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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.

Posted on April 23, 2013 - By Monica Kling
The brutal and unsolicited discrimination that is happening in Boston should be our main concern. Many people who preach hate and intolerance, especially toward Muslims, are using this as a way to convince people of their unjust cause.

Monica Kling is a Religious Studies major and a Communications minor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI with the intention of making interfaith cooperation a career. She is currently coordinating the campus interfaith movement, All Worldviews Expressed (AWE), bringing people together to implement interfaith perspectives to campus life.

Posted on April 19, 2013 - By Erica Shaps
Ensuring that Boston does not see an increase in hate crimes or discrimination would be a true testament to the character of our city and nation.

Erica Shaps is a junior at Brandeis University majoring in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies and International & Global Studies with a minor in Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies. Last year, as part of her time as an Interfaith Youth Core Fellow, she founded the Brandeis Interfaith Group (BIG) and organized Brandeis’ Better Together campaign around issues of homelessness. She also served as Campus Relations Coordinator for the executive board of Hillel at Brandeis.

Posted on April 9, 2013 - By Kinza Khan
We believe that art is a universal language that we can use to connect people and foster dialogue. We learned its value and how it can serve to be a bridge to ultimately connect the disconnected.

Kinza Khan is currently a first year law student at DePaul University, where she plans to specialize in international human rights law. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in December 2010 where she received a Bachelor’s degree in international studies. Her focus was on the Middle East and the Arabic language, and she studied abroad in Cairo, Egypt for one semester. She also had minors in political science and Islamic world studies. Her professional interests include international relations, human rights, social justice, and politics.

Posted on March 28, 2013 - By Gail Goldsmith
As a Christian, I consider Passover to be a resonant ritual in my Holy Week practice. In fact, I went to Seder (the Jewish ritual service and dinner) every year of college, which was more often than I went off-campus for church.

Gail Goldsmith is a Master of Divinity student at University of Chicago Divinity School, studying pastoral care and intersectionality. She is looking forward to beginning the Episcopalian ordination process.

Posted on March 27, 2013 - By Parth Bhansali
The story behind Holi serves as a reminder to people that as long as they have faith in God, s/he will take care of them because of their trust.

Parth Bhansali is a fourth year undergraduate student at Benedictine University majoring in Biology. He is a member of the interfaith awareness group on campus called MOSAIC, the Vice-President for Benedictine’s Hindu Student Association, and also participates in other student-run campus organizations. In his free time, Parth enjoys philanthropic work along with his photography business. He plans on attending medical school after completing his degree, and plans on creating a positive change in the lives of those around him for the rest of his life.

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