“Voice, Engage, Act“, – the model that the Interfaith Youth Corps teaches to students and mentors around the country and that I became familiar with during an Interfaith Leadership Institute with two other students from Syracuse, Azhar Ali and Ismail Pathan, and the Dean of Hendricks, Dean Tiffany Steinwert. During the four-day Institute at Georgetown University, we learned about IFYC’s model for interfaith work on college campuses and what events we could bring back to Syracuse.
Month: August 2011
PANAMA IDP Shelter Program launched, Philippines
Philippines: Drawing inspiration from internally displaced persons (IDPs) recovering from war in Central Mindanao, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles on Saturday stressed that they serve as a “testament that it is not impossible to rise above any conflict situation, and it does not need big and complicated steps to do it.”
Cambodia:Buddhist engagement in promoting community peace building
The Buddhist Coalition for Social Development has led workshops promoting ethnic and religious understandings in local communities.