Spiritual Life & Religious Studies

Asheq Fazullah, Director, Leadership Institute of Interfaith Philadelphia will lead a session called (Un)learning Terms. At Interfaith Philadelphia, Asheq develops and delivers programs that work to increase religious literacy and develop dialogue skills. He serves with the Office of Mission & Ministry at Villanova University in the role of Muslim Student Advisor, Affiliate Advisor with the Interfaith Center at Swarthmore College, and the IMPACT Center at Bryn Mawr College.

Miriam Rock, English Department Chair, Upper School English Teacher, and Student Leadership Coordinator at Friends Select School, is co-facilitating this year’s peer network. Miriam grew up as a conservative Jew in Philadelphia and Jerusalem and still speaks fluent Hebrew (though she has the vocabulary of an 8th grader). She spent the last five years serving as Quakerism Coordinator at Friends Select and bringing students to the Quaker Youth Leadership Conference.

Michael LoStracco, Religious Studies and Philosophy department chair and clerk of the Religious Life Committee at Penn Charter, is co-facilitating this year’s peer network. Michael was raised Catholic and took Zen Buddhist precepts in 2015. He has worked in Friends schools for over 17 years and has been profoundly shaped by Quaker faith and practice. This year, Michael is also a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education, where he is writing articles and hosting a variety of events and virtual department meetings.