Monica is the founder of Bridging Us, which provides strategic consulting services, and the Chief Operations Officer at Aiding Survivors of Human Trafficking & Child Abuse. She has led work at Engage NWA, Excellerate Foundation, and Downtown Bentonville Inc., and previously practiced human rights and immigration law in London. As co-host of this season of the underview, she brings curiosity and grounded care to questions of faith, belonging, and the bridges that have always been between us.
Part 2, Shahid Sheikh, president of the Bentonville Islamic Center, shares the story of NWA's Muslim community, from garage prayers to a food pantry serving all, and what Islam actually teaches about belonging, economics, and mercy.
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Part 1, Shahid Sheikh, president of the Bentonville Islamic Center, shares the founding story of NWA's Muslim community, the five pillars of Islam, and what it means to build belonging in a place that didn't have a mosque twenty years ago.
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A small Arkansas church, planted in 1843, belongs to one of the oldest and least-known traditions of American Protestantism. Elder Tom Griffin and Deacon Paul Lindsey on Primitive Baptist faith, and a church built to endure rather than grow.
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