Posts tagged Reem Rahman
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka’s Theory of Change

Reem Rahman, Knowledge Manager at Ashoka, held an interactive session on social entrepreneurship at the CAIR-Chicago Gallery this past Tuesday, November 22, 2011. She led the audience through the evolution of Ashoka’s theory of change during its three-decade history of transforming the citizen sector by building the largest association of leading social entrepreneurs in the world.

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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka's Theory of Change - Nov. 22nd, 2011

Reem Rahman, Project and Knowledge Manager of Ashoka Changemakers (Washington, DC), will share Ashoka's approach toward acting as a catalyst for massive social impact across the globe, including an exclusive demo of her team's newest open-source, beta platform.

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How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurship and Ashoka's Theory of Change - Nov. 22nd, 2011

Reem Rahman, Project and Knowledge Manager of Ashoka Changemakers (Washington, DC), will share Ashoka's approach toward acting as a catalyst for massive social impact across the globe, including an exclusive demo of her team's newest open-source, beta platform.

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Charlotte Observer: Taxi drivers mark Ramadan with Iftar-on-the-go meals

Throughout Ramadan, Muslims break a 12-hour fast with an Iftar meal, which in many Muslim countries is a time to see extended family or to celebrate with close friends. But for taxi drivers who work shifts late into the night, the meal is more functional, a short break from the day's work when there isn't time to meet up with one's family. Call it Iftar-on-the-go, but definitely don't call it fast food.

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ABC 7-NEWS: CAIR-Chicago on Muslim Women with Headscarf Barred from Obama Rally (VIDEO)

CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator Reem Rahman discusses the recent discrimination against Muslims at an Obama Rally in Detroit. Media reports indicate the women were kept from the podium area because campaign volunteers did not want the candidate associated with the Muslim women's head scarves, or hijabs. Campaign officials and Obama later apologized to the women.

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Illinois Alumni Magazine May/June: Acts of Faith Eboo Patel Works Toward a World where Religions are Respected

Eboo Patel ‘96 LAS has the radical idea that people from other religions shouldn’t kill each other. “Why are religious extremists getting to young people before we do?” he asked. “Why don’t we build a different pattern, a pattern of religious pluralism?”

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