ISB Newsletter

Newsletter Archive

March 2013

  • Panel Discussion on Women In Islam Dispels Misconceptions
  • ISB Executive Director Receives Recognition At AIB Allen Award
  • ISB Partners With Georgia Library to Introduce Books on Islam
  • ISB Participates In Annual Hunger Walk/Run
  • ISB's Joint Effort Preparing Meals For Parents of Hospitalized Children
  • Save The Date: 2013 ISB Annual Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • "Meet Your Muslim Neighbor"
  • Presentations

December 2012

  • ISB Executive Director, Recipient of FBI Leadership Award
  • ISB Participates in National Baptist-Muslim Dialogue
  • ISB's "Meaningful Conversations" Presented During Central Zone Conference
  • Presentations

November 2012

  • "Meet Your Muslim Neighbor" TV Debut
  • Muslims and Jews Feed The Hungry During Weekend of Twinning
  • ISB Joins Other Faiths In Being Thankful
  • ISB Celebrates Another Successful Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

October 2012

  • 2012 Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • Annual Eid Holidays at Imagine It!
  • Poetic Vision Tour Comes to Atlanta
  • ISB Prepares for Thanksgiving
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

September 2012

  • 2012 Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • ISB's Executive Director Attends Interfaith Meeting Hosted By President of Egypt
  • "Meet Your Muslim Neighbor" Television Program To Air Soon
  • COEXIST Oglethorpe Holds Second Annual Interfaith Panel
  • ISB Led 9/11 Community Service Project
  • ISB Volunteers Participate in Atlanta Day of Dignity
  • ISB Continues Tradition Delivering Appreciation Baskets
  • Presentations

August 2012

  • ISB Executive Director, Guest At White House Ramadan Iftar
  • ISB Co-Hosts Interfaith Ramadan Iftar
  • ISB Speaker Discusses Ramadan During Radio Interview
  • ISB, Interfaith Community Offer Condolences to Sikh Community
  • ISB Represented At Student Fair
  • Appreciation Dinner Celebrates Successful Summer Lunch Program
  • Eid Holiday At Imagine It!
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

July 2012

  • ISB's Executive Director Named Outstanding GA Citizen
  • ISB Contributes To GPTA Convention on Diversity
  • ISB Joins Others to Create Safe Space for Interfaith Work
  • ISB Youth Participate in Day of Interfaith Service
  • Atlanta Magazine Features Article On Muslim Holiday Traditions
  • ISB Volunteers at Kids4Peace Camp
  • Upcoming Events

June 2012

  • Islamic Art Film Premiere
  • ISB Congratulates Civil and Human Rights Center on Breaking Ground at Future Site
  • ISB Participates in Interfaith Conference for the Disabled
  • ING Affiliate Conference Focuses on Capacity Building
  • Summer Lunch Program: Volunteers Needed
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

May 2012

  • Islamic Art Film Premier
  • Summer Lunch Program
  • Interfaith Gathering Aimed At Fostering Working Relationships
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

April 2012

  • Islamic Art Film Premier, Sponsors Needed!
  • Interfaith Art Gala Wins Best Social Program of the Year Award
  • Khalifa, The Life of a Muslim Woman in America
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

March 2012

  • U.S. - Mideast Youth Dialogue To Promote Understanding
  • ISB Sponsors Interfaith Art Gala
  • ISB Participates In Interfaith Presentation Series
  • Annual Hunger Walk/Run
  • ISB's Khalifa Named "Contemporary American Muslim Woman"
  • Presentations
  • ING Offers Cultural Competency Training Webinars

February 2012

  • ISB Partners With AJC To Showcase Human Solidarity Film
  • ISB Participates In White House Community Outreach Event
  • ISB Interfaith Efforts Highlighted In Azizah Magazine
  • ISB's Executive Director Attends FBI Citizens Academy
  • Presentations
  • Upcoming Events

