What does faith demand of us? What can we gain from meeting those demands? What has gone so wrong and how can faith help us find a solution in the conflicting narrative about refugees, Muslims, and immigrants in general? Meet Faith Forward Dall

Episode 6 "The Free and The Brave" • TOPIC: Refugee Youth and Veterans For American Ideals

Mar 8th, 2018 35m 30s

This month, we will find the common ground between an Iranian refugee youth activist, a soprano former student and Conrad Charging Choir member, and a U.S. Marine who now advocates for refugees. How, you may ask? Listen now to find out!On thi

Episode 5 "The Writing on the Wall" • TOPIC: The Global Migration Crisis and Its Consequences

Feb 19th, 2018 29m 59s

This is the story of Bothina Matar, a Syrian refugee who witnessed the horrific government's response to children and teenagers writing a message to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the wall of a school in Daraa. That response sparked the c

Episode 4 "Waiting to Die" • TOPIC: U.S. History of Immigration & Reception of Newcomers

Jan 12th, 2018 26m 49s

On this episode, meet Nisar Ahmad Momand. Nisar spent most of his life as a refugee, first in Pakistan, then as an enemy of the Taliban who worked for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, risking his life and becoming the target of Taliban attacks thr

Episode 3 "A Whole Country" • TOPIC: Economic Impact of Refugees w/ Paul Solman

Dec 4th, 2017 40m 38s

In this powerful episode, follow Dr. Hadidja Nyiransekuye on a journey into the heart of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that will make you question the very thing that makes us human. Paul Solman of PBS NewsHour describes how refugees revitalized th

Full Interview on Security Vetting and NatSec with Nicholas Heras of CNAS

Nov 4th, 2017 1h 7m

FULL INTERVIEW WITH NICHOLAS HERAS OF CNAS (Subject matter expert for Episode 2 "Guilty Until Proven Innocent".This is the full WebEx audio interview with Nicholas Heras of Center for a New American Security in Washington D.C. Nicholas discus

Episode 2 "Guilty Until Proven Innocent" • TOPIC: Security Vetting of Refugees w/ Nicholas Heras

Oct 31st, 2017 51m 23s

Follow the refugee journey of Sarah Al-Kayali as she and her family flee sectarian militia threats and bombings in Baghdad Iraq before coming to the U.S. Then, national security expert Nicholas Heras of Center for a New American Security discus

Episode 1 "It Only Takes One" • TOPIC: Just meet one refugee, then decide

Sep 27th, 2017 35m 10s

In this, our premiere episode of an 8 part monthly podcast series, we meet Ghazwan Abdullah, his wife Huda, and their 11-year-old daughter Hiba who are Iraqi refugees resettled in Dallas, Texas. Along the way we'll also discover meaningful conn