Category: Peace and Justice
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Solar Reading Lights for Kids
Godparents for Tanzania-G4TZ- is a non-profit that provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. G4TZ also supports projects that help educate young people, including a rural primary school and a new technical school. Recently, G4TZ distributed solar…
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Godparents for Tanzania
Godparents for Tanzania provides scholarships to over 120 students in the Kilimanjaro and Karatu regions of Tanzania. Most of the students are in secondary school (high school), college and university. I worked with a wonderful Tanzania/American team visiting schools, interviewing children, staff and organizers across the region. This video is an anthology of short, social-media…
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Faraja School: Goodluck Nnko
The Faraja School is one of only two primary schools in Tanzania that serve children with disabilities. Goodluck Nnko is a social worker and helps children integrate into the Faraja community and culture.
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Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition
Fracking Southern Illinois Faithful Opposition This special half hour documentary explores the critical ethical questions behind hydraulic fracking. Produced by Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries and Tim Frakes Productions. Every person on earth depends on oil, natural gas, and water for transportation, heating, cooking and countless daily tasks, but is our expanding consumption of energy resources…
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Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition
Fracking Southern Illinois: Faithful Opposition Sunday, June 30, 1:00 p.m. ABC7 Chicago Oil, natural gas and water. Every member of society depends on these resources for transportation, heating, cooking and thousands of daily tasks. But is our expanding demand for energy resources faithful? Recent advances in an oil and natural gas extraction process that uses…
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The Pakistani View
In the run-up to historic elections in Pakistan, Dr. Amineh Ahmed Hoti and Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad share their views on the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium from the Pakistani point of view. Facilitated by Intersections International — and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) —…
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Everyone Loves Ice Cream
Everyone loves Ice cream. Even in an Islamabad, Pakistan market. Travel teaches me that you see what you look for. If you expect terrorist, plan to be frightened, and assume the worst, that’s probably what you will see. On the other hand, if you look for kindness, humor, and hospitality, that is most certainly what…
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Richard L. Hamm: After 9/11
Rev. Richard L. Hamm is the former head of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). After 9/11, Hamm began to intentionally reach out to the Muslim community. His visit to Pakistan is an extension of that calling. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore…
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Ali Tariq: The Grass Roots
Ali Tariq is a consultant with the Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue at International Islamic University, Islamabad. According to Tariq, initiating dialogue at the grass roots level is the key to building bridges of understanding between Pakistan and the United States. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University…
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The Pakistani View
Dr. Amineh Ahmed Hoti and Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad share their views on the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium from the Pakistani point of view. Facilitated by Intersections International, and in collaboration with the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the visit was part of the US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium (UPIC),…