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When Catie Honeyman ‘04 sat down to choose a concentration during her first year at Harvard, she didn’t even look at the Handbook for Students...
...application was rejected—she will graduate tomorrow with a Social Studies degree—but that itch to break out from prescribed paths has stayed with Honeyman. It drove her work in two Harvard student groups that promote diversity, the Interfaith Council and the Race Culture, and Diversity (RCD) Initiative. It also landed her in places as distant as the Czech Republic, Honduras, and Rwanda as she worked to unite divided peoples by fostering greater cross-cultural understanding...
...Honeyman helped to establish the Interfaith Council in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which she says led many to question the role of religion in public life. The group participated in an interfaith memorial in Tercentenary Theater shortly after the attacks...
...That initial interfaith assembly furthered the momentum for others, including a one year memorial of Sept 11., featuring music associated with different faiths, and a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day pledge service.With Honeyman serving as co-coordinator for the Council this past year, its foundation also finally solidified, with representatives from different student groups holding bimonthly dinner discussions on topics such as prayer and the religious symbols...
...Honeyman says many of her current beliefs developed after a year abroad in the Czech Republic during high school...