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8th Anniversary Celebration and Conference
Friday July 10, 2009 - Sunday July 12, 2009
International Museum of Muslim Cultures
201 E Pascagoula St
Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Get Directions
This conference and national dialogue comes on the heels of President Barack Obama's European tour and strategic visit to Turkey, where he extended a friendly hand of partnership to the Muslim world. Thus, the confernece begins the dialogue of addressing this "partnership with America" among the Muslim American leadership. The conference themes include broadly that of Islamic leadership, its diversity and finding unity and a leadership model in America equipped to forge this partnership with America; civil rights and civic responsibility; the Latino Renaissance; the Timbuktu Roundtable: a conversation about the historical role of Islamic African leadership in Africa's development and its prospects for African today; Youth's Islam: Hip-Hop, Spiritulity and the Arts; Islamic Banking and the Economic Crisis; Healthy Family and Marriage Relationships; Inter-Faith Dialogue; and the Global Call for Peace.
Category: Education
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