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SUMMARY:Interfaith Dialogue
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  height=\"215\"/></p>\n\nOpen Plenary by\n<b>Betty Bland</b>, Presiden
 t of the Theosophical Society in America\n\n<b>Keynote Speakers:</b>\n
 \n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"http://api.ning.com/files/
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 \"190\"/></p>\n<b>Dr. Rachel Bronson</b><b>, Chicago Council on Global
  Affairs</b>\nVice President, Programs and Studies at The Chicago Coun
 cil on Global Affairs. Prior to that, she served as Senior Fellow and 
 Director, Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in N
 ew York.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"http://api.ning.
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  height=\"189\"/></p>\n<b>Dr. Mark N. Swanson</b>, <b>Director of a Ce
 nter of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice at LSTC</b>\
 nSwanson holds a doctorate from the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and
  Islamic Studies in Rome. He earned the Master of Arts degree in relig
 ious studies (Islamic studies) from the Hartford Seminary in Connectic
 ut and the master of divinity degree from the Lutheran theological Sem
 inary at Gettysburg. From 1984–98, Swanson taught at the Evangelical
  Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. He joined the faculty of Luther
  Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. in 1998, where he was director of the Isl
 amic Studies Program.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"htt
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  width=\"149\" height=\"187\"/></p>\n<b>Dr. Abdul Malik Mujahid</b>, <
 b>Chicago Council on Global Affairs</b>\nAbdul Malik Mujahid is an Ima
 m in the Chicago Muslim community. He is president of Sound Vision Fou
 ndation, and Chairperson of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Gr
 eater Chicago. He has written extensively on religion, public policy a
 nd applied aspects of Islamic living. Imam Mujahid has initiated a joi
 nt campaign between American Muslims and the National Organization of 
 Women (NOW) to declare rape a war crime.\n\n<p style=\"text-align: lef
 t;\"><img src=\"http://api.ning.com/files/WzCHNZmtWrd-MkyWUey-*sSmfPwC
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 antiago</b>, <b>Deputy Executive Director &amp; Partner Cities Directo
 r</b>\nZabrina Santiago oversees involvement of local interreligiousmo
 vements in cities around\nthe world in preparation for the 2009 Parlia
 ment event. Previously, she worked for over 15\nYears in major investm
 ent firms and financial entities. She recently earned a master’s deg
 ree in theological studies from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chic
 ago. She has been involved with social justice and has served as an ec
 onomic development and peacekeeping delegate.\n\n\n<b>Panel Discussion
  with the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)</b>\nInterfaith Youth Core (IFY
 C) is an entrepreneurial, Chicago-based international organization tha
 t seeks to build a movement of young people creating religious plurali
 sm through cooperative social action and dialogue. Interfaith Youth Co
 re envisions a world in which young people from diverse religious and 
 philosophical perspectives interact peacefully to create understanding
  and collaboration, thereby strengthening civil society and stabilizin
 g global politics.\n\n<b>Register</b> <a href=\"http://www.theosophica
 l.org/events/PreParliament.php\"><b>Online</b></a>\n\n<b>PROMOTE THIS 
 EVENT:</b> <a href=\"http://www.theosophical.org/events/Parliament/Pre
 -Parliamentflyer.pdf\"><b>PDF flyer</b></a>\n<b>\nFor more information
  call 800-669-1571 x328\nor email: registrarpreparliament@gmail.com</b
 >\n\nFor more information visit http://theosophical.ning.com/events/in
 terfaith-dialogue
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090725T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090725T153000
CATEGORIES:pre-parliament, event
LOCATION:Arrowhead Golf Club
WEBSITE:http://www.theosophical.org/events/PreParliament.php
URL:http://www.theosophical.org/events/PreParliament.php
CONTACT:800-669-1571 x328
ORGANIZER:Co-Sponsored by The Theosophical Society in America and the 
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