CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
A
Workshops
and Panels
1:00 - 2:25 pm
A-1:
Sharif Abdullah
is a leading proponent and catalyst for inclusive social, cultural
and spiritual transformation. Founder and president of Commonway Institute,
dedicated to the creation of a society that is in line with our deepest
spiritual values - a society that works for all. He has written The
Power of One: Authentic Leadership in Turbulent Times and
Creating a World That Works for All. He
has his law degree from Boston University and
his work on humanistic globalization has taken him
to over two dozen countries and every continent, including peace building
efforts in Sri Lanka. He
has presented at the International Conferences
on Conflict Resolution in Russia and the International
Conferences on Engaging The Other.
Web: http://www.commonway.org
________________________________________
A-2:
Joseph
Montville
is a former career diplomat who specializes in the psychological roots
of ethnic and sectarian conflict. He is author/editor of Conflict
and Peacemaking in Multiethnic Societies, and co-editor of The Psychodynamics
of International Relationships. Creator of the concept of track two
diplomacy, Montville has taught at American University and George
Mason University where he also chairs the Center for World Religions,
Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution.
Web: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/crdc/montvillebio.html
________________________________________
A-3:
Nadeem
Salem
has worked in financial
services for 25 years. After 24 years with a firm called Savage and
Associates, he created his own firm, Salem Wealth Management LLC.
It provides a holistic, integrative approach to clients related to
their entire financial world and is customizable to each client based
upon an ongoing consultative/coaching process.
Web: http://www.savageandassociates.com/
Victor
Naidu
has
a professional/business career spans over 28 years as an entrepreneur,
corporate manager and technologist. His executive management and leadership
capabilities has contributed to launching/managing several companies
globally including Ramsoft Systems Inc., SEAcurity Corp, Medifinity,
Inc. and Magna Systems International Inc. His community activities
include co-founder and president of TiE Michigan chapter, Trustee
of Oakland School Foundation, Oakland County Workforce Advisor and
the president of USA Consortium for Trade with India.
Abdul
Raheman Nakadar
After taking early retirement from his cardiology practice to pursue
other interests, he founded in 1980 a financial institution based
on Islamic principals. He is founder of American Federation of Muslims
of Indian Origin (AFMI), a service and philanthropic based organization
that encourages education amongst the Muslim children in India. Publisher
of The Muslim Observer a weekly news paper in USA and founder of India
based Dr. Nakadar Institute of Knowledge.
Web: http://www.drnik.net
Moderator: Mohan
Tanniru
is
the Dean and Professor of MIS at the School of Business Administration
at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. Prior to joining OU, he
was at the University of Arizona, Oakland University, Syracuse University
and U of WI-Madison. He received Ph.D. in MIS from Northwestern University
and published over 90 articles in various journals, books and conference
proceedings.
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A-4:
Michael
Seville
is a Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry and active researcher in the radiation sciences
who has served as President of the Radiation Research Society (2006)
and Associate Editor of Radiation Research journal. He has also had
a long term interest in the interplay of science and religion. Professor
Sevilla coordinated a university wide seminar series for 5 years on
this topic and has taught several recent university courses on Science
and Religion with Professor Charles Mabee.
John
Suggs,
worked for Chrysler
Corporation for 42 years, ending his career as a Quality Engineering
Specialist working in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering. He
has been a member of the Baha’i Faith for 41 years. In addition,
he has served on the board of the United Ministries for Higher Education
at Oakland University. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University
in 1969 with a BA in History. He graduated from Central Michigan University
in 1984 with an MBA – Business Management.
Elysa
White
is assistant professor of Philosophy and head of the Judaic
Studies program at Oakland University.
James
Dow
is
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Oakland University. He is a founding
member of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion and served
on the board for many years. His most recent book is Holy Saints
and Fiery Preachers, deals with the spread of Evangelical Protestantism
in Mexico and Central America.
His articles on religion have appeared in Method and Theory in the
Study of Religion, Anpere, and the Anthropological Quarterly.
Tristin
Hassell
Moderator: Charles
Mabee
is
director of religious studies at Oakland University, has also served
as United Ministries in Higher Education campus minister in this learning
community since 1988. He is equally active in communities of faith,
as well as secular communities tht utilize the scientific approach
to understanding reality. To this end, he both directs a Master of
Divinity program at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit,
and team-eaches in the area of science and religion at Oakland with
Professor Mike Sevilla.
