The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
Pluralism Project Consultation
Women's Networks in Multireligious America: After September 11
The Harvard Club of New York City, November 2, 2001
Participants:
Dr. Leila Ahmed, Harvard Divinity School
Ms. Sharifa Alkhateeb, North American Council for Muslim Women
Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, Muslim Women's League
Ms. Karen Armstrong, Author
Rev. Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Memorial Church, Harvard University; Harvard Divinity School
Ms. Constance Buchanan, The Ford Foundation
Sister Helen Marie Burns, RSM, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Ms. Elora Chowdhury, The Ford Foundation
Dr. Shamita Das Dasgupta, Manavi, Inc.
Ms. Sheila Decter, American Jewish Congress
Dr. Diana L. Eck, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
Ms. Blu Greenberg, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
Ms. Emira Habiby Browne, The Arab-American Family Support Center
Ms. Karen Hessel, National Council of Churches, Justice for Women
Mrs. Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Ms. Cherrefe Kadri, Islamic Center of Greater Toledo
Dr. Azza Karam, Women's Department, World Conference on Religion and Peace
Ms. Navjot Kaur, Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force
Dr. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, The Center for Women and Religion, Graduate Theological Union
Dr. Carolyn Kunin, Department on Religious Action, Women of Reform Judaism
Dr. Hala Salaam Maksoud, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Dr. Ellen Marson, Hadassah
Dr. Uma Mysorekar, The Hindu Temple Society of North America
Rev. Margaret Rose, St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
Ms. Maureen Shea, People for the American Way
Ms. Joyce D. Sohl, Women's Division, United Methodist Church
Ms. Lynn Szwaja, The Rockefeller Foundation
Ms. Christina Safiya Tobias-Nahi, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
Dr. Jyotsna Uppal, Committee on South Asian Women, COSAW
Preliminary Agenda:
11:30 - 11:45 Check-in, coffee, greetings
11:45 - 12:00 Moment of Silence, Lunch begins
12:00 - 12:30 Comments by Diana Eck, including basic introductions of participants
12:30 - 1:15 Muslim Panel
1:15 - 1:30 Arab American Panel
1:30 - 2:00 Hindu, Sikh, South Asian American Panel
2:00 - 2:30 Jewish Panel
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:15 Christian Panel
3:15 - 3:45 Advocacy and Academy Panel
3:45 - 4:50 Discussion
4:40 - 5:00 Break
5:00 - 6:00 Dinner, concluding discussions
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