Solidaris Gives Presentation For Interfaith Youth Core

2009: In October 2009, at Interfaith Youth Core's 6th Conference on Interfaith Youth Work entitled "Leadership in a Religiously Diverse World" in Chicago, Ill., Greg Meyjes presented on interfaith education in U.S. public schools.  The presentation offered professionals, whether interested in or opposed to interreligious curricula in public schools, a practical overview of the limits, possibilities, and underlying issues.  Dr. Eboo Patel, Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core, stated, "This conference allows us to feel the pulse of the interfaith movement."  After the well-attended presentation, Meyjes opened the platform for discussion and exchange of views on the sensitive issue.

Iraq: Conflict Resolution Article

2007: The Association of the United Stated Army has published Dr. Meyjes’ article entitled Plan “C” is for Culture: Out of Iraq – Opportunity in the prestigious Landpower Essay series. Making the case in the context of on-going ethnoreligious tensions such as in Iraq, the article argues for an expansion of the concept of democracy to include not only the rights of central governments and individuals but those of minority cultural groups as well, as a key to resolving many of the world’s country-internal conflicts.
The entire essay, in .pdf format for easy downloading, is available on the AUSA website at: http://www.ausa.org/pdfdocs/LPE07_4.pdf

Religious Minority Ministry

2006: Solidaris is in the process of recruiting moderate Islamic clerics to provide Muslim Imam services to inmates in US Federal correctional facilities - including leading the Jumah Prayer and spiritual guidance to the inmates in accordance with general Islamic practice.