GT Diversity Week's Keynote Address by Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel is the brilliant and world-renowned Founder and President of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a movement so visionary/impactful as to bring on a paradigm shift in how we can be together in the world :). His contribution honors all worldviews including religious and non-religious traditions, and in this way, the whole of our diverse, collective American society. His bridge building is inspired by his faith as a Muslim, his Indian heritage, and his American citizenship.

On his upcoming talk @ GT: "America is the most religiously diverse nation in human history and the most religiously devout nation in the West in an era of global religious conflict. Will faith be a barrier of division or a bridge of cooperation? Eboos core belief is that religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. Hes inspired to build this bridge by his faith as a Muslim, his Indian heritage, and his American citizenship. He has spoken about this vision at places like the TED conference, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, as well as university campuses across the country. He has written two books about interfaith cooperation, Acts of Faith and Sacred Ground. A reception will follow. This presentation is a part of the Presidents Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge." Following the talk, there will be a book-signing!

More on Eboo Patel: "Named by US News & World Report as one of Americas Best Leaders of 2009, Eboo Patel is the founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a Chicago-based institution building the global interfaith youth movement. Author of the award-winning book Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, Eboo is also a regular contributor to the Washington Post, National Public Radio and CNN. He is a member of President Obamas Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Eboo serves on Foreign Relations and the Advisory Board of Duke Universitys Islamic Studies Center." Also follow his trail on TEDx, NY Times, Clinton Global Initiative, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, etc.