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:49c35645-138a-4fde-9459-5914a988bbd2.180507@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170609T141905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170609T141905Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Theater SUMMARY:PAW Presentation - Better Together: Bridging Interfaith Barriers DESCRIPTION:Eboo Patel will discuss his personal and professional interfai th journey and how we all\, students in particular\, can make a positive impact through interfaith communication and engagement with one another.     \n\n\nPatel founded Interfaith Youth Core on the idea that religion sh ould be a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. He is inspired to build this bridge by his identity as an American Muslim navig ating a highly religiously diverse social landscape. For more than 15 yea rs\, he has worked with governments\, social sector organizations and col lege and university campuses to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Named by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009\, Patel served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council and is the author of Acts of Faith\, Sacred Ground and Interfaith Leadership. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University \, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.\n\n\nA book signing will fol low the event.\n\n\nSponsored by Ekklesia Campus Ministry’s Faith & Life Matters Series (a grant from the Lilly Endowment\, Inc.)\, and the Divisi on of Diversity and Inclusion\, Multicultural Programs\, Multicultural Se rvices\, Residence Hall Association\, International Programs and Bears Be tter Together. \n\n\nPublic Affairs Week schedule of events. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Eb oo Patel will discuss his personal and professional interfaith journey an d how we all\, students in particular\, can make a positive impact throug h interfaith communication and engagement with one another.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; <o:p></o:p></p>\n<p>Patel&nbsp\;founded <a href="https://www.ifyc .org/">Interfaith Youth Core</a>&nbsp\;on the idea that religion should b e a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. He is inspir ed to build this bridge by his identity as an American Muslim navigating a highly religiously diverse social landscape. For more than 15&nbsp\;yea rs\, he has worked with governments\, social sector organizations and col lege and university campuses to help make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Named by U.S. News &amp\; World Report as one of America&rsquo\;s Best Leaders of 2009\, Patel&nbsp\;served on President Obama&rsquo\;s Ina ugural Faith Council and is the author of Acts of Faith\, Sacred Ground a nd Interfaith Leadership. He holds a doctorate in the sociology of religi on from Oxford University\, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.</p> \n<p><strong>A book signing will follow the event.</strong></p>\n<p><em>S ponsored by Ekklesia Campus Ministry&rsquo\;s Faith &amp\; Life Matters S eries (a grant from the Lilly Endowment\, Inc.)\, and the Division of Div ersity and Inclusion\, Multicultural Programs\, Multicultural Services\, Residence Hall Association\, International Programs and Bears Better Toge ther.</em>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://publicaffa irs.missouristate.edu/paw/">Public Affairs Week</a>&nbsp\;schedule of eve nts.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170911T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170911T203000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/paw/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR