Eboo Patel

President, Interfaith America. Follow @InterfaithUSA. Author, ‘We Need To Build’. Podcast: [email protected]

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

And it’s a response to @GregBerman50 ‘s terrific book, ‘The Nonprofit Crisis’

[Greg Berman @GregBerman50]

Another banger from @EbooPatel on the importance of mission alignment for nonprofits. This is part of a suite of essays that @NiskanenCenter commissioned for a Hypertext forum on declining public trust in the nonprofit sector. https://t.co/spoAn3YwTB

[Kristin M. Collier, MD @HSRdirector]

just a reminder to join me tomorrow, if interested, at noon EST by zoom for my conversation with @EbooPatel from @interfaithusa about medicine and interfaith work

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

This Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. ET, my friend @mroth78 @wesleyan_u is hosting a virtual conversation on what this moment demands of higher education, with leaders from the Bush Institute, Bard, UVA and more.
Go register! https://t.co/O6qjS6B6PC

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

Really thoughtful piece by @mroth78 - higher Ed needs to own its problems (like becoming an ideological monoculture), but universities still have a profound civic mission. https://t.co/HomKBAjn11

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Opinion: As the conflict with Iran escalates, the U.S. is seeing another rise in Islamophobia. Columnist @EbooPatel writes that civic institutions have a unique responsibility — and opportunity — to respond with pluralism, not polarization.

Patel outlines a five step plan that nonprofits, foundations, universities, libraries, and museums can use to shift anti-Muslim public narratives.
https://t.co/GzluQPB0nj

[Sandeep Kaushik @skaushik100]

@EbooPatel, the president of @interfaithusa, is a ardent champion of diversity as a core American value. Yet he's also a sharp and penetrating critic of the excesses and blind spots of the DEI regimes that have embedded themselves in the institutions of blue cosmopolitan America.

So what does Eboo mean when he argues we are better served by a notion of diversity rooted in pluralism, not identitarianism?

@hyded and I will dig into that question, and others, with Eboo during the next live taping (link to event details in the next tweet) of Blue City Blues, which will be on March 11 at Seattle University, as part of their excellent Presidential Speaker Series that focuses on promoting free speech, viewpoint diversity. and campus discourse.

And a special thanks to friend of the pod @SeattleU_Pres Eduardo Peñalver for inviting us to participate. We're really looking forward to this!

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Opinion: @EbooPatel on how civil society can lead with dignity, not division as outrage grows over ICE actions. Creating a “big tent of decency,” he argues, needs to welcome people of all ideological persuasions with “open arms and positive vibes.”
https://t.co/snolu8II7D

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Opinion: Veteran nonprofit leaders debate whether Gen Z workers need tough love from their bosses. One argues for a new leadership model based on compassion and trust. The other says groups need to demand excellence.

Read both essays at: https://t.co/M0vncPoq0N
#TheCommons

@EbooPatel @interfaithusa @VitalCityNYC #genz

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

It’s a truly excellent book, @GregBerman50

[Greg Berman @GregBerman50]

I'm grateful for @EbooPatel's engagement with The Nonprofit Crisis, even if he has a bone to pick with me.

https://t.co/NO1A3A1kO0

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Opinion: New biopic shows the importance of authenticity as the nonprofit sector faces an existential reckoning, writes @EbooPatel. https://t.co/VjmcdxjG2G

Patel, the founder and president of @interfaithusa, is the author of “We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy” and the host of the new podcast “Interfaith America with Eboo Patel.”

[George W. Bush Presidential Center @TheBushCenter]

The latest edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute illustrates the various ways in which a vital abstract concept, pluralism, plays out in American life today.

In a series of essays and interviews, Profiles in Pluralism highlights @PearceGodwin , Founder of the @ListenFirstProj and the #ListenFirst Coalition; Lawrence E. @adjah_l
, Founder and Chairman of the Family Dinner Foundation; @EbooPatel , founder of @interfaithusa ; and @KnoxThames , Senior Fellow at @pepperdine . These are only a handful of people around the country who are working on the conviction that our differences don’t have to divide us — they can make us stronger.

Read the newest summer edition: https://t.co/PZogFZflkh

[Josh Good @josh_good_]

New pieces from @NicBibSed @EbooPatel @KnoxThames in a new @TheBushCenter Catalyst special issue on pluralism. Despite all the drama, our universities are still the envy of the world--and they should be “laboratories and launching pads for pluralism..."

https://t.co/4AtUwDgmcT

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Opinion: In chaotic times, volunteering remains a potent force for connection, transformation, and hope, writes opinion columnist @EbooPatel. https://t.co/zY6L8UBtNB

Patel, the founder and president of @interfaithusa, is the author of “We Need to Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy” and the host of the new podcast “Interfaith America with Eboo Patel.”

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

“Let’s recommit to the work of being a people”, writes my friend and @interfaithusa colleague @theRevAdam. That begins with widening our welcome and strengthening our bonds. In @RNS https://t.co/ArfiHPSXuc

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

Watched the #TopChef2025 finale? What an awesome depiction of diversity as a treasure and identity as a source of pride. All of it makes the American potluck more delicious. This is what #DEI should be. More in my OpEd for @Philanthropy https://t.co/x6sq4uQwKY

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

My friend and @interfaithusa colleague @theRevAdam on how hard, and important, it is to achieve unum. It’s the difference between coexistence and chaos. In @Deseret https://t.co/uvgeMDLwtw

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

Thanks @MichaelWylandSD

[Michael L. Wyland @MichaelWylandSD]

‘Top Chef’s’ Recipe for Making DEI More Palatable https://t.co/VahRdzx5zW @Philanthropy @EbooPatel gets it pretty right - again. The keys to his op-ed are: 1) participation is voluntary, not compelled; and 2) diversity ion Top Chef is framed in an inherently meritocratic framework (best food wins).

[Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum]

@emmaogreen, journalist @NewYorker and @EbooPatel, founder of @interfaithusa, discuss the genesis of DEI, where it went wrong, and what might replace it in our search to create a flourishing multicultural society. https://t.co/mslsmyvDJz

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

Smart smart piece @JohnInazu . Love that you quoted: “As scholars and educational officers, they should remember that the public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence they … should show respect for the opinions of others …”

[John Inazu @JohnInazu]

Colleges and universities have shown little introspection as to how those of us in higher education might be part of the problem. Perhaps we are contributorily negligent to creating the political culture that makes these vicious attacks possible. https://t.co/iR5TqygCy8

[Eboo Patel @EbooPatel]

I love that the metaphor of university as gym is getting around. @VanJones68 used it @UChiPolitics in 2020, and more recently @interfaithusa conference in March. May it spread. https://t.co/VQcd7vLfgz

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

This metaphor was introduced to me by my Kennedy School colleague Tarek Masoud.