I Know Your Name

In the first days following 9/11attack on our country a person representing the federal government was visiting a kindergarten class. She told the children “someone who did not really like us” had attacked our country, but the government is keeping everyone safe, and their families are keeping them safe as well. They were not to be afraid because many people were around them to protect them.

One little girl came up to the speaker and said “If they knew our names would they like us?”

This bit of wisdom from a small child has inspired the “I Know Your Name” medallion. In English in says “I work and pray for peace.” In Arabic it says “I pray and work for peace.” The group of stars in the center is a symbol for people of all races and religions under one God.

Each person who orders a medallion is asked to 1) list up to three children’s names on the order form – children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or children of friends; 2) indicate if children’s names are Muslim or non-Muslim. These names will be inscribed on the back of the medallion.If they are Muslim names, that medallion will be mailed to a non-Muslim person to wear. If they are non-Muslim names, the medallion will go to a Muslim person to wear.

We will no longer be faceless, nameless people to each other. We will have begun to know each other’s names. It’s hoped that this medallion will move people to actions and to prayers that will help our children and grandchildren - be not enemy combatants – but friends and neighbors.

(Part of the proceeds of the sale of the medallion will go to groups that promote friendship and understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims.)

“I Know Your Name” Medallion
1534 North Moorpark Road #191
Thousand Oaks, CA, 91360