Ebrahim Patel is the Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based international organization that brings young people from different faith communities together to build understanding and cooperation.
Patel is a sought after speaker whose addresses include the keynote speech at the Noble Peace Prize Forum with President Jimmy Carter. He is co-editor of
Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action (2006) and is currently writing a book on the role of religious youth in the 21st century. Patel is an Ashoka Fellow, part of an elite network of social entrepreneurs with ideas that have the potential to change the world.
This event was co-Sponsored by
Ohio Humanities Council,
Hebrew Union College,
Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati,
University of Cincinnati and
Bruggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University.
Recorded
10/17/2007
at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH
Length: 45 minutes