Tony Blair Faith Foundation event, 25th Sept 2008

On 25th September 2008 a special event will be hosted by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation in Los Angeles. September 25th 2008 is a day of great significance across the world for the Millennium Development Goals, and the day the United Nations has designated as the midway point for achieving the goals by 2015.

To commemorate and join with others working towards the Goals on this day, the event will be about the positive contribution that young people of all faiths are making, and that they can make together, towards achieving those common goals.

On the panel will be Tony Blair, former Prime Minister and founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation; Hamza Yusuf, a significant and influential Islamic scholar; and Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, of Malaria No More and an activist for Muslim women and Islam in the West.  The event will be hosted by broadcaster and founder of politicsandthecity.com, June Sarpong.

Please take this opportunity to join the international online community via the Foundation’s website by submitting your question This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The panel want to hear your questions and give you the opportunity to discuss how you think more could be achieved by people coming together across faith divides in pursuit of these common goals, and your ideas on how to take action together.  You’ll be able to watch the event yourself on the Tony Blair Faith Foundation website.

This will be a great chance for you, and countless people online around the world, to discuss your thoughts and ideas on how we can move forward together to be part of the solution to the world’s greatest challenges.  Please see the Tony Blair Faith Foundation website to find out more.