Our International Dinner in 2008 raised money for the Relatives as Parents Program in Syracuse and the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers program
The Many Faces of Islam
Three Muslim women represented different experiences of Islam. One is a scholar researching Isma’ili Muslims of the Indian subcontinent; she offered insights into the diversity within both Sunni and Shi’a Islam. Another was born in Kenya of Pakistani ancestry and moved with her family to the U.S., where she has encountered repeated discrimination. The third is a native of Syracuse, an African-American raised as a Buddhist, became Muslim, and married a Muslim from Cambodia.
Journey Through the Sacred Year
Speakers described the calendar used in their faith or tradition and the days and seasons of special observance.