Category: BILI
Podcast: Finding Faith in Interfaith Work
In the summer of 2023, Alina Wilson attended the Interfaith America Summit, despite feeling increasingly distant from institutionalized religion. Returning to a campus rife with politically charged re... Read More
Interfaith and Me: the Guru Granth Sahib and Religious Pluralism
My concept of Interfaith began to develop long before I joined the BILI Fellowship. Indeed, a diverse range of perspectives and backgrounds has always been at the center of my Sikh faith, our religion... Read More
My Interfaith Travels: A Sikh Perspective
Nanakacharya, Nanak Rishi, Guru Rimpochiya, Vali Hind, Nanak Peer, Baba Nanak are all names of Guru Nanak Sahib Ji around the world. When it comes to interfaith, the clearest example I can think of is... Read More
Moved Toward Hope: Translating Values into Action
Over the past few months, the BILI (Building Interfaith Leadership Initiative) fellowship and my campus community at Tufts University have guided me to a new definition of interfaith work. I have lear... Read More
The Willow Tree
My interfaith evolution is a lot like the magnificent willow tree: flowing, flexible, and adaptable. I was around eight years old when I began to grasp the concept of organized religion. The momentous... Read More
Embodying the Dominican Spirit in Interfaith Work: Community, Prayer, Service and Study
Growing up in a western suburb of Chicago, in a primarily Catholic household, I have always had a deep appreciation and love for my Guatemalan roots and a desire to help the people in my community. My... Read More
Bridging Differences by Remembering Common Humanity
During the 2016 presidential election, as the socio-political climate of the entire nation changed, I observed polarization and the creeping normalization of xenophobia in my own high school. This was... Read More
Story-telling and Story-listening: my Interfaith Journey
Maybe it’s just my struggle to socialize, but every time I meet someone new I’ve always wanted to have a story ready. For a few years it was describing the time I get held up in airport security f... Read More