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To narrow toxic divides, students build bridges between faiths by PBS NewsHour

To narrow toxic divides, students build bridges between faiths by PBS NewsHour

"As part of the Interfaith Youth Core, students and educators from colleges around the nation are coming together to find common ground while respecting differences. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with founder and president Eboo Patel to examine how interfaith dialogue can be used to bridge racial divisions." (PBS NewsHour)

Building bridges - religions' role in our societies by TEDxChicago

Building bridges - religions' role in our societies
by TEDxChicago

"Whatever your religious affiliation, you perhaps recognize that the role of religion in our society is essential and provides a positive influence. However, as citizens of the most diverse country in history, we should be mindful to provide a bridge of cooperation between faiths to avoid identity-based disagreements." (TEDxChicago)

Eboo Patel — We Need to Build: Fieldnotes for Diverse Democracy by Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

Eboo Patel - We Need to Build: Fieldnotes for Diverse Democracy
by Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

"Hunter College and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute are proud to host Eboo Patel to discuss his new book "We Need to Build: Fieldnotes for Diverse Democracy," the first program in the new Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series." (Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College)

W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series - Eboo Patel by Pepperdine University

W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series - Eboo Patel by Pepperdine University

"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 Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise; Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, in the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation; and Interfaith Leadership. Named by US News & World Report as one of America's Best Leaders of 2009, Patel served on President Obama's Inaugural Faith Council." (Pepperdine University)