April 7, 2010 – New Documentary, Budrus
AFR designated artist, Tom Block, is the producer and one of several artists being featured in the first ever Amnesty International – Human Rights Art Festival. The event will take place in Silver Spring, MD this April. Click here for more details. 
We recommend readers watch the moving and inspiring 4 minute trailer.
BUDRUS IN BUDRUS – Just Vision’s team just returned from screening the film in the village of Budrus, where close to 700 residents (nearly half the entire village population) attended and cheered throughout the movie. Leaders from nearby Palestinian villages that have been inspired by Budrus to adopt nonviolence were present and invited Just Vision to screen the film to their communities. Several Israeli protagonists also joined. One young man from a neighboring village stated that “now more women will see how important their role is (in nonviolent struggle).” This summer, Just Vision will launch an extensive outreach campaign throughout the West Bank, by invitation of local leaders.
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Unlikely duo team up for kosher, halal – American Public Media
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Community Organizing Residency – “Launching social justice careers rooted in faith”
A great example of an applied Abrahamic collaboration from Jewish Funds for Justice, and other sponsoring faith organizations.
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Islamic – Christian celebration to honor the Virgin Mary, symbol of national unity – Written by Religions for Peace
Also, be sure to watch this video>> Lebanese singer Maria Kassis sings “Ave Maria” in celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25, 2010 commemorating the day the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would conceive Jesus. The day is now designated a joint national holiday for both Lebanese Muslims and Christians in the spirit of sharing between faiths and coexisting peacefully.
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Muslims in Darfur help to build church as gesture of peace – Ekklesia
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Najeeba Syeed-Miller Named to New Faculty Position in Interreligious Education – Claremont School of Theology
Najeeba Syeed-Miller is close to AFR. Readers will recall that we published two of her speeches to a Beverly Hills Muslim secondary school and to law school students at USC. Now as the first, full time Muslim faculty member of the Claremont School of Theology, she becomes a pioneer in the school’s endeavor to broaden the agenda of seminary education to embrace the family of Abraham and all other members of the human family. This is an exciting development.