Women leaders explored the common values underlying Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and the role of religion in conflict resolution and violence prevention. They addressed the challenges facing the United States and the international community in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the U.S. and the need to build a global coalitionfor peace and tolerance. Panelists included Marian Wright Edelman, Blu Greenberg, Azza Karam, and Mahnaz Afkhami (Moderator).
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PANELISTS
Marian Wright Edelman - Blu Greenberg - Azza Karam - Mahnaz Afkhami (Moderator)
WHEN
November 7, 2001
Wednesday
5:30 to 7:30 PM
Open to the public
WHERE
Kay Spiritual Center of American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Free parking available
Women leaders will explore the common values underlying Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and the role of religion in conflict resolution and violence prevention. They will address the challenges facing the United States and the international community in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the U.S. and the need to build a global coalition for peace and tolerance.
Marian Wright Edelman is Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund. The first Black woman to be admitted to the Mississippi Bar, she directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Mississippi in the mid-1960's. She served as Goodwill Ambassador for the 2001 World Conference Against Racism and is the author of several books including The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors.
Blu Greenberg is Co-Founder of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and served as Chair of the first and second International Conferences on Feminism and Orthodoxy. An author and lecturer who has published widely on issues of feminism, Orthodoxy, and the Jewish family, her books include On Women and Judaism: A View From Tradition and Black Bread: Poems After the Holocaust.
Azza Karam is Director of the Women's Program at Religions for Peace and has published and lectured extensively on the status of women's rights in Muslim societies, political Islam, democratization, and international gender issues. Her publications include Women, Islamism and the State, Islam in a non-Pillarised Society, and Transnational Political Islam(forthcoming).
Mahnaz Afkhami (Moderator) is Founder and President of Women's Learning Partnership and former Minister of State for Women's Affairs in Iran. In exile in the U.S., she has been a leading advocate of women's rights internationally for more than three decades, having directed several organizations focused on advancing the status of women in Muslim societies. Her numerous publications include Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation and Women in Exile.
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