Guest Blog – Chasing Justice and Equality down the Corridors of Power – By Matt Youde

Matt and I with the rest of the Copenhagen delegation from the CMYF

I met Matt last year as we took an ‘environmental pilgrimage’ to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change summit as part of the Christian Muslim Youth Forum. Matt is a catholic and a real interfaith hero for me on a real grass roots level, every time I meet him he inspires me in a new way.

Last week at MADE in Europe we has our Politics of Poverty Event with Platform2 (Christian Aid) and Tzedek (Jewish Faith based NGO). Matt was in attendace and below his blog of the event. As always this blog can also be found on the MADE in Europe website.

It is good to live in a country where there are plenty of opportunities to engage with important issues and causes in a meaningful way. It is even better that our democratic society affords us the freedom to engage in deep debate about the core issues that matter within the very chambers that policies and laws are discussed and written, policies and laws that can have a great impact on those issues we hold dear. Read the rest of this entry »