PLENARY
PANEL B
2:50 - 4:30 pm
Mohammed Abu-Nimer
is an associate professor at International Peace and Conflict Resolution
(IPCR) and director of Peacebuilding and Development Institute, American
University. Recent publications include: Unity in Diversity: Interfaith
Dialogue in the Middle East (Forthcoming USIP, 2007); Nonviolence
and Peacebuilding in Islam: Theory and Practice. (Gainsville:
University Press of Florida, 2003); Reconciliation, Justice, and
Coexistence: Theory and Practice (New York: Lexington, 2001).
Web:
www.aupeace.org/faculty/abu-nimer
Nontombi Naomi Tutu
is an internationally recognized speaker and consultant
on gender, race, and international relations, associate director of
the Office of International Programs at Tennessee State University,
founder of the Tutu Foundation, daughter of South African Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, and author of "Words of Desmond Tutu" and
"I Don't Think of You as Black: Honest Conversations on Race."
Ms. Tutu has been a consultant in sub-Saharan Africa and in South
Africa with a focus on educational and professional opportunities
for black women. She has a degree in International Economic Development
from University of Kentucky.
Web: http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=861
Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg
is rabbi of Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy, Michigan;
an innovative, yet traditional, friendly and inclusive congregation,
valuing diversity.
Web: http://www.shirtikvah.org/index.html
Reverend Joseph Summers
grew up interested
in community and social change. Pastor of the Episcopal Church of
the Incarnation in Pittsfield Township Michigan since 1987, during
this time his work has included outreach to people in prison and re-entering
the community, working with a Nicaraguan Baptist sister church, supporting
the work of the Sabeel Center in Jerusalem and Common Ground for Peace
and Justice in the Middle East, and advocating for equal rights for
people who are LGBT.
Krishna
Kumar
is Founder, President,
and Spiritual Director of Parashakthi Temple. He is a physician, philosopher,
theosophist, mystic, seer, and a philanthropist, and in 1999 founded
the temple, which is a Tirtha Peeda (pilgrimage) in the west for Devi
Parashakthi worshippers. Dr. Kumar is a highly evolved mystical spiritual
aspect and has been presented with the title of Paschima Parashakthi
Pitha-Samsthapana Raja Rishi (Royal Saint and Seer). In 2007 he Kumar
was inducted into Michigan Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Detroit Cobo
Hall.
Web: http://www.parashakthitemple.org/
Moderator: Don
Matthews
received his degree from University of Chicago, and is
a associate professor of history at Oakland University specializing
in the Modern Middle East. He wrote "Confronting an Empire,
Constructing a Nation: Arab Nationalists and Popular Politics in Mandate
Palestine"
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS C
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
4:45 - 6:00 pm
Brief Dinner Presentation
Cathy Cheal
Is Assistant Vice President of e-Learning and Instructional Support
at Oakland University. She received her doctorate degree in Classical
Archaeology at Brown University, taught art history at California
State University, Northridge, has numerous publications in her original
field of ancient art, including book chapters on "The Meaning
Of Skin Color in Eighteenth Dynasty Egyptian Painting" and "A
Taxonomy Showing Relationships between Digital Learning Objects and
Instructional Design." She created and directed the Office of
Online Instruction at CSUN for four years.
Keynote
7:30
- 8:00 pm
Nontombi
Naomi Tutu
(see
Plenary Panel B)
~ Saturday,
March 14 ~
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS D
Workshops
and Panels
10:00 am - 11:20 pm
D-1:
Irene Nasser
is Outreach Associate for Just
Vision, a nonprofit organization that uses media and education to
raise awareness of under-documented Palestinian and Israeli joint
civilian efforts to resolve conflict nonviolently, and encourage civic
participation in grassroots peacebuilding. She has training in facilitation,
dialogue, program evaluation and assessment, trauma management and
response, organizing, as well as program management, and has a degree
from International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at American
Univ. Irene is the co-author of the forthcoming "Textbooks
as a Vehicle for Segregation and Domination: State Efforts to Shape
Palestinian Israeli's Identities as Citizens" in the Journal
of Curriculum Studies (Vol. 40, 2008). A Palestinian from Israel,
she has lived in the US and Israel and is fluent in Arabic, Hebrew,
and English
Web: www.justvision.org
and www.encounterpoint.com
________________________________________
D-2:
Sr. Mary VanGilder
is a member of the Catholic Religious Congregation, Sisters of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose Motherhouse in is Monroe, Michigan.
