Luncheons

"The Importance of Community Outreach to the FBI" with Mr. James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge, Washington Field Office

Read more: The Importance of Community Outreach to the FBI

"Turkey, Developments in the Middle East and Turkish-American Relations" with Namik Tan, Ambassador of Turkey to the U.S.

Luncheon Talk

Read more: Turkey, Developments in the Middle East and Turkish-American Relations

"Taking Action to Stop Hate" with Farah Anwar Pandith Special Representative to Muslim Communities and Hannah Rosenthal Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

Luncheon Talk

Read more: Taking Action to Stop Hate with Farah Anwar Pandith and Hannah Rosenthal

Paul Monteiro serves as the liaison to Arab Americans, faith-based and secular belief communities and also assists in coordinating the White House Mentorship Program. He worked for then-Senator Obama in his Senate office in 2006 before joining the Obama for America campaign in Chicago as the national Deputy Director of Religious Affairs.

Read more: Empowering Communities through Dialogue and Partnership

This book is a study of the role mystical discourse and experience can play in Christian-Muslim dialogue as a subset of interfaith dialogue in general. It concentrates on the work of two great medieval mystic masters, one Muslim, the other Christian.

Read more: When Mystic Masters Meet: Towards a New Matrix for Christian-Muslim Dialogue, by Prof. Syafaatun Almirzanah

Culture and politics are inextricably linked in Muslim majority regions around the world. Cultural diplomacy offers an untapped resource for increasing understanding between East and West, as well as for helping to strengthen and stabilize countries emerging from revolutions and conflicts.

Read more: Repairing the ‘Broken Mirror’: Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East and Southeast Asia” with Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider

Mr. Pomerance will be discussing the science, impacts and policy responses to the climate problem. The scale and risks are enormous and solutions are equally challenging. Mr. Pomerance will describe why climate change will become a dominant issue for governments in the 21st century.

Read more: “Climate Change: A Major Challenge of the 21st Century”, with Rafe Pomerance, Senior Advisor and Fellow, Climate Policy Center

“President Obama's Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiative”, with Jannah Scott, Th.D., Deputy Director, Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Homeland Security

Read more: President Obama's Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiative