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Chicago, IL - Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: One Year Post-Cairo
Chicago, IL - Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: One Year Post-Cairo
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-7:15pm
Where: The Chicago Club, 81 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
Event Description: June 4, 2010 marks the first anniversary of President Obama’s speech at Cairo University, during which he outlined a path toward “a new beginning” with Muslim communities around the world. During his speech the President recognized the importance of engaging not only with governments but with economically and politically influential sectors of societies, including Muslim communities. It follows that the next steps will include a strategy to engage religious communities of all faiths in addressing pressing foreign policy challenges, and to build the institutional capacity to support it. The Chicago Council is particularly interested in the Administration’s follow-up to the Cairo speech given our recent task force report, Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy, which outlines specific policy recommendations towards such a strategy. Join us for an important conversation that will serve as both a one-year anniversary review of President Obama’s speech in Cairo and the Chicago presentation of The Chicago Council’s task force report.
Featured Speakers: Dirk Ficca, Executive Director, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (CPWR)
Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)
Afeefa Syeed, Senior Culture and Development Advisor, Asia and Middle East Bureaus, U.S. Agency for International Development
Moderated by Rachel Bronson, Vice President for Programs and Studies, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Registration: Individuals $10
President’s Circle, Corporate Members, and Student Members complimentary
Register at www.logon.thechicagocouncil.org/PUBLIC/Core/Events/eventdetails.aspx?iKey=100608&TemplateType=A
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