Formerly a Campus Minister at Oakland University, she is currently
a Pastoral Associate at St. John Fisher Chapel University Parish.
She is retired Professor Emerita from Oakland Community College where
she taught Fine Arts, Humanities and World Religions. Her interests
include providing seminars in Adult Spirituality, World Religions,
Art and Spiritual Insights and Ecumenical Conversations
Rev. Sue Camaiore
is an ordained American Baptist Minister
and currently Spiritual Care Coordinator, Chaplain at Crittenton Hospital
Medical Center in Rochester, Michigan. She has a degree in Education
from Eastern Michigan University, Masters of Divinity from American
Baptist Seminary of the West and Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley,
California, Clinical Pastoral Education for chaplaincy from Harper
Hospital in Detroit, and year residency at University of Michigan
Hospital. Her 30 years of ministry has included 10 years of parish
ministry and 20 years of ministry as a hospital chaplain in the Detroit
area.
Rev Leonetta
Imam Achmat Salie
(see
Friday Morning Opening)
Rev Latha Ravi
Fr. Stan Ulman
Julius Delpino
________________________________________
D-3:
Osama Siblani
is editor of the Arab American News. He was born in Beirut,
Lebanon in 1955, and came to the United States in 1976 to pursue his
education. He completed hi B.S.S. in electrical engineering in 1979
at the University of Detroit, and in 1980 assumed the position of
Vice President at Energy International, Inc., a major import-export
firm dealing with the Middle East. He held this position until he
began The Arab American News in 1984.
Web: www.arabamericannews.com
Mumtaz
Haque
is Producer/host of Manoranjan
Radio Show & www.mumtazworld.com, President of the Council of
Asian & Pacific Americans in Michigan (CAPA), Council Member of
the Governor's Advisory Council on Asian and Pacific Affairs ACAPAA,
Past President & Board Member, International Institute of Metropolitan
Detroit, and Past President & Board Member of the India League
of America. An educator by profession, she has represented her colleagues
for two consecutive years in the Detroit Federation of Teachers, and
serves on the Michigan Department of Education Bias And Sensitivity
Committee for MEAP & MME (Michigan Merit Exam).
Web: www.mumtazworld.com
David
Crumm
is best known
as a journalist for more than 30 years, specializing mainly in reporting
on the impact of faith and culture on people's daily lives. Since
the mid 1980s, he has reported across the U.S. and occasionally from
other parts of the world for the Detroit Free Press and its wire services.
In 2006, his weekly column on everyday spirituality won the annual
Wilbur Award for "Best Column on Religion in a Major Newspaper."
In 2007, Crumm and a team of media professionals launched the www.ReadTheSpirit.com
Web hub and related publishing projects through which they are exploring
emerging themes in spiritual media, promoting cultural diversity and
are helping men and women make their own spiritual connections.
Web: www.readthespirit.com
Daniel
Tutt
is Outreach Coordinator for 20,000 Dialogues, a national interfaith
and cross-cultural dialogue project combining film and discussion
for positive social change, where he develops and leads trainings,
builds partnerships, facilitates dialogue and manages a national program.
He is an advisor for groups such as the Washington Region for Justice
and Inclusion, Youth Building Bridges program, United Religions Initiative,
the Muslim Advisory Arts Council of Americans for Informed Democracy,
and board member of the 9/11 Unity Walk, an annual multi-city peace
walk that celebrates America's pluralism and diversity.
Email: Daniel@upf.tv Web: www.20000dialogues.org
Moderator: Peter Bertocci
is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center
for International Programs at Oakland University. His research interests
include the Islamic cultures of South Asia, with special reference
to the Muslims of Bengal. His most recent publication focuses on the
Maijbhandari Sufis of Bangladesh.
________________________________________
D-4:
Padma Kuppa
is a Hindu American
working for social justice and understanding. She is a co-founder
of the Troy Interfaith Group and Chair of Bharatiya Temple's Outreach
Committee. She serves on Troy’s different advisory boards, the
Temple’s working committees, and is part of the local interfaith
movement. Her faith has been strengthened through personal experiences;
her interest in Hindu philosophy is a family tradition. While she
has worked as systems analyst, project manager, writer and diversity
consultant, being a mother is most important.
Web: http://www.bharatiya-temple.org/home/index.shtml
Rick
Joseph
teaches 5th and 6th
grade students at Birmingham Covington School in Bloomfield Hills,
MI. He is the chairperson of the school’s Diversity Committee.
