BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:33bb661e-e7c2-453c-90ab-7e9ee2d9871f.173174@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20161025T135350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T135350Z LOCATION:Carrington Hall Auditorium SUMMARY:Ask Me Anything - I'm a Muslim DESCRIPTION:International Education Week keynote speaker Aman Ali will giv e a crash course on what it means to be Muslim in America\, cultural sens itivity and addressing cultural issues in a productive and meaningful way .  \n\n\nAli is an award-winning storyteller in New York City and one of the most engaging social media personalities in the Muslim community toda y.\n\n\nHe is also one of the only young American Muslims in the public s potlight today. He's made appearances on dozens of media outlets such as the New York Times\, CNN\, NBC News\, HBO\, BBC and NPR to talk about the shenanigans of being an awkward brown kid from Ohio.\n\n\nHe is currentl y the co-director of the documentary Two Gods\, about a group of Muslim m orticians trying to stop gang violence in Newark\, New Jersey. The film w as featured at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and continues to garner buz z in the industry.\n\n\nHe was recently named by YouTube and Google as a  "Content Creator to Watch" for his channel Homegrown Homies\, a storytell ing channel telling human stories about the Muslim community.\n\n\nHe fir st shot to fame for being the co-creator of the social media phenomenon 3 0 Mosques in 30 Days\, a 25\,000 mile road trip he took to all 50 states in the U.S. with the mission of telling groundbreaking and profound stori es about Muslims in America. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>In ternational Education Week keynote speaker Aman Ali will give a crash cou rse on what it means to be Muslim in America\, cultural sensitivity and a ddressing cultural issues in a productive and meaningful way.&nbsp\;&nbsp \;</p>\n<p>Ali is an&nbsp\;award-winning storyteller&nbsp\;in New York Ci ty and one of the most engaging social media personalities in the Muslim community&nbsp\;today.</p>\n<p>He is also one of the only young American Muslims in the public spotlight today. He's made appearances on dozens of media outlets such as the New York Times\, CNN\, NBC News\, HBO\, BBC an d NPR&nbsp\;to talk about the shenanigans of being an awkward brown kid f rom Ohio.</p>\n<p>He is currently the co-director of the documentary<em> Two Gods</em>\,&nbsp\;about a group of Muslim morticians trying to stop g ang violence in Newark\, New Jersey. The film was featured at the 2016 Tr ibeca Film Festival and continues to garner buzz in the industry.</p>\n<p >He was recently named by YouTube and Google as a&nbsp\;"Content Creator to Watch"&nbsp\;for his channel<em> Homegrown Homies</em>\,&nbsp\;a story telling channel telling human stories about the Muslim community.</p>\n<p >He first shot to fame for being the co-creator of the social media pheno menon <em>30 Mosques in 30 Days\,</em>&nbsp\;a 25\,000 mile road trip he took to all 50 states in the U.S. with the mission of telling groundbreak ing and profound stories about Muslims in America.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20161110T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20161110T000000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://International.missouristate.edu/iew.htm CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR