Hebah Farrag
MapEnvironmental Justice and Spiritual ExemplarsThis story map is best viewed on the Arcgis website on a computer.Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Hebah Farrag, Spiritual Exemplars
CommentaryHolistic Resilience: Why Some Spiritual Exemplars Question Suffering as a Path to ResilienceWhen CRCC’s “Spiritual Exemplars Project” team was invited to present about “resilience,” it was easy to think of many examples within our sample of 100+ spiritually engaged humanitarians who had endured and …Topics: Catholicism, Economic Justice, Engaged Spirituality, Hebah Farrag, Immigration, Judaism, Racial Justice, Religious Leadership, Spiritual Exemplars
ArticleThe Spirit of World-Changers: Lessons from the FieldThe Spiritual Exemplars Project (SEP), funded by a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust, has spent the last two years collecting stories of individuals who are inspired by their faith or spiritual …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Hebah Farrag, Spiritual Exemplars
ArticleRachel Sumekh: The Young Jewish Woman Of Color Leading America’s Effort To End Hunger On College CampusesThis article was originally published in Religion Unplugged, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. I first met Rachel Sumekh in August 2019 on the ground floor of a glimmering high …Topics: COVID, Engaged Spirituality, Hebah Farrag, Judaism, Spiritual Exemplars- VideoSpiritual Protest: The Role of Faith in the Fight for Racial Justice
ArticleFar from Being Anti-Religious, Faith and Spirituality Run Deep in Black Lives MatterThis article was originally published on The Conversation, and was written with Ann Gleig. Black Lives Matters (BLM) has been portrayed by its detractors as many things: Marxist, radical, anti-American. Added to …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Hebah Farrag, Innovation and Change, Interfaith/Multifaith Movements, Protest Movements, Racial Justice
ArticleThe Fight for Black Lives is a Spiritual MovementThis article was originally published in the Berkley Forum as an editorial response to “Religion and Racial Justice: The George Floyd Protests.” A circle of flowers forms a sanctuary honoring the space …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Hebah Farrag, Innovation and Change, Interfaith/Multifaith Movements, Protest Movements, Racial Justice- VideoCritical Conversations on Activism, Online and Off
CommentarySexual Assault During Hajj: Will #MosqueMeToo Lead to Reforms in Mecca?In February of 2018, inspired by the #MeToo movement, Muslim women took to social media to describe sexual harassment and assault in the holiest shrines of the Islamic faith: the Kaabah in …Topics: Gender and Sexuality, Hebah Farrag, Islam, Violence
ArticleTransitions: New Spiritual Community in Black Radical OrganizingAbstract: Competing voices within spiritual groups help to create boundaries of belonging within and beyond the group by articulating notions of identity and meaning that are based in history, myth and gender, …Topics: Gender and Sexuality, Hebah Farrag, Innovation and Change, Interfaith/Multifaith Movements, Protest Movements, Racial Justice