Previous Events
June 26 and 27, 2003
Communities Find Common Ground for Action- Part 1
Convening and Moderating Forums
Montgomery College
Rockville Campus
May 4, 2003
"A COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ON
FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING"
Montgomery College - Germantown Campus
Globe Hall
PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2: 00 P.M.: Welcome
2:15 - 4:30 P.M.: Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
(including a ten minute intermission)
4:30 - 4:45 P.M.: Panel Discussion – Lobna Ismail,
President, Connecting Cultures, Moderator
Dr. Suheil Badi Bushrui, Center for International
Development and Conflict Management, Baha'i Chair for World Peace, University
of Maryland
Rev. Lincoln Dring, Associate Pastor, Hancock
Presbyterian Church, Hancock, MD; Former Director, Montgomery County Community
Ministries
Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim Chaplain at Georgetown
University, Islamic Society of Frederick and the National Naval Medical Center
Alex Kronemer, Creator and Co-Producer, Muhammad:
Legacy of a Prophet
Rabbi Warren Stone, Rabbi of Temple Emanuel,
Kensington, MD; President, Washington Board of Rabbis
COMMUNITY
DIALOGUE
SPONSORS
Arab American and American Jewish Peace Partners
Baha'is of Montgomery County Southeast
Bethesda Jewish Congregation
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
Center for Community Leadership Development and Public Policy at Montgomery
College
Community Ministries of Montgomery County
Congregation Or Chadash
Diversity Management Institute at Montgomery College
East County Citizens Advisory Board
Impact Silver Spring
Islamic Society for the Washington Area
Kensington-North Chevy Chase Ministerium
Montgomery College Office of Equity and Diversity
Montgomery County Commission for Women
Montgomery County Committee on Ethnic Affairs
Montgomery County Committee on Hate/Violence
Montgomery County Community Action Board
Montgomery County Human Rights Commission
Montgomery County Office of Human Rights
Montgomery County Partnership Board for Victims of Hate/Violence
Muslim Community Center of Silver Spring
National Multicultural Institute
Office of Social Concerns for the Archdiocese of Washington
Pakistan Association of the Greater Washington Area
River Road Unitarian Church Social Justice Council
Rumi Forum
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Temple Emanuel
Temple Beth Ami
Temple Shalom
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church
The purpose of this Community Dialogue on Faith and Understanding was to promote tolerance, understanding and respect among religions and the community. The sponsors were not advocating adherence to any religious belief, but providing a forum for the community to become better educated about people of the Islamic faith and each other.
April 30, 2003
Leadership and Democracy Education Education Program
A Public Voice
National Press Club
Washington, D.C
Program is a collaboration with Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown, Maryland to teach young people leadership skills to enable them to empower their communities, if they so choose.
April 5, 2003
National Issues Forum
News Media and Society: How to Restore the Public Trust
Location: Harwood Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
This forum is presented in collaboration with the Harwood Institute of Bethesda, Maryland. (Harwood will cover costs of parking for forum.)
March 24 , 2003
National Issues Forum
News Media and Society: How to Restore the Public Trust
Location: Arlington Unitarian Church
Arlington, Virginia
This forum is presented in collaboration with the Harwood Institute of Bethesda, Maryland. (Harwood will cover costs of parking for forum.)
March 24, 2003
National Issues Forum
News Media and Society: How to Restore the Public Trust
Location: Arlington Unitarian Church
Arlington, Virginia
This forum is presented in collaboration with the Harwood Institute of Bethesda, Maryland.
March 13, 2003
Penn's Landing Forum
This was the final in a series of forums to determine the furure of the Penn's Landing site in Philadelphia. This forum allowed participants to deliberate the design principles presented in three charrettes for the development of the site.
Location: Seaport Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 25, 2003
National Isues Forum
Americans' Role in the World
with the
Leadership in Equity, Access and Diversity Council (LEAD)
of
Montgomery College
Rockville Campus
February 11, 2003
Democracy and Leadership Education Program
with Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, Maryland
Subject:
Violent Kids: Can We Change the Trend"
This second forum in the series was conducted with the seventh grade class.
January 29, 2003
Penn's Landing Issue Framing Forum
Center moderators worked with the City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the University of Pennsylvania to frame a forum to determine use of Penn's Landing, a 16 acre plot of land on the Delaware River. For thirty years the City has grappled with how best to develop this land. For the first time the City decided to invite the voices of the people who will be most affected by this develpment project.
Location: University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Fine Arts
Myerson Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 9th-12th, 2003
By The People: National Issues Convention
The MacNeil/Lehrer Productions Co. along with the Public Broadcasting System has created a sixteen month program entitled “By The People” to capture the voices of citizens in the United States regarding “Americans' Role In the World”. The program started with the National Issues Convention (NIC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 11th and the videotaping and broadcast of a television program produced out of the NIC.
The NIC constituted bringing together in Philadelphia 344 citizens who are
eligible voters who were selected in a sample by the Survey Research Center
at the University of California – Berkley. These citizens were a statistical
representation of the U.S. They were randomly divided into 24 small groups
for deliberation of the issue “Americans' Role in the World”. The
University of California at Berkeley had the responsibility of administering
the questionnaires to the forum participants. The deliberative poll questionnaires
were created by the Center for Deliberative Polling at the University of Texas
– Austin.
November 16, 2002
Association Of College Unions International
Region 4 (Maryland, West Virginia, Northern Virginia and Pennsylvania)
(An association of student activities/life administrators, student leaders and faculty.)
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
National Issues Forum Workshop
topics:
"From Welfare to Work"
Terrorism: What Should We do Now?"
Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We Do Now?
"Violent Kids: Can We Change the Trend?"
“Protecting Our Rights: What Goes on the Internet?”
This workshop was to teach student leaders and student activities/student life faculty and administrators the value of deliberative dialogue in facilitating a democratic practice in student leadership and their organizations.
October 30, 2002
Democracy and Leadership Education Program
with Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, Maryland
Subject:
Violent Kids: Can We change the Trend"
October 2, 2002
The Gathering
Subject: Jazz and Democracy
Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
September, 2002
In conjunction with the Montgomery County Executive's Memorial Committee to the Victims and Heros of September 11, 2001 a series of National Issues Forums on "Terrorism: What Should We Do Now? were conducted at the following locations:
September 3, 2002, Davis Library
September 5, 2002, Damascus Library
September 6, 2002, White Oak Library
September 17, 2002, Montgomery College-Takoma Park Campus
September 18, 2002, Montgomery College-Rockville Campus
September 19, 2002, Montgomery College-Germantown Campus
June 4-6, 2002
Seminar One: Convening and Moderating Forums
Montgomery College
Office of Workforce Development and Continuing Education
Gaithersburg, Maryland
May 1, 2002
A Public Voice
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
Participants included students from the Leadership and Democracy Education Programs at New Hope Academy and Robeto Clement Middle Schools. This is another compnent of the Leadership and Democracy Education component of the Center's Robert E. Parilla Leadership Development Program.
April 29, 2002
National Issues Forum on "Terrorism: What Should We Do Now?"
Montgomery College's Rockville Campus.
April 18, 2002
Leadership and Democracy Education Program
at
New Hope Academy
Landover Hills, Maryland
Subject:
"Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We do?"
March 20, 2002
Leadership and Democracy Education Program
at
Roberto Clemente Middle School
Germantown, Maryland
Subject:
"Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We do?"
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