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.
________________________________________
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
