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Fund for the Future of our Children

Our Vision

Fund for the Future of our Children (FFC) envisions today's youth as tomorrow's leaders for peace. Our mission is to nurture those future leaders.

FFC trusts deeply in the creative vision of youth. We see our role as supporting young dedicated visionaries who are already taking on the "mission impossible" task of creating a peaceful world.

Implementing Our Vision

Since 1993, FFC has promoted this vision through a variety of projects. Highlighting human diversity and children's creative talents, FFC has built on collaborations with organizations committed to developing non-violent expression, global interaction and cross-cultural understanding among children and youth.

Our Children's Hope: Peace, a project consisting of a series of interactive workshops on peace and a four-museum public exhibit of Palestinian and Israeli children's art.

Beyond Borders, a collaborative project with the D.C. Jewish Community Center's Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, featuring a six-month exhibit of photographs taken by young Palestinians and Israelis as part of the International Center for Peace in the Middle East's photography program.

A seven-city program called Children's Voice for Peace featuring the Copenhagen Boys' Choir which benefited 16 grassroots children's organizations in the United States.

Two programs benefiting the Children of Bosnia, which enabled young students from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds to share their cultures and hopes for peace. Also, the proceeds of a silent auction at Borders Bookstore in Rockville, Maryland benefited grassroots organizations serving children in Bosnia. Presently, FFC has underway a multi-faceted program to encourage youth leadership. These include:

Governance

Fund for the Future of our Children is governed by a four-member board of directors with input from a seven-member advisory board. FFC also has an honorary board, an honorary council, and a four-member artistic and media council, composed mostly of international dignitaries, members of congress, diplomats, educators, and media and artistic personalities. In addition, an advisory committee advises on matters related to the Children of Abraham Peace Essay Contest.

Board of Directors:

	Emily Gantz McKay Vice-Chair/Treasurer, FFC Consultant, EGM Consulting, LLC.

	Professor Sulayman S. Nyang Secretary, FFC Professor of African Studies, Howard University

	Jorge Romero Chair, FFC Attorney, K&L Gates LLP

	Avideh Shashaani, Ph.D. President, FFC

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Andrew R. Ammerman, CEO, Ammerman, Investment Partnership
Rabbi A. Nathan Abramowitz, Faculty, Theology, Department, Georgetown University

Maura Casey, CaseyInk, LLC, former member, NY Times, Editorial Board

Lansing Freeman, Government, Middle East Studies, Peace Studies Teacher, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD

Rabbi Rachel Gartner, Jewish Chaplaincy Director, Georgetown University

Pastor Mark Greiner, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church

Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim Chaplaincy Director, Georgetown University

Luby Ismail, Founder, Connecting Cultures

Alex Kronemer, Writer, Lecturer and Documentary Producer

Ken McNeil, Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP

June Murray-Crawford, World Cultures Teacher, Hudson High, Hudson, M A

The Rev. Elizabeth Orens, Rector, St. James Parish in Parkton, MD

Zeina Azzam Seikaly, Director of Educational Outreach, Center for Contemporary Arab
Studies, Georgetown University

David Weeks, Civic Leadership Director, Glenelg Country School

Fund for the Future of our Children, established in 1993, is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, DC.