Tue, Apr 07
|Santa Clara University
We Need to Build: In Person with Eboo Patel
Eboo Patel, author of the 2025–26 SCU Community Read book We Need to Build: Fieldnotes for Diverse Democracy, will be at Santa Clara University for an in-person talk and fireside chat. Refreshments will be available. Free event!
Time & Location
Apr 07, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA
About the event
In an era defined by what we are against, Eboo Patel asks a more daring question: What are we for? In We Need to Build, the founder of Interfaith America and former faith adviser to President Obama moves beyond the architecture of critique to the hard work of construction. Drawing on twenty years of experience as a civic leader, Patel provides a 'field guide' for turning diverse visions into durable institutions. This isn't just a book about social change; it’s a blueprint for building a society where everyone—regardless of their differences—can truly belong.