[Dialogue] Youth Movement

[KarenBueno at aol.com]

I just finished a book called Acts of Faith: The Story of an American  
Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation by Eboo Patel.  This book  is 
one from the reading list of the United Methodist Women.  Eboo Patel has  
started a youth movement called Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) which connects  
youth of various religious backgrounds in doing social action projects and  
discussing their own faith traditions, without trying to convert the  others.
 
The book is well worth your reading, and the movement is on the net at  
IFYC.  It began in Chicago, and has the potential of going global.   Have any 
of you heard of it, or worked with them?  Patel bases his vision  on the fact 
that youth are being recruited by fundamental and violent groups,  but are 
too largely ignored in other social movements.
 
Karen Bueno
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