We gathered and ate iftar dinner with 80 participants who are professors, instructors and students at UW-Madison.
When
Thursday, September 11, 2008
7:00 pm
Where
Red Gym-2nd Floor (MCC Lounge)
Fast Breaking Dinner was held at Lutheran Campus Center on 6:00 pm.
The evening started with presentations about the month long Muslim observance of Ramadan and the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot, which both follow the lunar calendar and happen to coincide this year.
It was a great evening and a chance to share food and ideas.
DI members and all guests had a wonderful Ramadan Fast Breaking Dinner at Multicultural Student Center. Turkish food was served.
Madison, WI - Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Program:
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Opening Remarks
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
Keynote SpeechesDr. Scott Alexander
Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies at Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Center for TheologyDr. Marcia Hermansen
Professor of Theology at Loyola University
6:40 pm -7:20 pm
Dinner Service
7:20 pm -7:50 pm
The First Annual Interfaith Dialogue Awards
7:50 pm -8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Madison, WI - Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Anthony (Nino) Amato, the former member of the UW Board of Regents and former Chair of the Task Force on Race Relations, was among six speakers who addressed attendees at the 4th Annual Dialogue Dinner, which was held November 11 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, hosted […]
Religion and Social Justice
On UW Wisconsin Room - Red Gym
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fast Breaking Dinner (Iftar)
