Intern Update

This month has been a busy one! Not only has school started, but also we have been hard at work planning events and research for the semester at Anzar.

I am planning, with the help of Danielle, an Interfaith Holiday Celebration, which will be held on November 21. We are contacting several religious student organizations at the University of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas to provide speakers who will talk about the importance of religious tolerance. We thought it would be appropriate to talk about the similarities of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism during the holiday season. We are also partnering with my choir, the University of Pittsburgh Women's Choral Ensemble to provide music that represents different cultures around the world. We have contacted other performance groups on campus and hopefully will be able to partner with them as well.

On the research front, I will be working on some sort of bigger report that will be completed by the end of the spring term. It will have to do with nonprofit success measurements and/or the shift in nonprofit models to a more business model because of funding resources and the changing economic climate. There is a lot of information to gather on these topics so my exact focus has not been pinned down as of yet.

I am excited to be working with Anzar and really looking forward to seeing our events through fruition!