More than 300 young progressive Muslims from 76 countries met in Doha for the third Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Conference this past month. The point behind this effort is to foster a stronger culture of civic engagement among Muslims globally. These are extremely-committed activists, some of whom have given up their careers to organize their communities around faith-based social, economic, and cultural projects. A short profile of this year's leaders is worth reading. They include comedians, activists, academics, journalists, religious leaders, and many more. More than 100 on the list are women. Our center for Media, Religion and Culture here at the University of Colorado is drawing from this list to invite some of these fresh voices to its international conference on Islam and the Media in January 2010. More details on this conference will be posted soon on this blog.