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Posted on June 19, 2013 - By Nic Cable
We need to consider how we can more efficiently share and spread best practices not just among our college campuses, but also to our other communities of engagement.

Nic Cable is an Interfaith Youth Core Fellow at DePaul University. He is a senior completing a double major in Religious Studies and Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies. Nic is an interfaith scholar at DePaul, in which he organizes interfaith events on campus, as well as works to institutionalize interfaith work at all levels of this institution. Nic will be continuing his education as a Master of Divinity student at Chicago Theological Seminary this fall. Follow his campus blog at depaulinterfaith.org.

Posted on June 13, 2013 - By Kyle Anderson
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how important it is for everyone to find a place to fit in. It doesn’t really matter what that place actually is but rather that a person is able to build authentic community with others who share similar passions.

Kyle Anderson, campus engagement associate, works with college campuses to help spread interfaith cooperation. Kyle first experienced the power of bringing together people from different backgrounds for an important cause in Washington, DC, where he worked in development for N Street Village, an organization that supports homeless women. Kyle is a graduate student in Loyola University Chicago’s Masters in Higher Education program. Outside of IFYC, he can be found spending time with his lovely new wife Keira, and rooting loudly for the New York Giants and San Francisco Giants.

Posted on June 6, 2013 - By Avi Smolen
Storytelling is so important in promoting interfaith cooperation. If we want to help others understand the power and potential of interfaith partnerships, the facts won’t help us nearly as much as the stories of our own experiences.

Avi Smolen works as Communications Manager for Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, a domestic social justice organization, in New York, where he manages the website, e-mail campaigns, and social media. He previously worked as Development and Communications Associate in the New York office of Keren Or, a Center in Jerusalem for blind and multi-disabled children and young adults.

Posted on May 30, 2013 - By Cori Mancuso
Conversion is an inaccurate description of my experience. Islam transformed me. It is not a new religion; it is a state of being and a way of life.

Cori Mancuso is a recent graduate from Lycoming College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and a Minor in Anthropology. Cori grew up in the Christian tradition but has since converted to Islam. She attended an Interfaith Leadership Institute in Washington D.C. and started a Better Together campaign at Lycoming College. She plans on studying at the STARTALK Arabic Academy at Penn State this summer and searching for employment opportunities in interfaith, non-profit, or multicultural spheres.

Posted on May 24, 2013 - By Eitan Paul
Interfaith dialogue, even if it does not produce agreement, makes us better friends and family members, better professionals, and better citizens of our world.

Eitan Paul is a program associate at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs focusing on education, curriculum development, and globalization initiatives. He graduated from Georgetown in May 2012 with a B.S. in Foreign Service and Honors in the International Politics major.

Posted on May 14, 2013 - By Chris Stedman
If interfaith work intends to bring together people with different convictions & identities, then it has to include LGBTQ voices. We won't agree about everything, but we can & should agree that all people deserve respect, dignity, & equality.

Chris Stedman is the Interfaith and Community Service Fellow for the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University and the managing director of State of Formation, a new initiative at the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. Chris received an MA in Religion from Meadville Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago, for which he was awarded the Billings Prize for Most Outstanding Scholastic Achievement. A graduate of Augsburg College with a summa cum laude B.A. in Religion, Chris is the founder and author of the blog NonProphet Status.

Posted on May 9, 2013 - By Aamir Hussain
The biggest challenge while studying abroad in Rio de Janeiro has been, without a doubt, the lack of a Muslim community. Given that 0.02% of Brazil’s population identifies as Muslim, I never would have expected to find other Muslims in Rio.

Aamir Hussain is a native of Farmington, CT. Aamir's father is from Hyderabad, India, and his mother (while being of Indian origin) is from Kowloon, Hong Kong. Because of the intersection of American, Indian, Chinese, and Muslim cultures in his family, he is very interested in foreign languages, exotic foods, and traveling to different countries. He is nicknamed “The-Punisher” for his penchant for making (bad) puns.

Posted on April 30, 2013 - By Christina Ferrari
When I graduated in June that seemed like the end of the interfaith road. I worried I would have to abandon this work along with my days of being a Blue Demon.

Christina Ferrari identifies as Catholic and is a master’s candidate at Loyola University Chicago studying Higher Education. Her interest in interfaith relationships began her junior year at DePaul University where she facilitated dialogues and led interfaith programs. Christina hopes to assist college students’ faith and identity development and help to build a pluralistic community on college campuses.

Posted on April 25, 2013 - By Anne Marie Roderick
In the midst of chaos, we Christians are supposed to turn to Jesus for answers, but even Jesus didn't always speak the answers to his questions.

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.

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