An Arab-American catholic, Rick has brought “Reuniting the Children
of Abraham” to his students and community. He traveled to Saudi
Arabia with a delegation of U.S. educators in 2007. Rick believes
the central antidote to bigotry and prejudice is education, which
leads to understanding, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence.
Penny
Zago
is a retired educator
and current chairperson for the Shalom Center for Justice and Peace,
a ministry of the United Methodist Church. For almost 40 years, she
has been working with and for children as a classroom teacher, curriculum
resource consultant, private school board member and chair, Michigan
Department of Education consultant, independent contractor facilitating
group work and professional development, and now, as an advocate for
justice and peace. She
has presented at the International Conference on Conflict Resolution
in Russia.
Web: http://www.shalomlansing.org/templates/System/default.asp?id=36605
Falguni
Shah
has
been an active member of the Jain Society of Greater Detroit for 25
years. She has been a religious teacher for the temple's over the
past 20 years teaching children ranging from 3 years to 16 years,
and currently teaches high schoolers. She was the advisor for the
Jain Youth Organization (JOY) for 3 years. In addition to being an
activist for pacifism and a devoted Jain practicing acts of n
Moderator:
Jehan
Olweean
has taught special
education for over 7 years to a broad spectrum of special needs students
has her degree in
Special Education from Eastern Michigan University. Her
mission has been to bring dignity, respect, and self-empowerment into
the classroom, while inspiring students to reach their fullest potential
and highest self esteem. A fundamental aspect of her commitment is
to advocate for special needs students to receive the recognition,
appreciation, and rights they deserve. She has presented at the International
Conference on Conflict Resolution in Russia, and the International
Conference on
Engaging The Other.
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS E
Workshops
and Panels
Morning 11:35 am - 12:55 pm
E-1:
Daniel Tutt
(see
D3 )
________________________________________
E-2:
Paula
Gutlove
is Deputy Director of Institute
for Resource and Security Studies with over 25 years of experience
working with people of diverse perspectives and interests, to improve
communication, build understanding, resolve conflicts, and promote
cooperation. She founded the Health Bridges for Peace project, and
is a founding board member and board chair of the Alliance for Peacebuilding,
an Associate of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and consultant
to numerous international organizations. She has had post-doctoral
fellowships in peace and conflict studies at Harvard University and
Australian National University.
Web: http://www.irss-usa.org/
________________________________________
E-3:
Ohad Bar
Shalom
is Senior psychotherapist (MSW from The Hebrew
University - Jerusalem), and supervisor at wAmcha - Center for psycho-social
treatment of holocaust survivors and their families. He specializes
in individual, couple and group psychotherapy of post-traumatic patients,
including survivors of
sexual abuse and assault, terror attacks, and war. He has facilitated
Jewish-Arab groups in conflict through the School for Peace in Neve
Shalom/Wahat Al Salaam, Isreal, where he has lived since 1994.
Web: http://www.nswas.com/
Brenda
Rosenberg - Reuniting
The Children of Abraham
was the first woman senior vice president of fashion merchandizing
and marketing for Hudson's Department stores in Detroit Michigan,
and later for Federated Allied Department Stores. Since 9/11 Brenda
has become a champion for inter faith, inter cultural and inter racial
understanding. As executive producer of "Reuniting the Children
of Abraham toolkit 4 peace" she has spoken at numerous churches,
mosques, synagogues and schools throughout Michigan, across the country
and overseas. She was the first woman, and first Jewish person, to
deliver a Ramadan sermon in metro Detroit's Islamic community.
Web: thechildrenofabrahamproject.org
Imad Hamad
is the Regional Director and Senior National Advisor for
Public Affairs of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
(ADC), the premier civil rights organization in the nation on behalf
of Arab Americans. He is a long time community advocate, who has fought
for the cause of civil rights and justice, and has been an active
bridge builder between communities for many years.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
Eide
Alawan
is
Director of Interfaith Outreach and spokesperson for the Islamic Centre
of America, and has been one of the most active participants and advocates
of interfaith dialogue and relations for many years. He
has been on Board of Directors of Star International Academy.
Web: www.icofa.com/aboutus/imam.html
Sarah
Sayeed
is a Program and Communications Associate
at Interfaith Center of NY where she coordinates the Rabbi Marshall
T. Meyer Retreats for Social Justice. She has her degree in communications
from Univ. of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Princeton University.
Sarah has previously worked at New York Disaster Interfaith Services
and the American Jewish World Service, and was assistant professor
at Baruch College. She is a board member of Women in Islam, Inc.,
and Muslim Consultative Network and is the author of numerous articles
relating to Islam, women, and health communication.
Web: http://www.interfaithcenter.org/index.asp
Moderator: Henri Gooren
is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at OU. He recently
finished the book Conversion Careers: Why People Become and Remain
Religiously Active and works on a book on Nicaragua. Henri Gooren
obtained his PhD in Anthropology at Utrecht University with the dissertation
Rich among the Poor: Church, Firm, and Household among Small-Scale
Entrepreneurs in Guatemala City (1999). He publishes on Pentecostalism,
Protestantism, Mormonism, and Roman Catholicism in Latin America –
often with a focus on conversion.
________________________________________
E-4:
Joanna Ladki
is
Coordinator of the Domestic Violence Prevention Program
for ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services)
in Dearborn. Michigan. The program aims at changing social attitudes
toward domestic violence, empowering individuals at risk for domestic
violence, and decreasing the incidence of domestic violence.
Web: http://www.accesscommunity.org/site/PageServer
Sonya
Friedman
Received her PhD in Psychology
from Wayne State University and has a private clinical practice in
Birmingham, Michigan. She has been host of CNN Informational/news
Program, "Sonya Live," for 8 years, ABC talk radio's
resident psychologist for 10 years, a weekly columnist for Detroit
Free Press for 10 years, has written for Town And County magazine,
Destinations magazine, and is a weekly contributor to the St. Maarten
Herald newspaper. Publications include: "Men Are Just Desserts",
"Smart Cookies Don't Crumble", and "A Hero
Is More Than Just A Sandwich."
Web: http://www.drsonyafriedman.com/
Terri
Heckman
graduated from the University of Akron with degrees in Social
Work and Community Service Technology. She has been Director of the
Battered Women's Shelter for the past ten years, and was Director
of the YWCA Rape Crisis Program for 10 years. She currently serves
as President of the Summit County Domestic Violence Task Force. Terri
has spoken on issues of Child Abuse, Rape, Elder Abuse and the Prevention
of Date Rape. Publications include: "A Rape Survivor's Support
Manual", and "It Wasn't Supposed To End This Way."
Web: http://www.scmcbws.org
Moderator: Steve
Olweean (see
Friday Morning Opening)
PLENARY
PANEL F
1:55 - 3:15 pm
Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini
is a Muslim spokesperson, spiritual
leader and Imam of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan,
the largest mosque in the US. A well known and outspoken advocate
for reconciliation, cooperation, and solidarity between religious
communities, he actively works with religious leaders to help bridge
differences and dispel prejudice, serves on numerous interfaith councils
and advisory boards, and represents the muslim community at White
House faith-based events. His books include Meditation in Sahehain,
Prophet Mohammad: The Ethical Prospect, and a new book just released
American Crescent.
Web: www.icofa.com/aboutus/imam.html
-and- http://www.qazwini.org
Imam Mohammed Mardini,
is a Muslim spiritual leader,
spokesperson, and Imam of the American Muslim Center in Dearborn,
Michigan. He is known for his invaluable services to the Islamic
and greater interfaith community has actively worked to bring together
people of all cultures and faiths in an effort to promote understanding
and build bridges of communication.
Web: http://www.americanmuslimcenter.org/
Imam Mohammed Elahi,
is
a Muslim spiritual leader, spokesperson, and Imam
of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. He is
a leading member of the Council of Imams of Michigan, a co-signer
of the Code of Conduct Document between Sunni and Shia clerics, and
a frequent contributor to the Detroit Free Press.
Web: http://www.islamichouseofwisdom.com/
Moderator: Imam
Achmat Salie
(see
Friday Morning Opening)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
G
Facilitated Dialogue Groups
3:30 - 4:30 pm
PLENARY
PANEL H
4:45 - 6:15 pm
Joseph Montville
(see
A2)
Sharif
Abdullah
(see
A1)
Manveen
Saluja
is a physician who is an active representative of the Parashakthi
Temple.
Sudarshan Sathe
is the Founder and CEO of New Concepts, a metal
trading company. He is a Chemical Engineer and business person
by vocation, and a thinker and a student of history by avocation.
He has spoken at interfaith conferences and is a believer in
inter-faith harmony, based on the triumvirate of ideas; the personal
conscience, the open-minded inquiry of the sciences, and the commonsense
of logic for which we are innately configured.
