150 in 150 Launches Today Free Online Webinar - 3 Speakers
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As we begin the last days of Ramadan, CelebrateMercy is launching our 150 in 150 campaign today with a free, online webinar. You can join the webinar live or view a recording. Our goal is to hit our Ramadan fundraising goal by raising $150,000 in the last 150 hours of Ramadan. Dalia Mogahed, Josh Seftel, and Tarek El-Messidi will speak live on webcam about CelebrateMercy's recent work and our next campaign that we are fundraising for. Below, you can learn more about and see video previews by Josh Seftel and the other guest speakers.
The Live Webinar & Recording
The short webinar will begin today (Sunday, June 10) at 4.30 PM EST (New York time). At this link, you can RSVP to join today's webinar, sign up to view a similar webinar tomorrow, or request a link to the recording.
Video Preview: Josh Seftel
View this short video by Josh Seftel that he recently recorded for a CelebrateMercy fundraising dinner. On today's webinar, you will see an amazing new trailer that Josh's team produced for CelebrateMercy's next campaign.
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Tarek El-Messidi
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Tarek El-Messidi is a Muslim-American social entrepreneur and speaker. In 2012, he was listed by Georgetown University among the 500 Most Influential Muslims worldwide. In 2001, he co-founded Fast-a-thon: an event that raises money to feed the hungry when non-Muslims try fasting for one day. Fast-a-thons have raised $1.5M among 300 universities. After earning an MBA and working at Procter & Gamble, Tarek founded CelebrateMercy: a non-profit that teaches about Prophet Muhammad through webinars and films. CelebrateMercy now has over 5 million video views and nearly 700,000 social media followers.
Through CelebrateMercy, Tarek has organized multiple campaigns of compassion - inspired by the Prophet's character. I n 2017, he co-organized a crowdfunding campaign asking Muslims to raise funds to repair vandalized Jewish cemeteries. The campaign went viral after it was tweeted by J.K. Rowling and Ellen Degeneres in the first two days - leading to international media coverage (see tweets and articles here). It resulted in over $160,000 to repair vandalized Jewish cemeteries and synagogues.
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Dalia Mogahed
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Dalia Mogahed is the Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, where she leads the organization's pioneering research and thought leadership programs on American Muslims. Mogahed is former Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, where she led the analysis of surveys of Muslim communities worldwide. With John L. Esposito, she co-authored the book Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think. President Barack Obama appointed Mogahed to the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2009. She was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about U.S. engagement with Muslim communities. Her 2016 TED talk was named one of the top TED talks that year. She is a frequent expert commentator in global media outlets and international forums. She is also the CEO of Mogahed Consulting.
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Joshua Seftel
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Joshua Seftel is a prominent, Emmy-winning American filmmaker. In 2017, he was an Emmy nominee and Peabody Awards Finalist for creating the landmark Vox series Secret Life of Muslims. The timely and poignant set of documentaries has had more than 35 million views since Election Day. Josh began his career in documentaries at age 22 with his Emmy-nominated film, Lost and Found, about Romania's orphaned children. He continues his work both in documentary film, mini-series, and commercial branded content with pieces such as his most recent series, for which he has received critical acclaim. Josh lives in Brooklyn with his wife, filmmaker Erika Frankel, and their daughter Lillian.
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