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Mar 29, 2010

"We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference." --Margaret Chase Smith

Championing Religious Tolerance

With a rising awareness of religious-based conflict and violence around the world, interfaith dialogue and education is more important than ever. As a college student committed to issues of social justice, Eboo Patel noticed that religion was often left out of diversity discussions. After discovering the ways Dorothy Day used her Catholicism to inspire her social justice work, Patel began exploring his own Muslim faith as a foundation for social change. Now, he is the founder of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a rapidly growing organization that serves to empower young people through interfaith awareness and engagement. Since its inception a decade ago, IFYC has worked with about 60 college campuses, sponsored 50 interfaith fellows, and hosted its sixth interfaith youth conference!