January 2012

  • ISB Receives 2012 MLK Community Service Award
  • ISB Speakers At Uplifting Conference
  • ISB Participates In Interfaith Panel
  • ISB's History and Foundation Discussed During Lecture Series
  • ISB's Executive Director Speaks At Conscious Summit
  • ISB Organizes Effort to Alleviate Hunger In Atlanta
  • Green Card Stories Features ISB's Soumaya Khalifa
  • Presentations

December 2011

  • ISB's Accomplishments Discussed in Televised Interview
  • ISB's Khalifa Attends Mayor's Special Human Rights Luncheon
  • ISB's Executive Director Attends First Gathering of Atlanta Women Clergy
  • Presentations

November 2011

  • ISB Gives Thanks
  • Muslim-Jewish Twinning Event
  • ISB Co-hosts Government and Law Enforcement
  • ISB Brings Eid Crafts to Imagine It! Children's Museum
  • ISB Anniversary Celebration on Twitter
  • Presentations

October 2011

  • 2011 Building Bridges Awards Dinner: Celebrating 10 Years of Success!
  • ISB Key in Law Enforcement Interfaith and Intercultural Training
  • Service of Blessings for Chaplains
  • Politics of Exclusion Series
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

September 2011

  • ISB's Efforts Influence Change in Guidelines of GA Department of Driver Services
  • ISB's Executive Director Takes To The Airways To Discuss 9/11
  • 9/11 Interfaith Educational Panel at Oglethorpe University
  • Memorial Interfaith Worship Service
  • Day of Service: Open Hands Meal Delivery
  • Religious Pluralism and Social Justice in America
  • Presentations

August 2011

  • ISB Delivers Appreciation Baskets
  • ISB Participates In Student Fair
  • ISB Meets Request by Chaplains For Copies of the Quran
  • Summer Lunch Program Gains Recognition
  • Presentations
  • Upcoming Events

July 2011

  • ISB's Khalifa Speaks Out Against Islamophobia On 11 Alive News
  • ISB Helps Muslim Woman Weighlifter Travel To National Competition
  • Islam IQ Test
  • Emory Student Blogs About ISB's Positive Impact On Atlanta
  • Washington, DC Based Nonprofit Reaches Out To ISB For Advice
  • Presentations

June 2011

  • ISB Participates in National Event Promoting Respect of All Faiths
  • ISB Promotes Religious Unity and Cooperation in Tifton, GA
  • ISB Provides Diversity and Sensitivity Training in Pastoral Care
  • ISB Partners With Local Mosque On Summer Youth Program
  • ISB-Pioneered Workshop in Gainsville, FL
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

May 2011

  • Muslim Heroes Recognizes Khalifa
  • Khalifa Honors Emory Chair
  • Upcoming Events
  • Presentations

April 2011

  • U.S. Attorney Meets With Community Members
  • 10th Anniversary Azizah Magazine Gala
  • "Cousins of Faith" Screening
  • Muslim American Women Speak
  • Redemption Journey
  • Presentations

March 2011

  • International Women's Day Symposium
  • ISB Responds To King's Hearings
  • Hunger Walk
  • Review At Spelman College
  • Taste of Limmud Conference
  • Presentations
  • Upcoming Events

February 2011

  • "Prince Among Slaves" Documentary at the Rialto
  • Dr. Joseph Lumbard, Cross-Cultural Understanding
  • ISB Pioneered Workshop In Dallas, TX
  • World Interfaith Harmony Week
  • ISB Community Presentations
  • Upcoming Events

January 2011

  • ISB Partners with ADL to Present "Understanding the Quran"
  • ISB's Zaynab Ansari Moves Forward In Her Work
  • Day of Interfaith, Youth and MLK March For Peace
  • ISB Presentations and Tours
  • Radio Islam Interviews ISB's Soumaya Khalifa, Other Media Coverage
  • Upcoming Events

December 2010

  • Prince Among Slaves Workshop
  • ISB Invited to British Consulate
  • Meaningful Conversations Around Atlanta
  • Atlanta Muslims Feed the Hungry
  • Private Institutions Host ISB Speakers

