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Turkoman Folk Music Ensemble
March 28-31, 2005
With the support of the Turkmen Golden Age Student Association, Turkmen folk musicians and dancers from Turkmenistan brought the sights, sounds, and rhythms of Central Asia to the doorstep of Chicago. It was a rare and treasured experience for the many Chicagoans who attended.
Turkoman Folk Music Ensemble held their unique performances at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago Cultural Center, Loyola University and Western Illionis University at Macomb
Website:
Turkoman Folk Music Ensemble
To order the DVD, please contact Hakan Berberoglu,
or write us via the form on the contact page
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The Global Ethics Conference
April 13, 14, 2005
Theme:
The Search for Common Ground
Place:
University of Chicago - Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Mission:
Our new millennium witnesses a rising demand to determine shared standards for justice and human rights, and to find solutions to global problems that can be embraced across a range of nations and cultures. Achieving global consensus at a level beyond simple relativism will require bringing to light shared values and principles that could serve as the basis for collective efforts toward peace and development, as well as for peaceful and productive interaction among nations and societies.
We address this issue at a time when some propose that major civilizational traditions can never achieve cooperation, and when distinctions of right and left, liberal and conservative, seem to be widening.
Leading speakers will address, from a myriad of perspectives, the question of the existence of a shared, Global Ethic.
Website:
Global Ethics Conference
Conference Schedule
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The 2nd Friendship & Intercultural Tours to Turkey
May, June, July, August - 2005 
Niagara Foundation organizes dialogue trips to Turkey as yet another means of building bridges and strengthening friendships between the Muslim world and the West. Though hailing from different religious backgrounds, we find common ground through our travels in which we share the same dining table. Chicagoans are presented with the opportunity to network with new, and God willing, lifelong friends as a way of strengthening even further our commitment to a global ethic of dialogue and mutual understanding.
Testimonials from the trip:
- The most lasting memories, however, will be of the people that we met. The hospitality that we were shown was extraordinary ...
( Alison Boden. Divinity School, University of Chicago
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- Zeki did an outstanding job of orienting us non-Muslims to the traditions ofthe religion. We especially developed a deep appreciation ...
( Ralph Brody, Ph.D. Cleveland State University
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- In the private schools and university we visited, the care and quality of education was obviously uppermost in the plan and execution of the curriculum ..
( Lorraine Brochu. External Affairs, Rockefeller Memorial ChapelUniversity of Chicago ) -->>(more)
- As we remember the phenomenal ten days we spent in Turkey, we continue to be overwhelmed by the lavish generosity and warm conviviality...
(Priscilla Wilkins Stevens Garrett Theological Seminary
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- One word that characterizes my trip to Turkey, as sponsored by Niagara foundation, is kindness... (Laura Dejmek. St Bartholomew Catholic Church
) -->>(more
Photos From Trip
To order the DVD, please contact Hakan Berberoglu,
or write us via the form on the contact page
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Turkish Language Classes begin at Niagara Foundation
October, 19
Don't miss it! Register now online! 
A wonderful opportunity for you to learn and practice Turkish!
Basic, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced level Turkish classes will be held at Niagara Foundation.Classes will be 2 days a week.
Regular classes start soon! Register now!
Niagara Foundation is located at: 203 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60601
For more information email to info@niagarafoundation.org
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LSTC Ramadan Iftar Dinner
Thursday October 13, 2005
 Theme
"Building a Community through Prayer and Fasting"
Place
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
1100 East 55th Street Chicago, IL. 60615
Synopsis
"Niagara Foundation together with Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago are giving fast-breaking (iftar) dinner to LSTC professors, staff, students as well as professors and students from McCormick Seminary.
Living together, and working together side by side in peace, we can become a good model to other faith communities that we are really coexisting in action rather than in words.
By providing opportunities for worship, prayer, meditation, personal encounters and by advocating for peace and social justice by rejoicing in the generosity of God who has lavished rich and diverse gifts upon all Gods creatures developing individuals from both sides who will be open and receptive to each other who will come to appreciate what we have in common."
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The Annual Fundraising Dinner of Niagara Foundation
Thursday October 27, 2005
McCormick Hyatt Regency Hotel
Regency Ballroom
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Reception 6:30 pm – Dinner 7:00 pm
Keynote Address by:
Rev. Stanley L. Davis, Jr.
Address:
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Regency Ballroom
2233 S. Martin Luther King Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
“Be So Generous that
Your Heart Becomes
like the ocean”
$50 fee
RSVP by filling online form or by calling 312-701-0072, ext. 106
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The Chicago Interfaith Gathering
November 10, 11, 2005
Mission:
Our commitment to dialogue and mutual understanding also takes place in the halls of academia. In November of 2005, Niagara Foundation organized the International Chicago Interfaith Gathering Symposium at University of Chicago, DePaul University, Loyola University, Chicago Cultural Center and The University Club of Chicago.
“The International Chicago Interfaith Gathering Symposium is one of the biggest initiatives of Niagara Foundation in 2005. It aspired to become an internationally recognized premier interfaith event that would play a global role in establishing good relationships between people of diverse faiths and communities based on mutual respect, understanding, respect, trust, compassion, and cooperation.
The core mission of the Chicago Interfaith Gathering was to promote global networks of interfaith activism and explore new ways of moving forward together in cooperation, while acknowledging and honoring our genuine differences, we aim to build on our shared hopes and values.
The Chicago Interfaith Gathering seminars are led by world renowned scholars and activists presenting their papers on the themes, “The Gulen Movement and Interfaith Dialogue”, The Sufi Thought and Contemporary Issues”, Inter-religious Dialogue in the New Millennium, Cultural and Religious Pluralism, Islam and Christianity: Inter-religious Dialogue a post 9/11 World”.
PHOTOS FROM CIG 2005
Website:
interfaithgathering.org
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