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Interfaith Youth Core
“We’re going to be looking at a new era of interfaith cooperation instead of a continuation of the chapter of religious violence.” Eboo Patel
Rochester Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)
IFYC Rochester is an outreach program inspired by Eboo Patel and the vision of harmonizing and harvesting the essence of service that is the core of all religious and spiritual faiths to help build a caring community and a new earth.
Information from IFYC Brochure
Vision and Mission
There are millions of young people with different religious and philosophical perspectives interacting with increasing frequency around the world. This interaction tends toward either conflict or cooperation. While so many of these interactions tend toward conflict, IFYC is building a global movement of religious pluralism by shifting the public conversation about religion, equipping young people and their allies for action, and nurturing and networking emerging leaders
IFYC Methodology
Rather than focusing on potentially divisive issues, IFYC’s unique methodology builds relationships based on shared values like compassion, hospitality and mercy. Through storytelling and personal exchange, IFYC empowers diverse young people to develop relationships built on mutual respect. Finally, IFYC advocates living out shared values through collaborative projects, therefore taking common action for the common good. Through this methodology, IFYC builds religious pluralism, a form of proactive cooperation that affirms individual identities while emphasizing that the well-being of each depends on the health of the whole.Rochester Chapter Resources
Watch CNN interviewing Eboo Patel.
Models:
- Rochester-- Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity
- National --Interfaith Youth Core” (www.ifyc.org), a nonprofit organization
Patel founded to help young people of diverse religious backgrounds
strengthen their own faith and develop respect for other faiths by
teaming in community service.
Sample events, news items and pages
| Start Date | Item Type | Location | Title |
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| Apr 09, 2011 09:00 AM | Event |
10,000 Voices for One Minnesota Facilitation Training
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| Sep 22, 2009 07:00 PM | Event | B'nai Israel Synagogue Rochester, MN |
IFYC Rochester Planning Session at B'nai Israel Synagogue Rochester, MN
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| Sep 10, 2009 05:30 PM | Event | Christ United Methodist Church |
IFYC Steering Commitee Meeting
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| Aug 25, 2009 07:00 PM | Event |
IFYC Meeting at B'nai Israel Synagogue
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| Aug 13, 2009 05:30 PM | Event |
Interfaith Youth Core Business/Sub Meeting CUMC
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