{"id":2320,"date":"2014-10-07T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T20:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2014-10-07T14:15:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T20:15:54","slug":"two-great-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carynriswold\/2014\/10\/two-great-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Great Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/251\/2014\/10\/006.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2321\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/251\/2014\/10\/006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"006\" width=\"232\" height=\"174\"><\/a>My lack of blog posting over the past few weeks can partially be attributed to the fact that I was travelling to, speaking at, and otherwise participating in two great conference events.\u00a0 Luckily, other folks put together great Storify summaries of these events.<\/p>\n<p>First, I attended the Vanguard Campus Convening with staff from the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ifyc.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Interfaith Youth Core<\/a><\/em>, in conjunction with the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/eop\/ofbnp\/interfaithservice\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">President\u2019s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge<\/a><\/em> organized by the White House Office of Faith Based and Community Partnerships. I spoke about some of the work happening in relationship to interfaith cooperation and civic engagement on my campus, and made some great connections with people at other campuses and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Storify of that event:<\/p>\n<div class=\"storify\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/storify.com\/edpartners\/the-president-s-fourth-annual-interfaith-and-commu\/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/storify.com\/edpartners\/the-president-s-fourth-annual-interfaith-and-commu.js?border=false\"><\/script><br>\n<noscript>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/edpartners\/the-president-s-fourth-annual-interfaith-and-commu\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">View the story \u201cThe President\u2019s Fourth Annual Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge\u201d on Storify<\/a>]<\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Then, I hopped on a plane to New Orleans, where I attended the National Conference of the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/lillyfellows.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts<\/a><\/em>, along with the fall meeting of the National Network Board on which I currently serve.\u00a0 We heard some great speakers, and enjoyed selections from an emerging civil rights opera. 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