Podcasts about cordoba initiative

Mary Ann Thompson Frenk is the daughter of the former 7-11 Corporation founders. She was born in Mexico, adopted by these amazing people. She is one of the most humble, genuine, passionate and giving people I have encountered. I strongly feel like it is important for people to be aware of this. Why? Because while her history is intriguing, she has created her own legacy - one I wouldn’t be able to match, not in this lifetime! Mary Ann shares with us about her family’s history and their unexpected tension and problems with the KKK, growing up adopted from Mexico, and how humanitarianism has just been a part of her life as a child. While there is much more to this story, she has taken these values her family has taught her and  continues to live and create a life full of purpose. Mary Ann is literally on a mission to change this world. Today,  Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk is a humanitarian, conscious-capitalist, published writer, internationally award winning sculptor, (recognized by the Buckminster Fuller Institute for being the first artist to innovate on geodesics to create the human figure), human rights/environmental activist, social-responsible investor (including Women That Soar and multiple eco-conscious startups) and frequently requested international speaker. She has spoken at and moderated forums around the globe including for NEXUS at the United Nations and White House, Parliament of World Religions, TEDx, The Club of Budapest, the Cordoba Initiative, The Temenos Academy of Integral Studies and was the keynote speaker for 64th World Congress of Women Entrepreneurs in November 2016. She serves as President and co-founder of The John Philp Thompson Foundation and as President for The Memnosyne Institute, an international non-profit she co-founded with her husband, Joshua. Through it, they have supported programs around the world focused on empowering humanity to address the challenges of an increasingly interconnected world - leading them both to be identified by three-time-nominated-Nobel- Peace-Prize Dr. Ervin Laszlo as two of the “21st Century Visionary Thinkers” leading innovative humanitarianism for their “social acupuncture” model.  She has been published in various magazines including The Transpersonal Psychology Association's “The Transcender", YPO's Real Leaders Magazine which recognized her as a “Real Young Leader to watch on the international scene, contributed chapters to various books including “Dawn of The Akashic Age: New Consciousness, Quantum Resonance, and The Future of The World” by Dennis Kingsley and Ervin Laszlo, “Developing A Global Agenda: Expert Insight from the inaugural STEP Global Congress” collected by STEP, “Sparks of Genius: Powerful Sparks of Creative Insight from 100+ Global Thought Leaders” collected by Julie Ann Turner, and most recently contributed the USA portion of Mirela Sula’s newest book titled, "50 Inspiring Voices of Migrant Women" addressing the current human rights challenges of immigrant women in the USA, serves as the editor for “Empower” Journal, and has been on the cover of other publications including London’s “Global Woman”, “Mujer USA”, “Femme International”, Argentina’s “Revista La Auténtica”, Belgium’s “Business Fit Magzine”, and “Forbes Mexico”.  She has received numerous awards for her humanitarian work. Most recently, in 2018 she was Awarded the Inspirique Award at Harvard University and presented the Civic Pioneer Award at the United Nations in November which is one of the highest awards a female citizen of the USA can receive and is entered into the congressional record. She is currently working towards setting up “Memnosyne Mexico” in an effort to further the reach of The Memnosyne Institute’s humanitarian work and empower communities in Mexico, pursuing ordination as an interfaith minister and her most recent regional goals include continuing The Memnosyne Institute’s GreenSourceDFW and FoodSourceDFW initiatives, working with Rev. William Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign, hoping to establish Eco-Eco, a B-corp, with her collaborating partner, Tania Arrayales Rodriguez, aimed at creating economically feasible ecologically responsible homes for the lower tax bracket within the state of Texas and launching the Memnosyne Institute’s Campus for Humanity in Dallas, Texas starting with it’s Center for Outreach designed by architect Keith Critchlow. 

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the founder of the Cordoba Initiative, an independent, multi-faith and multi-national project that works with state and non-state actors to improve Muslim-West relations. Under his leadership, the Cordoba Initiative seeks to develop dialogue and solutions that address strategic areas of conflict impacting local and global security. In 1984, Rauf became Imam of Masjid al-Farah, a New York City mosque located 12 blocks from Ground Zero. In 1997, he founded the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), the first Muslim organization committed to bringing American Muslims and non-Muslims together through programs in academia, policy, current affairs, and culture. He is a Trustee of the Islamic Center of New York and a Vice Chair of the Interfaith Center of New York. Frequently asked to comment on issues pertaining to Islam and the West, Imam Feisal has spoken at the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Economic Forum (Davos), and is regularly quoted in national and international media such as CNN, BBC, The New York Times, Washington Post, Frontline and Foreign Policy. Born in Kuwait to Egyptian parents and educated in England, Egypt, and Malaysia, Imam Feisal holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Columbia University in New York and a Master of Science in Plasma Physics from Steven Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He speaks English, Arabic, and Malay. Published Work Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero to a New Vision of Islam in America (Free Press, 2012) "Justification & Theory of Sharia Law: How the American Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Constitution are Consistent with Islamic Jurisprudence" University of St. Thomas Law (2010) "What is Islamic Law?" Mercer Law Review (2006) What's Right with Islam Is What's Right with America (HarperCollins, 2005) Islam: A Sacred Law (Threshold Books, 2000); Islam: A Search for Meaning (Mazda Publishers,1996) Awards Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution (AICPR) Annual Alliance Peace Builder Award Annual James Parks Morton Interfaith Center of New York Award Open Center of New York Interfaith Award Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010 by Foreign Policy Magazine TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People of the World in 2011 Unitarian Universalist Service Committee's Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award (with Daisy Khan)

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the founder of the Cordoba Initiative, an independent, multi-faith and multi-national project that works with state and non-state actors to improve Muslim-West relations. Under his leadership, the Cordoba Initiative seeks to develop dialogue and solutions that address strategic areas of conflict impacting local and global security.

