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The 5th Annual Children of Abraham Peace Essay Contest is now finished!
This year's Award Ceremony was held at Georgetown University's Riggs Library on
March 28, 2010, 3-5pm, followed by a reception. Photographs and the list of essay winners is now online - Click here to read more about the Award Ceremony
or Click here to view the video>>
Our first place essayist was featured in several articles, one featured on the Mercersburg Academy website and the second from the Hagerstown Herald Mail.
The kick-off took place on Sunday, November 8th and was a great success.
Click here to read more.
Click here to download the Award Ceremony Compassion PDF >>
Keynote Speaker: Farah Anwar Pandith
Special Representative to Muslim Communities
Farah Pandith was appointed Special Representative to Muslim Communities in June 2009. Her office is responsible for executing Secretary Clinton’s vision for engagement with Muslims around the world on a people-to-people and organizational level. She reports directly to the Secretary of State.
Special Representative Pandith received an A.B. in Government and Psychology from Smith College, where she was president of the student body. She has served as a Trustee of alma maters Smith College and Milton Academy. She is currently a member of the Board of Overseers of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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The Common Cause Award granted to FFC by the Fetzer Institute enables us to continue the funding of young leaders by sponsoring projects they have designed and initiated, and our micro-grant program will be a focus of this year’s kick-off event. These awards consist of a grant of $1,000 and a matching grant, also of $1,000. Thus far, nine young activists have been supported by FFC’s micro-grant program in a variety of social justice efforts.
This year, the following eight essayists were awarded Youth Leadership Micro-grant: Fahad Ahsan, Victor Crentsil, Veronica Ferris, Rishabh Khatri, Danny Roza, Sarah Schwartz, Shayna Solomon and Ezra Wexler.
The contest first challenges students to contemplate a foundational question in the area of interfaith reconciliation and leadership. The initial essay question (2005-2006) was directed toward to the theme of peace in each of the Abrahamic faiths, and the second (2006-2007) addressed the leadership of the founders of those faiths – Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. The third essay question (2007-2008) dealt with the causes and consequences of corruption and the models offered by the Abrahamic faiths for overcoming it. The fourth essay question (2008-2009) asked what can we learn from the values taught by the Abrahamic religions— Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—to be responsible stewards of the environment? Prizes for excellence are awarded the writers of essays responding to each year's essay question.
To those students currently engaged in leadership activities or whose potential for leadership manifests itself in those essays, further opportunities are afforded in the form of Youth Leadership Micro-Grants.
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