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15 seconds, some math and how faiths can make all the difference

Posted on June 30th, 2010 Nadeem 3 comments

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Faiths Act Fellows - Training in London 2009

A group of Jews, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and humanists walk into a room…

It seems like the first line of a joke but actually it was the start of the most amazing year of my life when 30 young people of faith gathered in a room together with a common cause to help the world’s poorest. Read the rest of this entry »
Young leaders against malaria

Posted on June 15th, 2010 Nadeem 1 comment

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This Blog was taking off the Washington Post and can be found here

At the Interfaith Youth Core conference last October, Rabbi David Saperstein joked that we have over 2,000 different religions in America, and 1,500 of them are in California. We experienced that firsthand in the Bay Area this year, working as Faiths Act Fellows with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and Interfaith Youth Core. 30 Fellows across 12 cities spread over 3 continents were given eight months to create sustainable and active hubs of multifaith action towards the Millennium Development Goals and the eradication of deaths from malaria. Read the rest of this entry »