Imam Achmat Salie (see
Friday Morning Opening)
Moderater: Steve
Olweean
(see
Friday Morning Opening)
Keynote
7:30
- 8:00 pm
Mohammed
Abu-Nimer (see Plenary
Panel B)
~ Sunday,
March 15 ~
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS I
10:00 am- 11:30 am
I-1:
Naomi Tutu
(see
Plenary Panel B)
Steve Spreitzer
is
the Senior Director of Programs with Michigan Roundtable for Diversity
and Inclusion, an organization helping communities and regions advance
equity. Steve received his Masters in Social Work from Michigan State
University where he studied the role of the faith community in the
criminal justice system. He has been recognized for his leadership
in the area of interfaith relations through the World Sabbath for
Religious Reconciliation and the Council of Islamic Organizations
of Michigan
Web: http://www.miroundtable.org/mrdi/
Sharif
Abdullah
(see
A1)
Moderator: Sharon
(Shea) Howell
is a professor of communication at Oakland University. She has
written and lectured extensively on issues of social difference and
peace. She explores issues of ideology, identity and social change.
She also writes a weekly column for the Michigan Citizen. As a Detroit
activist she works with youth, artists and community-based development.
She has worked extensively with school systems and communities on
conflict resolution and diversity training through the Michigan Roundtable
for Diversity and Inclusion.
________________________________________
I-2:
Shereef
Akeel
was elected 2004 Lawyer
of the Year by the Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and nominated in top 5%
of Michigan attorneys by Super Lawyers Magazine for 2006, 2007 and
2008. He graduated from Detroit College of Law, has a CPA and a Masters
in Business Administration from Wayne State University, and specializes
in civil rights, business litigation, and personal injury. He has
been involved in several high profile discrimination cases, including
filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of all of the Iraqi prisoners
who were tortured in Abu Gharib and elsewhere.
Web: http://www.akeelvalentine.com/
Nadia
Fadel
is a graduate of
the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law, joined the ADC-Michigan
team in June of 2006 and currently serves as the Director of Policy
& Community Affairs. Ms. Fadel also earned certifications in Mediation
and Dispute Resolution while she studied Intercultural Mediation &
Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Humboldt University
School of Law in Berlin, Germany.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
Ihsan
Alkhatib
is an attorney
in family and immigration law, is involved in civil rights matters,
worked for as corporate counsel for Life for Relief and Development,
and has advocated and written on American Muslim charity issues. Ihsan
was Board of Directors President for Detroit Chapter of American Arab
anti Discrimination Committee (ADC) Michigan, and currently serves
on its advisory board. He earned a JD from University of Toledo and
Ph.D. in Political Science from Wayne State University, taught at
Wayne State University, and is adjunct faculty at Henry Ford Community
College.
Web: www.adcmichigan.org
-and- www.lifeusa.org
Moderator: Imad
Hamad
(see
E 3)
________________________________________
I-3:
Fatima
Al-Hayaani
has taught, lectured, and conducted workshops on Islamic Studies;
Muslim Jurisprudence; Muslim Family Law; The Middle East: History,
Politics and Society; Muslim Women, Arab Women, Arabic Language and
Literature; French Language and Literature; English language and Literature;
and Methodology in Foreign language teaching. She has a degree in
Near Eastern Studies from University
of Michigan. Publications
include: "Muslim Perspective on Stem Cell research and Cloning,"
"Bio-Medical Ethics: Muslim Perspective in Genetically Modified
Foods," "Islam and Science: Contradiction or Concordance,"
"Arabs and the American Legal System: Cultural and Political
Ramifications" in Arabs in America: Building a New Future.
Saeed
Khan
is currently
Lecturer in the Department of Near East & Asian Studies at Wayne
State University, where he teaches Islamic and Middle East and History,
Islamic Civilizations and History of Islamic Political Thought, and
Adjunct Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Detroit-Mercy.
Saeed is also the Founder and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute
for Social Policy & Understanding: a Michigan-based Think Tank
promoting the study and analysis of US social and domestic policy.
Krishna
Kumar
(see
Plenary Panel B)
Moderator: Rasool
Chaudry
is Professor of Biology at Oakland University.
He chaired the First Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy
in May 2008
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
J
Final Facilitated Dialogue Groups
11:45 am- 1:00 pm
CONFERENCE
CLOSING
1:00
pm - 2:30 pm
