PWR | JOINING | Voices of the Next Generation and Affirming Interfaith Has No Age | 1-7 November 2018

[Edited extract from public address]

Embrace the promise of inclusion and join us for a program dedicated to creating understanding, reconciliation, and change through intergenerational engagement as part of the Next Generation Assembly and Program Initiative. 

Join changemakers from around the world in engagement, empowerment, and visibility of youth across the world’s religious and spiritual traditions. Affirming Interfaith Has No Age: Youth Voices for Change.

Explore the offerings of the 2018 Next Generation program and join interfaith leaders across generations in celebration of the power of youth voices within the global interfaith movement and at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions.

• Dr. Eboo Patel is a leading voice in the movement for interfaith cooperation and the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. He is the author of Acts of Faith, Sacred Ground and Interfaith Leadership. Addressing the Parliament as part of the Next Generation Assembly.
• Jessica Bolduc is Anishinaabe-French from the Batchewana First Nation, is the Executive Director of the 4Rs Youth Movement, an Indigenous-led, and settler supported collaborative seeking to change the country now known as Canada by changing relationships between young Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Addressing the Parliament as part of the Next Generation Assembly.
• Frank Fredericks is the founder of World Faith, a global movement to end religious violence, and Mean Communications, a digital agency for social good. Since 2008, World Faith has expanded to 10 countries and mobilized 5,000 volunteers in over 300,000 hours of service. Addressing the Parliament as part of the Next Generation Assembly.
• Habiba Dahir is a program officer for the Women in International Security – Horn of Africa (HoA). Her work is dedicated to Countering Violent Extremism particularly in countries in the Greater Horn of Africa. Addressing the Parliament as part of the Next Generation Assembly.
• Abubakar Khan is a young American, Canadian, Pakistani Muslim. He is the co-founder of The Chosen Khan, an online platform that highlights diversity, interfaith and creative dialogue. He is the chairman of Social Sport, a charity that helps to integrate refugee youth through the power of team sports. He is also a member of Vancouver Helping Hands, a group that helps members of the DTES by providing them with care packages and conversations. Addressing the Parliament as part of the Next Generation Assembly. 

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