This week, Maggie Siddiqi, new senior fellow at Interfaith Alliance, is with host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush discussing Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Division of Training, Bishop Budde’s mannequin of trustworthy resistance, and the significance of coalition-building to face up for democracy and spiritual freedom.
Maggie joins Interfaith Alliance following a distinguished tenure with the Biden administration on the Division of Training, directing the Middle for Religion-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Previous to that, she served as senior director of the Faith and Religion workforce on the Middle for American Progress, the place she led the group’s work on non secular liberty. Maggie additionally spent practically a decade in nationwide organizations serving American Muslim communities, specializing in interfaith relations and faith-based advocacy.
“Spiritual freedom is a matter of fairness. I’m unsure how the Trump administration thinks they will tout efforts to deal with non secular freedom and antisemitism whereas undermining the very means by which these efforts occur. They can not have it each methods. Fairness is about equity, proper. That’s what fairness means, and we wish college students of all non secular and non-religious backgrounds to be handled pretty and welcomed into class with out having to cover a crucial a part of who they’re and what they consider. That’s a matter of fairness and inclusion.”
– Maggie Siddiqi, senior fellow at Interfaith Alliance, the place she focuses on constructing partnerships throughout the non secular panorama. Maggie has a grasp’s diploma in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary and a bachelor’s diploma in faith from Wesleyan College. She additionally earned graduate certificates in Islamic chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary and in nonprofit administration from Georgetown College’s McCourt College of Public Coverage.
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