Author: timfrakes
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Junaid Ahmad: Pakistan’s Young Adult Voice
Junaid Ahmand is a professor of Law at Lahore University Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Ahmad invited members of the US-Pakistani Interreligious Consortium to attend a packed student forum where delegates heard from Pakistani youth on a range of issues. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad…
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Javid Bhaiyat: One Cup of Milk
Shaykh Javid Bhaiyat is the Imam of the Islamic Community Center of Laurel, Maryland. He traveled to Pakistan with Intersections International to help make a positive difference in US/Pakistani relations, one cup of milk at a time. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore…
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Building Bridges with Pakistan
Tim Frakes Productions recorded stories documenting 20 leaders (approx. 10 US, 10 Pakistani) who met in Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan April 22-27 2013 to cooperatively set an action agenda toward policy change on both sides, building bridges of understanding and respect between our two countries. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International…
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Sarah Sayeed: The Courage of Young Women
Dr. Sarah Sayeed, a staff member with the Interfaith Center of New York visited Pakistan and met with a group of courageous young women who are dedicated to peace and justice. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the…
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289,754 ELCA YouTube Views
Recently I took a peak at the Youtube channel for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Back in the late 1990’s while I still worked for the ELCA Churchwide offices, our Department for Communication began uploading programs to what was then called, Google Video. After Google purchased Youtube in 2006 for $1.65 billion, Google Video…
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Sanctuary: Worker Justice
Meet three three dynamic women advocating for justice in the workplace and in immigrant communities. Kim Bobo is the Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, CJ Hawking is the Executive Director of Arise Chicago and Elena Segura works with the Office for Immigrant Affairs in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Sanctuary, is an in-depth documentary program that…
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Sanctuary: Worker Justice Promo
Tune into Sanctuary this Easter Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for a profile of three dynamic women advocating for justice in the workplace and in immigrant communities. This is a production of Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries and Tim Frakes Productions.
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Red-tailed Hawk in the Rain
The Hidden Lake Forest Preserve is across the road from our house. Wearing rubber boots, I took a Sunday afternoon stroll in the rain and rapidly melting snow. The reward was a performance by this Red-tailed Hawk. He (or she, I’m not sure) was perched on a small tree by the lake. Moments after spotting…