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TIDE Conference Given New Meaning
The 2012 TIDE Conference Executive Committee is excited to announce that, in accordance with the continued expansion of the conference content, as well as the recent corporate name change of Interfaith Action to Youth LEAD (Youth Leaders Engaging Across Differences), the official meaning of the TIDE Conference acronym will be slightly altered. Beginning with the 2012 planning season, the TIDE acronym will now stand for Teenage Identity and Diversity Education. This is a shift from previous years, when the acronym instead represented Teenage Interfaith Diversity Education. The shift from interfaith to identity will allow Youth LEAD to expand the scope of topics covered within the conference and the audience the conference can reach, while continuing to include interfaith work and faith-based differences as an integral component of the discussions around identity that have formed the foundation of the TIDE Conference since its beginning.
The TIDE Executive Committee wishes you a wonderful and relaxing summer, and looks forward to seeing you at TIDE 2012! -
Lessons Learned while Planning an Interfaith Iftar
Youth LEAD Alumnus Reflects Upon Ramadan
Contributed by Dan ResnickWhat I remember most from my local synagogue is not sneaking out of services on Saturday mornings or the Rabbi’s address on Yom Kippur. No, my most memorable moment was observing dozens of Muslims praying in the synagogue yard, and then assembling to watch my Hindu friends dancing in the synagogue lobby, before we all retreated to the multi-purpose room for a kosher Iftar meal.
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August 2011 Letter from Janet Penn to Youth LEADer Families
A lot has happened since the last program year meeting in May. Please see Janet Penn’s August 2011 letter to parents of Sharon Youth LEADership Program participants to get all the details.
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Youth Leaders Wage Peace on Nick News Broadcast Premiere
Nickelodeon’s Nick News with Linda Ellerbee Premiere
Includes Interfaith Action Youth Leaders
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Abundant Table Overflows with Good Vibes
On the afternoon Friday, December 10th, a group of nine IFA YLP teens traveled to the Abundant Table Soup Kitchen in Norwood, MA to assist with preparing and serving the Friday evening meal. A small committee of teens coordinated the event. Last summer another group of IFA YLP’s teens donated the weekly harvest from a share of Moose Hill’s Community Supported Agriculture program to Abundant Table. Based on the new insights gained from these experiences, they are looking to develop long-term programming that explores the issues of suburban poverty and hunger in the local area.
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Tremendous Turnout for Interfaith Thanksgiving Collaboration at Islamic Center of New England
Healthy Serving of Community Celebrated at Interfaith Thanksgiving
On Sunday, November 21st, an estimated 300 people attended the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving. Hosted this year at the Islamic Center of New England, the organizing groups were delighted by the increase in attendance. Azman, a member of Interfaith Action’s Youth Leadership Program and one of the committee co-chairs, commented on the significant amount of diversity in the room, noting that “it allowed people to break stereotypes, prejudices and ask questions to people about their customs and rituals.” -
Program Management Training and the Perspective of its First Time Teen Facilitator
Program Management Training provides teens with the critical skills to take their own projects from an idea to a reality. Read more about this training from the perspective of one of its key leaders, Shreya, a high school sophomore and YLP teen, who not only facilitated the training, but also, contributed to the development of her own project at the same time. -
Interfaith Action Teens to Work with Local CSA on Food Insecurity Issues
Over eight percent of Massachusetts households experience some form of food insecurity—the degree to which an individual or family cannot obtain adequate nutritious food for a healthy life. Teens from Interfaith Action’s Youth Leadership Program want to change that equation on a local level, through taking leadership and educating themselves and the community-at-large about the issue.
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IFA Teens Continue to Volunteer at Cradles to Crayons
On Sunday, December 13 ten YLP teens traveled to Quincy to volunteer at the local Cradles to Crayons warehouse. Cradles to Crayons is a Quincy-based non-profit organization founded in 2002 that provides clothing, toys, books, and other supplies to low-income children in the Boston area. The project was entirely planned by two IFA teens, Kevin and Divya, both of whom coordinated all of the logistics with Cradles to Crayons staff members and organized a team of ten IFA teens to visit the warehouse. -
Interfaith Action’s Teen Marketing Committee Produces Video for International Conference
Though Interfaith Action’s Executive Director Janet Penn will be flying across the Pacific solo, that doesn’t mean the Youth Leadership Program gets left behind! In preparation for her upcoming presentation at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia, two IFA teens were asked to prepare a video describing the interfaith work they have done and continue to do. The video contains images of some of IFA’s most exciting events from past years, as well as video footage from recent YLP meetings. The video can be found on youtube. Just one more way in which the local work of our teens is influencing the international interfaith realm!
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Interfaith Action’s Teens to Pilot New Online Dialogue Forum
Interfaith Action, in collaboration with Idealogue, Inc., will pilot an exciting new online dialogue forum for youth. The mission behind Idealogue, Inc. is to combine technological innovation with idealism to help create a better world. Idealogue founder Noam Shore brings together extensive business experience and a passion for utilizing technology to address social challenges. IFA will be using one of Shore’s latest developments, beyondtolerance.org, in an effort to engage teens in an online medium that fosters and encourages positive, constructive dialogue.
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Interfaith Action Teens Serve Up Food for Thought at Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration
On Sunday, November 22, teens from Interfaith Action’s Youth Leadership Program facilitated table discussions at an interfaith potluck dinner. The interfaith table discussions were part of an annual interfaith Thanksgiving event, beginning with a worship service and followed by a potluck dinner and table discussions. The interfaith worship service, sponsored by the Sharon Interfaith Religious Leaders Association, was held at the Unitarian Church, while the potluck dinner and discussions, sponsored by Interfaith Action’s Youth Leadership Program, were held across the street at the First Congregational Church. The overall event included more than 100 participants from a number of religious traditions, and everyone enjoyed the opportunity to share worship, food, and good conversation with those in attendance.
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NAIN 2009 Conference in Kansas City
IFA Executive Director Janet Penn and four teens from the Youth Leadership Program had the opportunity in June 2009 to attend and lead workshops at the North American Interfaith Conference (NAIN) in Kansas City, MO. They returned pretty energized by the experience. The teens also made quite an impression upon the attendees. Enjoy these excerpts from three of the four teens as well as one from an adult participant who attended their workshops. We are proud of the very favorbal buzz IFA’s leaders generated.
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Sacred Season 2009 - A Multicultural Celebration of Peace
Teens from Interfaith Action’s Youth Leadership Program really wanted to find a way to continue the tradition of sharing “Sacred Seasons”, since Ramadan and the Jewish High Holidays and Navaratri won’t coincide again for another 32 years! On Sunday May 3, 2009, they provided a way to do just that with a multicultural festival celebrating community and peace.
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T.I.D.E. 2009 Conference - An Amazing Day of Youth Leadership
On Sunday, March 15, 2009 over 85 students and 20 adults, from as close as Sharon High School and as far as New York City, attended the 3rd annual Teenage Interfaith Diversity Conference (T.I.D.E.) this year held at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. Interfaith Action, Inc. wishes to thank everyone for participating and especially this year’s sponsoring organizations, chiefly Wheaton College’s Office of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility as well as Comcast! Wheaton College’s Office of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility provided a great locale and logistical support from the early planning stages to the day of the event. T.I.D.E. 2009 was funded in large part with a grant from Comcast.
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