November 2010

  • ISB Director Invited to World Council of Churches
  • Jihad & Other Questions at UGA
  • Meeting Cultural Diversity Students at Georgia State
  • ISB Visits Wesleyan School
  • ISB Director Featured in Womenetics
  • Building Bridges Awards Dinner Draws Over 200!
  • Discussing the Qur'an with Dalton State Students
  • ISB Speaker Pens AJC Opinion Piece

October 2010

  • Twinning Week Organizer Comes to Atlanta
  • Atlanta Interfaith Leaders Press Conference
  • ISB Director Talks to CNN's T. J. Holmes
  • British Embassy Iftar Reception
  • Spelman College Welcomes ISB Director
  • Islamophobia Panel on AIB TV's Video On Demand
  • Muslim Community Supporting Muslim Patients
  • Building Bridges Awards Dinner Attracts Over 200 Guests
  • Audiences Request Islam 101
  • 9/11 Memorial Service at Atlanta Airport
  • Reaching Out to College Students
  • Church and Senior Groups Invite ISB

September 2010

  • Introducing the Muslim Community to Hospital Chaplaincy
  • Chaplain Brenda Green: A Friend of the ISB
  • Emory's Michael C. Carlos Museum Features the Qur'an
  • Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr Will Keynote Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • ISB Members Interviewed by AJC and AIB-TV
  • Eid ul-Fitr at Imagine It! Children's Museum
  • Donating Qur'ans to Piedmont Fayette Hospital
  • ISB Speaker Visits Westminster Presbyterian
  • First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta

 

July/August 2010

  • Youth Theological Initiative Becomes an Atlanta Tradition
  • Youth Theological Initiative 2010 Photos
  • Fulbright Scholars Introduced to Atlanta Muslims
  • Interfaith Dialogue at Atlanta Methodist Churches
  • Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr Keynote Speaker at ISB Awards Dinner
  • Speaker Spotlight: Asif Saberi, MD
  • Kids4Peace: Bringing Interfaith Children Together for Fun & Learning
  • Meaningful Conversations Workshops in Full Swing
  • Making Sure Fayette Children Receive Lunch
  • ISB Board Holds Breakfast for Supporters
  • ISB Director Invited to Investiture Ceremony for U.S. Attorney

 

May/June 2010

  • Tension after Times Square
  • High Level Interfaith Meeting
  • Multi-Faith Issues in the Clinical Setting
  • Atlanta Muslims Learn About Interfaith Dialogue
  • ISB Director Gives Baccalaureate Speech
  • The ISB Salutes Imam Plemon T. El-Amin
  • ISB Meets International School Mothers
  • Smyrna Golden K Kiwanis
  • ISB Conducts Teacher Training Workshop
  • Methodists and Lutherans Reach Out to the ISB
  • North Georgia Progressives Invite ISB Speaker

 

March/April 2010

  • Dr. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi: Building Bridges Between Christians and Muslims
  • Parkview Christian Learning Center Hosts the ISB
  • ISB Speakers Visit Georgia State
  • Epstein School Celebrates 36th Anniversary
  • Special Presentation for Senior University
  • Atlanta Muslim Leaders Enjoy Fellowship
  • Islam Awareness at GA Tech

 

January/February 2010

  • ISB Atlanta Visits Dor Tamid
  • Food & Dialogue at North Decatur Presbyterian Church
  • Exploring Commonalities at Holy Cross Catholic Church
  • Nursing in Faith Communities
  • MLK National Day of Service
  • Neighboring Faiths at Unitarian Universalist
  • Jewish-Muslim Baking Group Annual Meeting
  • CTS Students Visit Atlanta Mosque
  • Spring Semester at Marist

 

December 2009

  • Audrey Galex: Building Bridges Through the Art of Storytelling
  • Cartersville Middle School Honored with Award
  • ISB Volunteers Receive Special Recognition
  • Karen Armstrong Headlines Inside Islam DC Premiere
  • ISB Director Visits Geneva
  • National Council for the Social Studies Comes to Atlanta
  • ISB Volunteers at Imagine It!
  • Jonesboro Church Hosts ISB Speakers

