Last night, Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith America, shared his vision of what the future can hold for our country and our world. To a crowd of nearly 300 community members, he shared several messages of hope and responsibility to weave us together.
Here are Eboo’s 5 points for moving forward in a thoughtful society:
- Diversity is a treasure.
- Identify is a source of pride.
- Cooperation is better than division.
- Faith is a bridge.
- Everyone is a contributor.
Here are a few key ideas from the evening:
“I think there are things in America that we should cherish. We should nurture those things in the light and in the dark.” —Eboo Patel
There is great wisdom in not embarrassing people.
Diversity is not just the differences you like.
Whoever is in charge politically is not in charge of civilization.
“I am moved by gentle things that change consciousness.” —Eboo Patel
For a full story of the evening, Shivika Gupta ’27 of The Daily Orange wrote an article on the lecture.
