Currently, (2017) Ron serves as Consultant for Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East. He and his wife lived in Jordan for three years, representing Quakers, and regularly visited Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Ron has led a dozen interfaith trips to the region. In 1962-64 he worked with Rev. Jim Lawson in a black Methodist congregation in Memphis. During the Vietnam War Ron served as National Youth Secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation and then National Peace Education Secretary for the American Friends Service Committee. He has had op-ed articles on U.S. policy in the Middle East published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and in the local Everett Herald. His memoir, Crossing Boundaries in the Americas, Vietnam and the Middle East, was published in 2014.
Audio Archive
Young, Ron
Recordings
Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 1
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 2
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 3
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Middle East Peace: Christians, Jews and Muslims Working Together – Part 4
Presenter: Young, Ron / 1993Looking Ahead Toward Arab-Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Challenge for the New President & Congress
Presenter: Young, Ron / 2008Recent Additions
Vespers June 13, 1975 with Keith Smith – Thru Christ Triumphant over Death
Vespers June 12, 1975 with Stillwater Luther League Annette Hansen – Dream Great Dreams
Vespers June 11, 1975 with Tim Booth – Come to the Dinner!
Vespers June 9, 1975 with Roy and Faye Burnette – Mission in Ecuador
Vespers June 8, 1975 with Alvin Rogness – In Defense of Repetition
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Holden wishes to express appreciation to PLU, Pacific Lutheran University, for their support of the Holden Audio Archive Project.
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