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Rhee-Soo Lee

Rhee-Soo Lee graduated from Wesleyan University in 2011 with a double-major in government and religion. She was heavily involved in Wesleyan's Interfaith Justice League, and organized the annual Fast-a-Thon and Ramadan Banquet during her senior year, which raised over $14,200 for a local food pantry. She is spending the 2011-2012 year in Boston as a Micah Fellow, working with the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in a fellowship that strives for social and structural justice through service.

Why Do Interfaith?

Posted on May 7, 2012 - By Rhee-Soo Lee

The ICIC reminded me that this is all possible - we just have to take the first step.

Hana Suckstorff

Hana Suckstorff, communications associate, assists with the management of IFYC’s online content. She holds a B.A. in history from Northwestern University, a degree for which she spent time in Italy performing research for her thesis on Renaissance theology. An avid student of the history of religion, Hana is fascinated both by religion in the past (especially medieval and early modern Europe) and today, particularly its intersection with current affairs and public life.

Blog Roundup - April

Posted on May 2, 2012 - By Hana Suckstorff

If I had one piece of advice to give you at graduation, I’d say: embrace discomfort.

Usra Ghazi

Usra Ghazi, campus engagement associate, was thrust into interfaith work with IFYC as a high school senior and became captivated by the need for young religious voices in the media, in global interfaith work, and the mosque community. She worked on literacy initiatives in Chicago with IQRA’ International Educational foundation, and came to IFYC after a 2-year stint in Jordan teaching English and doing writing/research work with Islamica Magazine, The Royal Aal al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre with HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad.

Building Muslim Institutions

Posted on April 24, 2012 - By Usra Ghazi

Four months, two weeks, and three days. That’s how close I got to never going to college.

Kaela Frank

Kaela Frank is a Reform Jew from Brunswick, Maine. She graduated from Davidson College in May 2011 with an interdisciplinary major in Peace and Conflict Studies. Kaela first became interested in interfaith dialogue while working at Seeds of Peace, a conflict resolution program for youth from conflict regions. Kaela was a 2010-2011 participant of the IFYC Fellows Alliance program and led students at Davidson in an interfaith service campaign to aid the homeless population in Charlotte, NC.

From Darkness to Light

Posted on April 17, 2012 - By Kaela Frank

I did not have to hide who I was; I was welcomed and blessed for it, despite my difference in belief.

Anne Marie Roderick

Native New Yorker Anne Marie Roderick spent eight months doing relief work in New Orleans after graduating from high school in 2006 and four months in India volunteering at a yoga Ashram. At Earlham College, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a major in Religion. While there, Anne Marie served in student government and on various school committees. She was Convener of the Earlham Progressive Union and the Earlham Christian Fellowship and participated in the IFYC Fellows Alliance during her sophomore year. She studied abroad in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Living into the Resurrection

Posted on April 9, 2012 - By Anne Marie Roderick

When I encounter differences I don’t understand; when I am drained by frustration; when I see injustice and I feel too hopeless to care; in those moments, I will look for the Jesus beside me and I will seek life.

Hana Suckstorff

Is Good Friday a Misnomer?

Posted on April 6, 2012 - By Hana Suckstorff

Redemptive violence does not bring peace, but more violence, and Easter shows us that another way of doing things is possible.

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