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Intersections would like to thank the following organizations who have contributed to ChangeTheStory.net:
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20,000 Dialogues 20,000 Dialogues is a nationwide initiative that uses discussions about films to promote pluralism, dialogue, and civic engagement. |
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Consensus Building Institute The Consensus Building Institute (CBI) is a not-for-profit organization created by leading practitioners and theory builders in the fields of negotiation and dispute resolution. |
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Doug Katsaros Composer of introductory video score |
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Habitat for Humanity, Newark Habitat for Humanity Newark (HFHN) is an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to building simple, decent homes for low income families in Essex County New Jersey. |
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Interfaith Youth Core Interfaith Youth Core builds mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious traditions by empowering them to work together to serve others. |
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LinkTV Link TV broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. |
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Religions for Peace - USA Religions for Peace - USA promotes multi-religious cooperation for Peace and Justice. |
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Search for Common Ground Founded in 1982, Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict - away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. |
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TE'A Project The TE'A Project uses interactive theatre to inspire the desire and the will of young people to cross the barriers of race, class, culture and religion in America’s communities. |
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U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project The U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project seeks to create a coherent, broad-based, bipartisan strategy and set of recommendations to improve relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world. |
Who Made ChangeTheStory.net?
ChangeTheStory.net was produced by Intersections in partnership with Auburn Media, a division of the Center for Multifaith Education at Auburn Theological Seminary, and See3 Communications, a communications firm specializing in video production, web design, development, and marketing for nonprofit organizations.
Writers for the ChangeTheStory site include Lobna (Luby) Ismail, founder and President of Connecting Cultures, Inc. and Munir Shaikh, a freelance writer and doctoral student in Islamic Studies at UCLA. The ChangeTheStory work team also includes Robert Chase, Megan Hoelle, and Sam Simon of Intersections, and Jenna Tiitsman and Joshua Olesker of Auburn Media.
Production of the site was supervised by a multifaith Advisory Board of experts, academicians, theologians, religious practitioners and communicators from across the country:
Rabbi Justus Baird, Director, Center for Multifaith Education, Auburn Theological Seminary; New York, NY
Dr. Zahid Bukhari, Director, American Muslim Studies Program (AMSP) at Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University; Washington, DC
Mr. Joseph C. Donnelly, Permanent Delegate to the United Nations, Caritas Internationalis; New York, NY
Dr. Muneer Fareed, General Secretary, Islamic Society of North America; Formerly Associate Professor, Wayne State University, Department of Near East and Asian Studies; Detroit, Michigan
Father James Gardiner, Representing U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; Garrison, NY
Ms. Lobna "Luby" Ismail, Founder and President, Connecting Cultures; Silver Springs, MD
Dr. Peter Makari, Area Executive for the Middle East and Europe; United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Cleveland, OH
Ms. Anisa Mehdi, Emmy-award winning journalist and consultant on Islam and Muslims in the U.S. to governmental, academic, and media institutions; Maplewood, NJ
Rabbi Amy Schwartzman, Senior Rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom; Falls Church, VA and recently named by Newsweek as one of the top 25 congregational rabbis in the U.S.
Mr. Munir Shaikh, Freelance writer and doctoral student in Islamic Studies at University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Dr. Burt Visotzky, Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies at The Jewish Theological Seminary; New York, NY
Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund, former President, Hartford Seminary and long-time interfaith activist; Washington, DC
For full biographies of the Advisory Board Members, click here.
