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Spike in Requests for Presentations About Islam & Muslims from High Schools

ING NEWS UPDATE 6/13/06 * ING Speaker Addresses Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, 6/09 * ING President Conducts Sessions at ISNA’s Leadership Development Center, 6/07-08 * ING Speaker and Physician Educates Stanford Medical Students, 6/06 * ING Speaker Presents in Intimate Home Gathering in Palo Alto, 5/30 * ING Speaker Addresses San Jose Sunrise Rotary Club, 5/25/06 * Spike in Requests for High School Presentations as School Year Ends, 5/06 ********************************************* Spike in Requests for High School Presentations as School Year Ends, 5/06 ING historically experiences a jump in requests from Bay Area high schools for presentations about Islam and Muslims as the school year draws to a close in the month of May. Typically, high schools are more flexible in their teaching about Islam and Muslims. Requests generally come from high school World History classes, but also are made by a variety of teachers in various subjects, including Ethnic Studies, Middle East Studies, African Studies, Women Studies and World Religion classes in high schools. While generally high schools make up about a quarter of all ING presentations, in May alone this year, we received requests for and delivered 22 presentations to 7 high schools. These schools were located around the Bay Area, from Watsonville to Santa Rosa delivered by a variety of ING speakers. They included: 6 presentations on Islam and Muslims at Lynbrook High School in San Jose on May 19th, 25th and 26th by Omar Ansari, Maha Elgenaidi and Youssef Ismail; 5 presentations on Islam and Muslims at Pajaro Valley High School in Watsonville on May 22nd by Nashwan Hamza; Presentations on Islam and Muslims at Piner High School in Santa Rosa on May 23rd by Ameena Jandali; Presentation on Islam and Muslims at Foothill High School in Pleasanton on May 23rd by Uzma Hussaini; 5 presentations on Islamic Contributions to Civilization at Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose on May 23rd by Youssef Ismail and Kushroo Shaikh; 3 presentations on Basic Tenets and History of Islam at Gateway High School in San Francisco on May 23rd by Naureen Moon and Khatija Afroze; and a presentation on Islam and Muslims with a Perspective on Contemporary Islam in the U.S. at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto on May 30th by Maha Elgenaidi. Read More

Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Bay Area

ING NEWS UPDATE 5/23/06 * ING President Addresses Jewish Women’s Philanthropist Group, 5/16/06 * ING Participates in Workshop at the National Christian Unity Inter-Religious Dialogue Conference, 5/11/06 * ING Addresses Healthcare Issues for Muslim Patients, 5/08 & 5/16 * ING President Participates in Pilot Program to Reverse Image of Islam in America, 5/05-5/06 * “Future of Religious Freedom in America” Conference Releases Report, 4/28/06 ******************************************** ING President Addresses Jewish Women’s Philanthropist Group, 5/16/06 On Tuesday, May 16th, ING President, Maha Elgenaidi, addressed the Women’s Alliance of the Jewish Community Federation – “Lions of Judah”. The audience included over 100 top Jewish women donors in the Bay Area. Two events were held: one before the group’s monthly luncheon, and one during the luncheon. The event before the luncheon was a discussion on “Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Bay Area” which included a dialogue between the audience and a panel of speakers that included Abby Porth, Associate Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JRCR), Maha Elgenaidi, ING President, and Barbara Kaufman, Director of Governor Schwarznegger’s San Francisco Bay Area Regional Office. Maha and Abby addressed the existing partnership between the ING and the JCRC, whose vision and mission is as follows: Read More

ING Training for Healthcare & Hospitals

ING NEWS UPDATE 2/06/06 ING President Selected as Chair of Peace Building Committee of Santa Clara County, ongoing ING in Dialogue with the Jewish Community Relations Council – East Bay, ongoing ING Speaker Joins PUC Panel About God & Human Suffering, 1/26 ING Trainers Present to Stanford School of Medicine, 1/31 Read More