Press & Media

In The News

• “A Kind Day Message of Aid and Interfaith Tolerance: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim teens prepare food for elderly and homebound.”
  The Philadelphia Inquirer. 19 January 2010.
• “Religious Leaders Council Plans Zones for Peace.”
  The Bulletin. 23 March 2009.
• “Finding Similarities Among the Differences.”
  The New York Times. 11 November 2008.
• “After Mourning, Remembrance: Religious Leaders Mark End of Mourning Period for Slain Philadelphia Police Officers.”
  The Catholic Standard Times. 30 October 2008.
• “State of the Union: The Black-Jewish Union”
  Jewish Exponent. 15 January 2009.
• “Clergy Urge Lasting Peace.”
  The Philadelphia Inquirer. 3 June 2008.
• “Building a Beloved Community Through Interfaith Action.”
  The Mainline Times. February 2008.
• “Walking the Walk.”
  Jewish Voice. February 2008.
• “Nutter Leads Pledge for Peace in City: Interfaith Event Begins Inaugural Festivities.”
  The Philadelphia Inquirer. 4 January 2008.
• “NIM: A best-kept secret no more.”
  Chestnut Hill Local. 5 July 2007.
• WHYY Interview with Eboo Patel. (Click to Download)
  Eboo Patel was interviewed by Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY’s Radio Times on Tuesday, February 12th on 90.9 FM.
• “Interfaith Teen Programs”
  NIM News. Winter 2007.
• “Night of Service, Role of Hospitality.”
  Jewish Exponent. 30 November 2006.
• “Olney Unity Day.”
  The Olney Times. 25 March 2006.
• “For the Common Good.”
  ECU Dialogue. Fall 2005.
• “In Wake of 9/11, Interfaith Initiatives Get a Boost”
  Jewish Exponent. 16 December 2004.

Press Releases

• Opinion: Striving to Create a Different Kind of Post-9/11 Building Project (Click to Download)
• Interfaith Youth Group Cleans Up Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center
  15 May 2008
• The Interfaith Center Hosts a Day of Environmental Action
  1 April 2008
• Hurricane Katrina Relief
  Press Release, September 2006

From Staff & Board

• Encountering Other Faiths.
  Maria Hornung MMS. Paulist Press, 2007.
• “Making Dialogue Real.”
  Maria Hornung MMS. Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 43 (2). Spring 2008.
• “Dialogue through Arts – ‘Opening the World’s Door’.”
  Abby Stamelman Hocky, MSW, Rev. Susan Teegen-Case, and Rabbi Carol Harris-Shapiro. Interactive Faith: The Essential Interreligious Community-Building Handbook. Eds. Bud Heckman and Rori Pickner Neiss. Skylight Paths, 2008.
• Letter to the Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
  Abby Stamelman Hocky, Executive Director, September 2010.

Awards

• Eugene C. Bay Urban Ministry Award,
  Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Walking the Walk, 2006
• Bridge Builders Community Award,
  Interfaith Youth Core, Walking the Walk, 2009