 

November 2009

  • Inside Islam Atlanta Premiere Draws Nearly 500!
  • ISB Atlanta Member is a "Living Library"
  • ISB a Sponsor of Annual POP Summit
  • Interfaith Conversation at Trinity Presbyterian
  • Private Schools Host the ISB
  • Faculty Development Seminar
  • Dialoguing with College Students
  • New Speaker Orientation

 

October 2009

  • Arcapita is a Sponsor of Groundbreaking Film at Atlanta's Rialto
  • Iftar at the State Department
  • Ramadan Dinner with AJC
  • Interfaith Panel at Young Harris
  • Meet Devita Parnell

 

September 2009

  • President Barack Obama's Ramadan Greeting
  • Atlanta Interfaith Youth Gather at Civic Center
  • Georgia Tech Fast-a-thon
  • Day of Dignity in Downtown Atlanta
  • Inside Islam Premiering at the Rialto!
  • Alex Kronemer: Producer of Inside Islam

 

July 2009

  • Kids4Peace Paving the Way
  • Special Presentation to Fulbright Scholars
  • YTI Brings Interfaith Youth Together
  • Maria Shriver Sponsors Women's Discussion

 

June 2009

  • Law Enforcement Presentation
  • First Baptist Church Sunday School
  • North Perimeter Optimist Club
  • CNN Panel on President Obama's Outreach
  • Interfaith Leaders Meet for Dinner and Fellowship
  • Family Fun at the High Museum!
  • Fayette County Summer Lunches

 

May 2009

  • Conquering Prejudice Through Living Libraries
  • Meaningful Conversations at Masjid At-Taqwa
  • Piedmont Hospital Mended Hearts
  • ISB Joins Keeping the Faith Panel
  • Kids Organizing for Peace
  • Ongoing Dialogue with Temple Emanu-El

 

April 2009

  • National Council of Jewish Women
  • Northside Hospital Presentation
  • Mark Your Calendar for Keeping the Faith!
  • ISB Visits Marist School
  • Sandy Creek Students Come to ICCA
  • Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow
  • Riverwood International Charter School

 

March 2009

  • ISB Director Featured on One Nation
  • Meaningful Conversations at the RCM
  • Visiting the Weber School
  • Gallup Releases Poll on American Muslims
  • Jewish-Muslim Baking Group
  • Public Speaking Workshop
  • Muslim Interscholastic Tournament
  • Boy Scouts of America Visit ICCA

 

February 2009

  • Unitarian Universalist Presentation
  • Pastoral Care at KSU and Emory
  • New Schools at Carver to Go to Egypt
  • Following Up at Temple Emanu-El
  • Special Presentation at Park Springs
  • Hamilton Mill United Methodist & the ISB
  • Islam Awareness at GPC
  • Visiting Wesleyan
  • Multicultural Day at Sprayberry High

 

January 2009

  • Meet Our Board Members
  • Ambassador Akbar Ahmed Visits Atlanta
  • MLK Service Summit at Chastain Park
  • MLK Day Kids4Peace Prayer
  • HandsOnAtlanta Human Rights Workshop
  • Meaningful Conversations with Bosnian Community
  • Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Training
  • Holy Cross Catholic Church
  • Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church at ICCA

 

December 2008

  • Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
  • Celebrating Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • New Chapel at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Egleston
  • Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Retreat
  • ISB Visits Imagine IT! Children's Museum
  • Special Presentation at St. Joseph's Pastoral Care

 

November 2008

  • Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • Islamic Resource Group
  • Druid Hills United Methodist Church
  • Oglethorpe University
  • Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church

 

October 2008

  • Invitation to Temple Emanu-El
  • Georgia Council for the Social Studies
  • Special Presentation for USG Faculty
  • ISB Visits Seniors Group
  • Perimeter Church Visits Gwinnett Mosque
  • Dunwoody United Methodist
  • Conyers Presbyterian

 

August/September 2008

  • Meet Marlene Holland
  • Iftar for Georgia Leaders
  • State Department Iftar
  • A Multifaith Celebration
  • Fayetteville Iftars
  • Imagining Arab Womanhood
  • Dalton Presentation
  • First Christian Church of Marietta
  • FBI Multicultural Advisory Committee

 

June/July 2008

  • Friday Summer Lunches with Amani Felfela Elghoroury
  • Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
  • Kids4Peace Atlanta
  • Children's Healthcare
  • Youth Theological Initiative
  • Meaningful Conversations Workshop

 

May 2008

  • FDA Cultural Competency Training
  • Peachtree Presbyterian Church
  • Dunwoody United Methodist Church
  • Kids4Peace
  • Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
  • Atlanta Presbyterian Women's Retreat
  • Wesleyan School
  • Speaker Spotlight: Mansour Ansari

 

April 2008

  • Atlanta Reads King
  • ISB at Emory
  • Community Christian Church
  • Lakeview Academy
  • ISB Meets with AAUW
  • Catholic Women's Group
  • First Presbyterian Women
  • Sandy Creek High School

 

March 2008

  • National Council of Jewish Women
  • Etz Chaim Synagogue
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Agnes Scott College
  • Emory University
  • Islamophobia Seminar at GA Tech
  • Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
  • Islam Awareness Week
  • Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Rashid Naim

 

February 2008

  • Speaker Training Events
  • Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
  • Rotary Club
  • Emory at Oxford Interfaith Council
  • Gift Bags for Children's Healthcare
  • Muslim Life and the Qur'an
  • Speaker Spotlight: Hounada Sinno

 

January 2008

  • Tomodachi Club
  • Episcopal Church in Peachtree City
  • Christ Our Shepherd
  • Lutheran Church in Marietta
  • Georgia Progressive Summit
  • Speaker Spotlight: Ehab Jaleel

 

December 2007

  • Imagine It! Children’s Museum
  • Spiritual Wisdom in Chant
  • Islamic Community Center of Bosniaks
  • Berkmar United Methodist Church
  • Georgia Perimeter College
  • Georgia Council for International Visitors
  • Hands on Georgia
  • Speaker Spotlight: Jelena Naim

 

November 2007

  • Building Bridges Awards Dinner Draws over 200
  • ISB Hosts Labour Party Candidate
  • Macy's Systems & Technology
  • Muslim-Jewish Comedy Night
  • FBI Community Meeting
  • Power over Prejudice Annual Summit
  • Interfaith Panel at Scottish Rite
  • ISB Meets with University System of Georgia Faculty
  • Speaker Spotlight: Soumaya Khalifa

 

October 2007

  • Prince Among Slaves Premiere Draws 1,000 Atlantans
  • ISB Hosts British Muslim Activist
  • Lifespan Lunch 'n Learn
  • ISB Meets with Democratic Women of Faith
  • Building Bridges Awards Dinner
  • Speaker Spotlight: Amin Tomeh

 

July 2007

  • ISB Sponsors Documentary
  • Kids4Peace Students
  • Pie In A Cup Dinner
  • Speaker Spotlight: Huma Faruqi

 

April 2007

  • The Westminster Schools
  • ISB Presents to Erlanger Healthcare
  • ISB Appears on CNN International
  • Training For Speakers
  • Brenau University
  • Speaker Spotlight: Bassem Fakhoury

 

March 2007

  • Islam Awareness Week
  • APPA Regional Meeting
  • Teachers Attend ISB Workshop
  • ISB’s Executive Director Joins Atlanta Boards
  • Columbia Theological Seminary
  • Speaker Spotlight: Zaynab Ansari

 

February 2007

  • ISB @ CDC
  • BBC Newscaster Visits Atlanta
  • Islamaphobia Workshop
  • Atlanta British Consulate & the ISB

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