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"The Moral Values of America's Youth" The New York Times (9/15/11)
Groundswell Director Valarie Kaur responds to a column indicting the moral values of America's millennials in this letter to the editor.
"Activist Seeks Multi-Faith Partnerships, Launches: 'Groundswell'" IndiaWest (9/13/11)
IndiaWest covers "Ribbons of Hope" and the launch of Groundswell.
"9/11 Ribbons of Hope Draws Religious Leaders for Dedication Ceremony" NY1 (9/12/11)
Groundswell partnered with Prepare New York for the 9/11 Ribbons Of Hope. Read NY1's coverage of the event.
"9/11 Remembered: Battery Park Ribbons of Hope aims for unity on anniversary of tragedy" NY Daily News (9/11/11)
Groundswell partnered with Prepare New York in the Ribbons of Hope effort covered by the New York Daily news
"Thousands send messages of post 9/11 hope" Newsday (9/8/11)
The fluttering ribbons came from near and far, their messages and prayers weaving a tapestry of emotions in lower Manhattan.
"September 11 Then and Now" Apex Express (9/8/11)
This week on Apex Express, we reflect back on 9/11. As the nation remembers the victims in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on board the airplanes, Apex explores the aftermath and how our communities have been affected.
"Love, Not Fear in Interfaith Relations" Ministry Matters (9/7/11)
We continue to live in uncertain, frightening times. But as people of faith, we are challenged to respond not from a place of fear, but a place of love.
"Groundswell, A New Multifaith Voice for Justice, to Launch on Ten-Year Anniversary"
PR Newswire (9/1/11)
Transcending Partisan Politics, Groundswell Taps Millennial Generation's Desire for Direct Social Action
"Shadow Generation," Founder Valarie Kaur's Op-Ed in Huffington Post (9/15/10)
Nine years ago today, the murder of a family friend changed the course of my life. His name was Balbir Singh Sodhi. Four days after 9/11, he was shot in the back in front of his gas station by a man who yelled when arrested, "I'm a patriot! Arrest me and let those terrorists run wild.
"Two Yale Students Start a Web Campaign to Halt Anti-Muslim Rhetoric" New Haven Advocate (9/14/10)
Together Kaur and Matera realized that rational, accepting, inclusive voices were being drowned out by the extensive media attention paid to loud-mouth extremists on both sides of the issue. They crafted the pledge and website, with lots of help from volunteers, in time for the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11.
"Students' new campaign fights Islamophobia" New Haven Register (9/13/10)
Missing from the debate, however, are the voices of people interested in dialogue, particularly young people, whom Kaur is encouraging to come out from the shadows and honor the memory of those killed on 9/11, as well as victims of retaliatory crimes by addressing the fear that underlies that hatred.
"9/12's Promise Still Glows in Younger Generation" Hartford Courant (9/12/10)
Fortunately, we have as a resource an entire generation whose childhoods were bisected by 9/11. Starting 9/12/2001, they attended the conferences, the sensitivity training, and wrote the earnest essays about loving their neighbors. We've trained them to co-exist. Why not listen to them?
"Yale Muslim Awareness" NBC Connecticut (9/10/10)
Yale students create organization to raise Muslim awareness. The Common Ground Campaign was formed by Valarie Kaur after several anti-Muslim incidents.
"As in the 60's, Hatred born of ignorance, fear" The Tennessean (9/9/10)
It seems like the more steps we take forward in America, the more steps we take backward. But thank God not all of us want to go back to the days of old.
"Yale Group Combats Anti-Muslim Sentiment" Yale Daily News (9/7/10)
The pair now coordinates Common Ground, a nationwide campaign to combat and raise awareness of religious intolerance. The group joins other Yale organizations, including Jews and Muslims at Yale, the Muslim Student Association, and J Street U (a national organization for Middle East peace), that have independently planned responses to a recent perceived spike in intolerance toward Muslims.
We're inspired by the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III's faith-based support of marriage equality and the dignity of all people.
My Catholic faith and my experience of family have taught me that God has more than enough love to go around for everyone, gay or straight.
Auburn Seminary was proud to join a coalition of religious women's organizations in congratulating Catholic nuns on their inspiring work to feed the hungry, cloth the poor, and advocate for the least among us, despite recent attacks on their views.
Musicians Include Members of the Bands Alabama Shakes, Dead Confederate, Drive-By-Truckers, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., The Civil Wars, The Roots, The Minus Five, and The Posies, as well as singers Alicia Keys, Daniel Bedingfield, Ken Stringfellow, Lera Lynn, Rosanne Cash, Scott McCaughey, and Talib Kweli.
Come out, come out whoever you are. The first hand up after the Love Free or Die screening two nights ago in South Florida was a blond woman's ...
The Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson, President of Auburn Seminary, appeared on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry on April 14 to discuss the issue of child sex trafficking.
