Faith & Culture Center
Programs
Budget
$10,000.00
Description
FCC has hosted seven Iftar community dinners in Nashville during Ramadan that were free and open to the public. Ramadan is a month of fasting for Muslims world-wide, in which they refrain from consuming food and drink from sunrise to sunset. The fast is broken daily at sunset, often over a meal shared with friends and family. FCC's community iftars bring together locals for a shared meal. The 2019 Iftar dinner had over 450 people registered. The program also features a panel of Muslim and non-Muslims speakers who discuss their personal stories in order to highlight the importance of diversity in our local community and Muslim contributions to creating an inclusive community in Middle Tennessee. This event often draws the support of religious leaders and public officials (including Mayor Karl Dean and Mayor Megan Barry).
Program Areas Served
None
$10,000.00
Description
FCC has hosted seven Iftar community dinners in Nashville during Ramadan that were free and open to the public. Ramadan is a month of fasting for Muslims world-wide, in which they refrain from consuming food and drink from sunrise to sunset. The fast is broken daily at sunset, often over a meal shared with friends and family. FCC's community iftars bring together locals for a shared meal. The 2019 Iftar dinner had over 450 people registered. The program also features a panel of Muslim and non-Muslims speakers who discuss their personal stories in order to highlight the importance of diversity in our local community and Muslim contributions to creating an inclusive community in Middle Tennessee. This event often draws the support of religious leaders and public officials (including Mayor Karl Dean and Mayor Megan Barry).
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$12,000.00
Description
A Seat at the Table (ASATT) is a program based on the simple premise that, once people have the opportunity to meet those who are typically considered "the other," they form relationships that can bridge those divides. Each ASATT event brings together a diverse group of Muslims and non-Muslims across lines of faith, race, culture, and ethnicity, around a shared meal. They are often hosted in someone's home. FCC provides the food and a facilitator (FCC staff or trained volunteers) so that the host's only responsibility is to invite friends and other guests who they believe would benefit from this experience. ASATT events are often the catalyst for new relationships and understandings. They are entirely self-generating, as most of the hosts were, previously, an invited guest at a different ASATT. Having benefitted from the experience, they, in turn, offer to host one in their home and invite others who they wanted to benefit from this program.
Program Areas Served
None
$12,000.00
Description
A Seat at the Table (ASATT) is a program based on the simple premise that, once people have the opportunity to meet those who are typically considered "the other," they form relationships that can bridge those divides. Each ASATT event brings together a diverse group of Muslims and non-Muslims across lines of faith, race, culture, and ethnicity, around a shared meal. They are often hosted in someone's home. FCC provides the food and a facilitator (FCC staff or trained volunteers) so that the host's only responsibility is to invite friends and other guests who they believe would benefit from this experience. ASATT events are often the catalyst for new relationships and understandings. They are entirely self-generating, as most of the hosts were, previously, an invited guest at a different ASATT. Having benefitted from the experience, they, in turn, offer to host one in their home and invite others who they wanted to benefit from this program.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$10,000.00
Description
FCC has developed and hosted three one day OMN conferences that were free and open to the public in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The aim of the OMN conference program, as a whole, is to convene national subject matter experts and thought leaders with local leaders, policy influencers, and an interested audience. The OMN conference program intersects the national conversation on the issues discussed with the specific needs and context of Middle Tennessee. Attendees not only learn more about the state of the conversation by attending the OMN conference, but leave with a set of practical tools focused on community building and inclusion that they can take back to their respective institutions and communities. The theme of the 2015 conference was "Our Muslim Neighbor." The theme of the 2016 conference was 'The Power of Rhetoric and Imagery.' The theme of the 2017 conference was "National Security and American Muslims: National narrative, Local Impact."
Program Areas Served
None
$10,000.00
Description
FCC has developed and hosted three one day OMN conferences that were free and open to the public in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The aim of the OMN conference program, as a whole, is to convene national subject matter experts and thought leaders with local leaders, policy influencers, and an interested audience. The OMN conference program intersects the national conversation on the issues discussed with the specific needs and context of Middle Tennessee. Attendees not only learn more about the state of the conversation by attending the OMN conference, but leave with a set of practical tools focused on community building and inclusion that they can take back to their respective institutions and communities. The theme of the 2015 conference was "Our Muslim Neighbor." The theme of the 2016 conference was 'The Power of Rhetoric and Imagery.' The theme of the 2017 conference was "National Security and American Muslims: National narrative, Local Impact."
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$3,000.00
Description
The Faith and Culture Center developed a program to convene evangelical Christian pastors with Muslim community and religious leaders. This program was initiated in response to a need expressed by a local pastor (Nashville) and his professional network. These pastors have indicated a concern regarding negative attitudes and perceptions of Islam and Muslims among sections of their congregations. As leaders in their respective communities, they are seeking a better understanding of Muslims to help navigate their congregations in regard to their dispositions toward Islam and related issues. FCC developed and executed a one and half day workshop to form a network of support for these pastors by encouraging relationship building between attendees in a trust-based environment. The attendees, as leaders of influence in their individual communities, will use these skills to help navigate their congregations in internal discussions and external interactions with those outside their immediate communities in ways that will extend the community impact of this program.
Program Areas Served
None
$3,000.00
Description
The Faith and Culture Center developed a program to convene evangelical Christian pastors with Muslim community and religious leaders. This program was initiated in response to a need expressed by a local pastor (Nashville) and his professional network. These pastors have indicated a concern regarding negative attitudes and perceptions of Islam and Muslims among sections of their congregations. As leaders in their respective communities, they are seeking a better understanding of Muslims to help navigate their congregations in regard to their dispositions toward Islam and related issues. FCC developed and executed a one and half day workshop to form a network of support for these pastors by encouraging relationship building between attendees in a trust-based environment. The attendees, as leaders of influence in their individual communities, will use these skills to help navigate their congregations in internal discussions and external interactions with those outside their immediate communities in ways that will extend the community impact of this program.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$10,000.00
Description
This program equips a group of 15 millennial leaders (or aspiring leaders) with the relationships, skills, and resources to design and implement bridge-building programs across the communities and organizations that they represent and lead.Step I is a five week, seminar style workshop (meeting once a week). This part of the program will allow participants to build empathy and relationships with one another - spending this time being trained in community-building fundamentals, including time spent with speakers who are grass roots organizers in our local community. The program will then move on to Step II, which will involve implementation of the proposals developed by the program participants (after the culmination of the 5-week seminar). FCC staff will provide their expertise, knowledge, assistance, and funding to ensure that all proposals are properly supported for maximum impact.
Program Areas Served
None
$10,000.00
Description
This program equips a group of 15 millennial leaders (or aspiring leaders) with the relationships, skills, and resources to design and implement bridge-building programs across the communities and organizations that they represent and lead.Step I is a five week, seminar style workshop (meeting once a week). This part of the program will allow participants to build empathy and relationships with one another - spending this time being trained in community-building fundamentals, including time spent with speakers who are grass roots organizers in our local community. The program will then move on to Step II, which will involve implementation of the proposals developed by the program participants (after the culmination of the 5-week seminar). FCC staff will provide their expertise, knowledge, assistance, and funding to ensure that all proposals are properly supported for maximum impact.
Program Areas Served
None
