Stories of Witness and Persistence in the Ukraine
Religious history in the former Soviet Union is more than a linear story of evangelization, conversion, and church growth.
February 2010
Introductory Remarks on Scholarship, Service, and the AMCLI, by Varun Soni
Varun Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California. The remarks were delivered at the March 2009 AMCLI Commencement Ceremony.
Freedom Aint Free Yet: The Responsibility of Civic Leadership, by Shahid Buttar
Shahid Buttar is a civil rights lawyer, musician, columnist, and grassroots organizer. He is the executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee in Washington, D.C. He served as former counsel of a national program combating racial and religious profiling at Muslim Advocates. The remarks were delivered at the March 2009 AMCLI Commencement Ceremony.
Connecting AMCLI to a Legacy of Social Activism, by Senator Carol Liu
California State Senator Carol Liu represents the 21 District. The remarks were delivered at the March 2009 AMCLI Commencement Ceremony.
Addressing Social Crises from an Islamic Perspective, by Naim Shah
Naim Shah is the National Director of the ILM Foundation. The remarks were delivered at the March 2009 AMCLI Commencement Ceremony.
Civic Engagement in the American Muslim Community, by Nadia Roumani
Nadia Roumani is the director of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture. The remarks were delivered at the March 2009 AMCLI Commencement Ceremony.
Connecting the Dots: Developing a Cohort of Civic Leaders, by Linda Sarsour
Linda Sarsour is a working woman, community activist, and mother of three. She is the director of the Arab American Association of New York, a social service agency serving the Arab community in NYC. The remarks were delivered at the March 2009 AMCLI Commencement Ceremony.
God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape, by Peggy Levitt
Religion and immigration inspire passionate debate, but are immigrants and their beliefs causing the social fabric to unravel? In this lecture, Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College and Harvard University argues that immigrants are, in fact, the translators, bridge-builders, and religious diplomats that the United States so desperately needs.
Terrorism by Any Name
Truthdig quoted Hebah Farrag on the role of the perpetrator’s nationality and religion in whether a violent act is deemed terrorism. Hebah Farrag of the University of Southern California’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture says the answer, in short,...
Smackdown Jesus
That evangelical Christians have long been able to co-opt popular cultural forms, give them a nice (and wholesome) Christian gloss, and then turn them into forms intended to further their aims is well established. For example, in the early 20th...
Feeding the 983,000
According to a recent report from the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, the number of people served by its affiliate food pantries, kitchens and shelters throughout Los Angeles County has increased 46% since 2005, and almost 9% just from Spring to...
Xerox PARC -- A Creative Ecology? by John Seeley Brown
John Seely Brown was chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and director of its Palo Alto Research Center for almost 20 years. His lecture answers two central questions: What made PARC so creative? Did Xerox really fumble the future to Apple?
One LA: Standing Together
This documentary, One LA: Standing Together, explores the creation of a broad-based community organization in Los Angeles County. One LA , an affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation, unites citizens to address issues such as housing, education, and immigration reform. The video includes interviews with One LA leaders, including Ernesto Cortés, Jr., Macarthur Fellow and lead organizer for One LA, and footage from the 12,000 person inaugural event.
Richard Flory on Crystal Cathedral Woes
Richard Flory, CRCC senior research associate and research associate professor, was quoted in an Associated Press article by Gillian Flaccus. The Crystal Cathedral, a megachurch founded by Robert H. Schuller Sr. is being forced to sell property and curtail broadcasts...