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Welcome to Odyssey Networks, the nation’s largest non-profit coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith groups dedicated to building bridges of understanding through media.
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Is there a 'God gap?'
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has spent the past two years analyzing the role of religion in American foreign policy. Their conclusion, released today in a report entitled "Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy," is that religion has been ignored to the detriment of everyone.
Eboo Patel, the director and founder of Interfaith Youth Core and member of the task force, discusses the report, its importance and why it was issued at this time. Comment on the video here.
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David Waters of the Washington Post has written an article on the report and its findings, American foreign policy's God gap."
"American foreign policy is handicapped by a God gap, a narrow, ill-informed and "uncompromising Western secularism" that feeds religious extremism, threatens traditional cultures, and fails to engage and encourage religious groups that promote peace, human rights and the general welfare of their communities. That's the conclusion of the independent Chicago Council on Global Affairs' two-year study of religion's role (or lack of it) in American foreign policy," Waters writes. Read the entire article.
R. Scott Appleby, a co-chair of the task force, comments on the final report. Watch and comment here.
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Help Needed in Chile and Haiti
 On February 27, a massive earthquake struck the country of Chile, about 75 miles from its second largest city of Concepción. The death toll so far is close to 1,000 and parts of the country are devastated.
As our members coordinate efforts to assist the people of Chile, we will be reporting it here. Check back often to see how you can help. See how you can help the people of Chile.
And the people of Haiti still need a lot of help as they work to recover from the earthquake that devastated the island several weeks ago. Thousands were killed or injured and thousands remain homeless. Everything from water to housing is still needed.
As always, our members are hard at work gathering and sending help to Haiti. Please click here to see how you can help.
Click here for more about Haiti, including videos
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Malaria
 More than 1 million people will die of malaria this year - primarily in Africa. Odyssey Networks is proud to join with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and others to halt death due to malaria.
Our support of the elimination of this disease continues, and we encourage everyone to join us. Learn more | Donate
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Peace
 Join Odyssey Networks in building and nurturing a culture of peace. In the coming months, as we build toward September 21, 2010, we'll use our media to explore all the things that contribute to a peaceful world : forgiveness, tolerance, social justice, the care of all creation.
Share your ideas. Get involved. Wage peace with us! Learn more.
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Compassion
 Odyssey Networks is honored to partner with the Charter for Compassion—a powerful statement that reflects our own mission to promote tolerance, peace and social justice. Visit our section on the charter and learn more about it, watch videos, explore the Golden Rule and more.
What does it mean to live with compassion? Help spread the word! Learn more.
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Environmental Stewardship
 Peace is at the heart of our mission. Our rapidly changing environment is a growing threat to that mission as conflicts over dwindling resources spread across the globe. That is why we are continuing our commitment to environment beyond the 2009 climate change conference in Copenhagen.
Does faith have a role in the issue of environmental stewardship? Learn more.
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