WHAT:
The Annual Meeting & Dinner of
The Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass
Keynote Speaker:
Professor John Stempel
speaking on
“Using Religion in Peace & Conflict”
plus
TIABG 2010 Faith & Freedom Awardee:
Imam Ihsan Bagby
WHEN:
6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Thursday
October 28th
WHERE:
Temple Adath Israel
124 No. Ashland Ave
Lexington
Click here for a map and directions to Temple Adath Israel.
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Tickers $20 per person; $10 for seniors and students. Please reserve tickets by contacting Jesse Mark at tiabg@qx.net or 859-559-5943. Checks and reservation may be mailed to The Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass (TIABG), P.O. Box 910336, Lexington, Ky. 40591.
DETAILS:
Our keynote speaker is Professor John Stempel, Senior Professor at the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. He will give a talk entitled “Using Religion in Peace & Conflict.” In addition TIABG will present the 2010 Faith and Freedom Award to Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky. The Faith and Freedom Award is given in recognition of steadfast devotion to the promotion of religious understanding between peoples of different faith.
About John Stempel
Dr. Stempel spent 4 years at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, among many postings during a 24 year career with the U.S. Foreign Service, after which he came to the Patterson School as Associate Director in 1988. He served as Director from 1993 to 2003. He has consulted on the Middle East for various media, and is a member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. He received his A.B. from Princeton and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Inside the Iranian Revolution, now in a second edition, and Common Sense and Foreign Policy, published in 2008.
About Ihsan Bagby
Dr. Bagby has been active in both local and national Islamic and interfaith organizations, and was influential in the formation of The Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass. Recently elected to the Majlis of the Islamic Society of North America, he is also a Fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, in Detroit, and on the Advisory Board of the Hartford Institute for Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. Dr. Bagby holds a PhD. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan (1985).
About Dinner
Dinner will be catered by Sav’s Grill and West African Cuisine, serving Mafen vegetarian sauce over wheat couscous, Peanut chicken over rice, and Tilapia vegetable stew over rice. Entertainment will be provided by Sogo Drums.
About TIABG
The Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass is an organization of adults and youth which fosters relationships among a diversity of religious traditions and organizations, in order to discover and celebrate shared values in an atmosphere of mutual respect. We advocate for actions which promote the greater dignity and well-being of all people in our community through respectful dialogue and by modeling successful interfaith cooperation.
The Interfaith Alliance is equally committed to protecting the integrity of both religion and democracy in America. We champion religious freedom by respecting individual rights, promoting policies that protect both religion and democracy and uniting diverse voices to challenge extremism and build common ground.
SPONSORS:
The Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jesse Mark
tiabg@qx.net
(859) 559-5943
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