We Need a Thousand Jane Adams and a Thousand Julius Rosenwalds

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I write about jane adams and hull house in we need to build as kind of the the mother hip of so much positive progressive change. I think our era needs the same energy. And i would add a thousand julius rosenwalds. He is inspired by his jewish faith and his rabbi, neil hirsh, to partner with a set of african american leaders to build schools and community centers. Right now, we have a social change movement that is heavy on critique and very light on creation.

This week Eboo Patel, a Muslim pioneer in interfaith work, joins David and Curtis to discuss his book, We Need to Build. They discuss the need to allow people of different faiths to be able to bring their whole selves, including real and significant religious disagreements, to these conversations. Eboo also helps us understand why it is so important to do more than criticize what we don’t like in the culture, but instead to adopt the more mature approach of actually building what we want to see in society.

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-We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy by Eboo Patel

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