Author: The Awakening Project

The Awakening Project is a youth-led initiative that bridges interfaith dialogue and social justice activism. The goal of the Project is to encourage a community of individuals who are aware of how we are all interconnected with each other and with the earth, and how our faiths motivate us to have compassion for the most vulnerable.
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Winona LaDuke

To go to any of the podcast links, resources and sources mentioned in the document, please download a PDF version below, or scroll down for direct links and content! *Refresh this page, if content doesn’t load* Winona LaDuke DOWNLOAD Seeds of Our Ancestors, Seeds of Life, TEDxTC  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNlel72eQc&ab_channel=TEDxTalks Just Out of Jail, Winona LaDuke Decries Militarized Crackdown on Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Protests, Democracy Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRwjWJzwNls Winona … Continue reading Winona LaDuke

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Amanda Gorman

To go to any of the podcast links, resources and sources mentioned in the document, please download a PDF version below, or scroll down for direct links and content! *Refresh this page, if content doesn’t load* Amanda Gorman DOWNLOAD Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ055ilIiN4&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour Amanda Gorman Recite Her Empowering Poem ‘We Rise’ at Variety’s Power of Women Event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPP-t-aCfeA&ab_channel=Variety Poet … Continue reading Amanda Gorman

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

To go to any of the podcast links, resources and sources mentioned in the document, please download a PDF version below, or scroll down for direct links and content! *Refresh this page, if content doesn’t load* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie DOWNLOAD Online Materials Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg&ab_channel=TED Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We should all be feminists  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc&ab_channel=TEDxTalks Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Women … Continue reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: August 17, 2022

Multimedia materials: Residential School Timeline, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future: Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada 2015 Canadian archivist uncovers ‘very profound’ residential school records in Rome, Globalnews.ca Papal apology sparks calls to renounce 500-year-old Doctrine of Discovery, Globalnews.ca The Catholic doctrine … Continue reading Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: August 17, 2022

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Lessons for building resilience with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer, executive director of the BlackNorth Initiative

May 10, 2021 Click here to watch Dahabo Ahmed-Omer shares her moving story of how she overcame adversity and how she uses her hard-won experience to help others in her community and beyond. Watch Part 2 of this two-part series. About Dahabo Ahmed-Omer Executive Director, The BlackNorth Initiative Dahabo Ahmed-Omer is an award-winning leader and human rights advocate. As Executive Director of the BlackNorth Initiative, … Continue reading Lessons for building resilience with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer, executive director of the BlackNorth Initiative

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Who’s Afraid of Muslims?

MAY 20, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT Meet Rachel Pieh Jones How can we counter fear and stereotypes about Islam among Christians? Join us to celebrate the recent launch of two new books that build bridges between cultures and bring together two faiths all too often at odds. In Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination, Jordan Denari Duffner makes the case that … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Muslims?

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Claudia Gordan

To go to any of the podcast links, resources and sources mentioned in the document, please download a PDF version below, or scroll down for direct links and content! *Refresh this page, if content doesn’t load* Claudia Gordan DOWNLOAD Online Materials Racism and Oppression Through The Deaf Black LensClose Enough to Hear God Breathe: The Great Story of Divine (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amn_11PjWD0&ab_channel=TheSoundOffLadies Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities … Continue reading Claudia Gordan

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