, no one seemed to be seriously hurt. My site-partner Hafsa and I were headed back to the office after a long day of wrap-up meetings for our Faiths Act work here in the Bay Area. As we drove around the accident site, already clogged with emergency vehicles and police, I drew my right hand slowly to my forehead. After resting there for a moment, I touched the space below my sternum, then surreptitiously brought my hand to my left and then right shoulders. I completed this motion by bringing my hand to my lips and lightly kissing my fingertips as I mouthed the words ‘Protect them’, all the while trying to look like I was simply scratching invisible itches.
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Google search stories – malaria and interfaith
Posted on May 5, 2010 | View Comments -
Philanthrocapitalism – The Year of Giving Dangerously
Posted on January 5, 2010 | View CommentsI saw this exciting piece over at Philanthrocapitalism about…philanthrocapitalism, of all things, in 2010. Here’s a super-good thing to put at #3:
3) Malaria will be the cause of the year, centered on the World Cup in South Africa. The Malaria No More campaign, backed by Bill Gates and a bunch of corporate sponsors including Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp, has been gathering momentum in 2009 and its publicity is due to peak around the global media event of the year in the summer of 2010. With the world focused on Africa, political leaders and the continent’s super-rich will be under pressure to show that they are committed to the fight to stop this preventable disease that kills a million people a year.
via Philanthrocapitalism » The Year of Giving Dangerously.
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Malaria in the Bay Area – Secret Strategy Document
Posted on December 18, 2009 | View Comments
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The following message is a highly-confidential, eyes-only communique from our secret plans to do good.
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Why faith? Part 2
Posted on October 23, 2009 | View Comments
Service provider for soul and body
A previous post addressed the religious imperative against malaria from the standpoint of those of us in the US, UK, and Canada. So why is the Faiths Act campaign so explicit about the work of churches and mosques on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa? As it turns out, religious communities in the developing world are in a unique position to affect change, especially on the issue of malaria.
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October Newsletter from Interfaith Youth Core
Posted on October 6, 2009 | View CommentsThis post appeared in the “Movement in Action” section of the Interfaith Youth Core’s October email newsletter:
For most ordinary jobs, training or orientation usually denotes a few hours, perhaps a day or two, devoted to learning the ins and outs of one’s new organization. The Faiths Act Fellows trained for six weeks on three continents. This is not an ordinary job.
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Settling into San Jose
Posted on October 5, 2009 | View Comments
The Russian River in California
Hafsa and I have been settling into our office within the offices of the Islamic Networks Group for a few days. The Faiths Act Fellowship officially launched last Thursday, the first day of work for the Fellows. It’s an odd feeling to know that Hafsa and I aren’t only working by ourselves; in cities across the US, UK, and Canada the Fellows are collaborating and building the next step in our work to eradicate malaria deaths. It’s a strange feeling knowing that we are an independent-but-connected portion of the Fellowship; reassuring in that we have a large network to collaborate with, but also sad in that we are thousands of miles away from our dear friends.
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Why faith? Part 1
Posted on September 16, 2009 | View Comments
Church and mosque next to each other in Zanzibar
Today I leave Chicago along with twenty-eight of the other Faiths Act Fellows (my site-partner Hafsa lives in the city). I’m not flying home since home for me is only 100-odd miles west of Chicago. Tonight I’ll meet up with some of my old professors, mentors, and friends from Aurora University to play catch-up on the last nine months of our lives. Later tonight, I’ll make the hour drive out to my family’s farm in the countryside. Then I will sleep the sleep that only comes after seven rigorous weeks of training on three continents.
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An evening with Tony Blair
Posted on September 11, 2009 | View Comments
Last night the Faiths Act Fellows attended a small reception with the Board of Directors and the staff of the Interfaith Youth Core here in Chicago. It was a nice opportunity for the board to meet with the staff who run their programs and the Fellows who will be out for the next eight months doing the on-the-ground work.