In the seventeenth episode, Todd and his panelists left-libertarian/anarchist Scott Ferrie, his girlfriend and left-libertarian/mutualist Melinda Foshat, and Republican Liberty Caucus Treasurer Bill Westmiller discussed the 9th anniversary of 9/11 and the aftermath that followed, Time Magazine wonders whether Al Qaeda threat was overrated, the Ron Paul Revolution allegedly dead, Palin and Beck's 9/11 event drawing controversy, Obama declaring that "combat operations in Iraq are over," the never-ending Park51 (formerly the Cordoba Initiative) continues, Florida pastor who planned to burn a Koran on September 11th cancels it, Obama defending economic initiatives, etc.[Note: Halina Brooke Reed was supposed to call into the show tonight but, according to what she told me on Facebook, her cell was charging and she couldn't call in because it looked like it wasn't charging. My Internet connection during the broadcast was choppy, creating problems for my discussions with me, Scott, and Melinda. Scott and Melinda were having issues staying on the show, but they did a great job with whatever they could. Overall, it was a good show, despite the technical difficulties (if you can hear them).

In the seventeenth episode, Todd and his panelists left-libertarian/anarchist Scott Ferrie, his girlfriend and left-libertarian/mutualist Melinda Foshat, and Republican Liberty Caucus Treasurer Bill Westmiller discussed the 9th anniversary of 9/11 and the aftermath that followed, Time Magazine wonders whether Al Qaeda threat was overrated, the Ron Paul Revolution allegedly dead, Palin and Beck's 9/11 event drawing controversy, Obama declaring that "combat operations in Iraq are over," the never-ending Park51 (formerly the Cordoba Initiative) continues, Florida pastor who planned to burn a Koran on September 11th cancels it, Obama defending economic initiatives, etc.[Note: Halina Brooke Reed was supposed to call into the show tonight but, according to what she told me on Facebook, her cell was charging and she couldn't call in because it looked like it wasn't charging. My Internet connection during the broadcast was choppy, creating problems for my discussions with me, Scott, and Melinda. Scott and Melinda were having issues staying on the show, but they did a great job with whatever they could. Overall, it was a good show, despite the technical difficulties (if you can hear them).

In the sixteenth episode, Todd and his guest panelists left-libertarian/liberty activist, Libertarian Party member/activist, and The Voice of Radical Dissent talk radio show host Corey "Cizzle" Moore, libertarian propertarian and former Boston Tea Party chairman Jim Davidson, and libertarian activist and saxophonistEric Fontaine discussed Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issuing an overturn of California's highly-controversial and highly-challenged voter-approved Proposition 8 (the infamous gay marriage ban), the Anti-Defamation League opposing a proposed mosque and community center christened the Cordoba Initiative being built in an Islamic community near New York City's Ground Zero on the grounds of location and sensitivity, Dr. Leonard Peikoff wanting the U.S. federal government to bomb the Cordoba Initiative, a Sarasota, Florida man charged with taking pics of a 15-year-old female's breasts, Free Talk Live's Ian Freeman arrested for showing up to the Keene City Council to engage in a "city council drinking game" because of people being arrested over people drinking open containers containing non-alcoholic beverages, and a Portland, Oregon bureaucrat closing down a 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand for lack of "a restaurant business license" and fining her $120.Brad Spangler joined us from midnight until 1 A.M. EST to tell us what's going on with the Center for a Stateless Society and threw in his two cents on the topics of the show.[*Note: Great show! Thanks to all the guest panelists, including Brad Spangler, on there.]

In the sixteenth episode, Todd and his guest panelists left-libertarian/liberty activist, Libertarian Party member/activist, and The Voice of Radical Dissent talk radio show host Corey "Cizzle" Moore, libertarian propertarian and former Boston Tea Party chairman Jim Davidson, and libertarian activist and saxophonistEric Fontaine discussed Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issuing an overturn of California's highly-controversial and highly-challenged voter-approved Proposition 8 (the infamous gay marriage ban), the Anti-Defamation League opposing a proposed mosque and community center christened the Cordoba Initiative being built in an Islamic community near New York City's Ground Zero on the grounds of location and sensitivity, Dr. Leonard Peikoff wanting the U.S. federal government to bomb the Cordoba Initiative, a Sarasota, Florida man charged with taking pics of a 15-year-old female's breasts, Free Talk Live's Ian Freeman arrested for showing up to the Keene City Council to engage in a "city council drinking game" because of people being arrested over people drinking open containers containing non-alcoholic beverages, and a Portland, Oregon bureaucrat closing down a 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand for lack of "a restaurant business license" and fining her $120.Brad Spangler joined us from midnight until 1 A.M. EST to tell us what's going on with the Center for a Stateless Society and threw in his two cents on the topics of the show.[*Note: Great show! Thanks to all the guest panelists, including Brad Spangler, on there.]