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October 20, 2009

Undergraduate Fellows Explore Intercultural and Interreligious Understanding in Social Media and the Global Market

The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs announces the 2009-2010 Undergraduate Fellows projects: "New Social Media and Intercultural and Interreligious Understanding" and "When Cultural and Religious Diversity Meets the Global Market."

October 19, 2009

Katherine Marshall blogs: A Billion Hungry People

On October 16, as millions of people were riveted to video of a runaway balloon thought to be carrying a 6-year-old boy named Falcon, a statistic was released on a problem that affects millions of children around the world: hunger. A billion people today are chronically hungry or malnourished, more than ever before in human history.

October 9, 2009

Katherine Marshall Blogs: "God Gulf" Hurts Women

The "God Gulf," title of a chapter in Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book, "Half the Sky," describes one of the more contentious issues in American foreign policy, one where religion plays a profound role. The divide is around family planning, but it relates directly to broader questions of women's roles and the power they hold to direct their own lives...

October 1, 2009

Michael Kessler Blogs: Bono's Rocking Declaration of Human Rights

U2's 360 tour came to the DC region Tuesday--complete with a 164-foot tall spaceship stage and glitzy light show. The tunes were smooth and sexy; the stage was spectacular--even carnivalesque. But what stole the show was Bono's prophetic message about human dignity and rights...

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The WFLF 2024-2025 fellows and the WFLF team.

May 16, 2025

Apply to Join the 2025-2026 Cohort

The application for the 2025-2026 cohort of the Women Faith Leaders Fellowship is open to Catholic sisters from Sub-Saharan Africa who are actively engaged in religious and community service. The fellowship seeks applicants dedicated to the development of their communities and the empowerment of women and girls, in service to the common good. 

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