Issues & Events
Tuesday,October 18, 2011
Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet
6.00 pm
The Center, 4325 NW 50th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
The brief business meeting begins at 6.25 p.m. and the dinner and program begins at 6.50 p.m.
The Keynote Address "THE CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY" will be presented by DR. Jill Carroll, Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston TX
The Program will also include the annual awards given by the Interfaith Alliance:
The Community Service Award will be presented to Dan Straughn and the Homeless Alliance.
The Harley Venters Humanitarian Award will be presented to Sam Bowman.
Cost of the Meal per person: $25.00 Students: $15.00
Checks Payable: Interfaith Alliance Foundation of Oklahoma, 301 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Reservations may be sent to tiaokc@aol.com or phone 405-521-0568 by Friday, October 14, 2011
For further information contact Jeff Hamilton, President of the Interfaith Alliance at 525-6551 or 732-6416.
Dr. Jill Carroll is a Houston-based scholar, writer, and speaker who specializes in world religions, religion and world politics, religion in public life, and applied life philosophy. She earned her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Rice University in 1994 and is the author of numerous articles and four books.She is a frequent guest on radio and television programs, and has been interviewed by The New York Times, PBS, and Good Morning America.
As Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance until June 2009, she founded the Amazing Faiths program, which has been adopted in many major American cities. The Interfaith Alliance is reviving this program in Oklahoma City, this year with the first of three Dialogue Dinners planned for November 3, 2011.
Information about this program is presented below. Please review and direct any inquiries to the email address and/or phone number shown OR just go ahead and register as requested.
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