Maggi Van Dorn with
Imam Khalid Latif, University Chaplain, Global Spiritual Life at NYU;
Executive Director, The Islamic Center at NYU;
Senior Fellow & Co-Founder, Of Many Institute for Multifaith Leadership;
Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Wagner
“Legitimacy can be established through credentials … or it can be established through a track record and work experience, that you have indicated through some type of continuous effort that you are someone worth listening to.”
“Our bigger challenge today is … the amount of indifference that exists. That you see injustice taking place in front of you, and you have the the ability to do something about it, and you still don’t. You can have a perspective on a person or a community that they represent, without having ever met someone from that community.”
“Find the courage to go and be with those who are different rather than waiting for them to be with you.”
In this episode of our free podcast series “NYC Faith Leaders,” Maggi Van Dorn interviews Imam Khalid Latif, who shares with us his experience as the first Muslim chaplain of NYU, the emerging faith leadership of young adults, and how conviction inspires and necessitates a person to work across faith lines.
We’re pleased that this episode will be the first entry in the storybank of Religions for Peace USA’s “Our Muslim Neighbor” initiative, a long-term collective impact effort geared toward combating Islamophobia with a positive, informed, and consistent message of Islam and Muslims in the U.S.
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