Date:
Thursday, November 1, 2001 (All day)
Location:
35 W. 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
In 2001, the Pluralism Project embarked on a new initiative to convene and cultivate Women’s Networks in Multireligious America. The first consultations brought together religious advocacy organizations, recognizing that women rarely held formal leadership positions, but played critical roles within the community. The first in a series of multi-religious consultations with women leaders, activists, and academics was held in April 2001 at Harvard University. "Women's Networks in Multireligious America: After September 11," held in November 2001, was second consultation, one that had not been originally planned, as a means to respond to the crisis that minority religious communities were facing in the aftermath of September 11th. This meeting, held at the Harvard Club of New York City, powerfully illustrated the urgency of multifaith conversation as we navigated new fault lines and worked to build stronger bridges.
Participants [Bios and Organizational Profiles]
- Dr. Leila Ahmed, Harvard Divinity School
- Ms. Sharifa Alkhateeb, North American Council for Muslim Women
- Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, Muslim Women's League
- Ms. Karen Armstrong, Author
- Rev. Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Memorial Church, Harvard University; Harvard Divinity School
- Ms. Constance Buchanan, The Ford Foundation
- Sister Helen Marie Burns, RSM, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
- Ms. Elora Chowdhury, The Ford Foundation
- Dr. Shamita Das Dasgupta, Manavi, Inc.
- Ms. Sheila Decter, American Jewish Congress
- Dr. Diana L. Eck, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
- Ms. Blu Greenberg, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance
- Ms. Emira Habiby Browne, The Arab-American Family Support Center
- Ms. Karen Hessel, National Council of Churches, Justice for Women
- Mrs. Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
- Ms. Cherrefe Kadri, Islamic Center of Greater Toledo
- Dr. Azza Karam, Women's Department, World Conference on Religion and Peace
- Ms. Navjot Kaur, Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force
- Dr. Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, The Center for Women and Religion, Graduate Theological Union
- Dr. Carolyn Kunin, Department on Religious Action, Women of Reform Judaism
- Dr. Hala Salaam Maksoud, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- Dr. Ellen Marson, Hadassah
- Dr. Uma Mysorekar, The Hindu Temple Society of North America
- Rev. Margaret Rose, St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
- Ms. Maureen Shea, People for the American Way
- Ms. Joyce D. Sohl, Women's Division, United Methodist Church
- Ms. Lynn Szwaja, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Ms. Christina Safiya Tobias-Nahi, The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
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Dr. Jyotsna Uppal,
Committee on South Asian Women, COSAW