My Nonprofit Reviews

As an attorney and academic who has participated as both a speaker and moderator for Salaam Network events, I have been particularly impressed by its outstanding achievements as an educational movement. The Network not only promotes tolerance, understanding and open dialogue amongst different cultural and faith traditions in our community, it also presents unique programs featuring distinguished scholars speaking about their work. In these presentations there is a particularly strong emphasis on reinstating the role of women and women’s rights in faith traditions. I personally have spoken at Network events about my participation in two delegations which visited Pakistan, Bangladesh and India to promote understanding between the United States and the Muslim world. These delegations were part of an exchange program created by Dr. Raffat Hassan under the auspices of a grant from the State Department. The Network provided me with a forum to share with a diverse audience my experiences on these trips, a highlight of which was visiting a school for girls in a remote village in Pakistan where the students are encouraged to learn about the importance of universal human rights. As a moderator at Salaam Network events, I’ve had the privilege of meeting and listening to specialists in so many fields, including theology, history, sociology, political science and art. The Salaam Network is a such great resource for our community and provides an unparalleled forum where scholarship and activism can meet.