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MEGAN HUGHES
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MEGAN HUGHES Leadership Coordinator Prior to joining the IFYC team in February 2006, Megan spent four years working for the conflict resolution organization Seeds of Peace, both in New York and in Jerusalem. Megan graduated with a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in May 2000, where she earned a certificate in Muslim-Christian Understanding after spending one year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is completing an M.A. in Religious Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School and is particularly interested in the relationship between faith and politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Megan attends First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Evanston and is active in its young adult ministry. |
LAUREN PARNELL
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LAUREN PARNELL Leadership Associate Lauren, originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, comes to IFYC as a part of the Northwestern University Public Interest Program. She graduated with a B.S. in Social Policy from Northwestern in June 2007. While at Northwestern, Lauren co-chaired the Northwestern Community Development Corps for two years; helped found the International Youth Volunteerism Summit; and co-founded and coordinated the Northwestern Public Interest Program. Lauren has also done community development work in Guatemala and studied fair trade in East Africa on an interfaith delegation with United Students for Fair Trade. Her senior honors thesis explored the effects of fair trade participation on craft producers in Kampala, Uganda. Lauren was selected as Northwestern’s student recipient of the Lincoln Laureate and was one of six senior student leaders inducted into the Highest Order of Excellence Society. At the IFYC, Lauren is a Leadership Associate, putting together this year’s Crossing the Faith Line Conference and coordinating the Fellows Alliance. Lauren is excited about her time with IFYC as a way to connect her Christian faith with the call for social justice and religious pluralism. |
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