Showing posts with label UnityDayUSA2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UnityDayUSA2009. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2009

5th Annual Unity Day USA

http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2009/08/5th-annual-unity-day-usa.html

NOTES & PICTURES

Our 2009 theme continues to be "One Nation under God". Our religious leaders will seek guidance and wisdom from their respective faiths and our Civil servants and community leaders will echo the same sentiment and suggest ways in which we as individuals can work toward creating and sustaining cohesive and thriving local communities.

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO GET LARGER VERSION. NOTE ABOUT THE IMAGE : (39 Members from the audience were asked to step up on the podium forming 13 groups of 3 each, each individual was asked to dare accept the randomly assigned faith, and then read one line from the assigned scripture, the participants had no idea what is coming up, but they sure enjoyed reading scriptures from the assigned faith and loved it.. for example, each one of the 39 individuals were given to read scriptures from a faith other than their own, and the selection was random. They all realized the the wisdom of each faith was beautiful - See all the pics in the left panel, again clicking on the image enlarges the picture)

Event : 5th Annual Unity Day USA
Date : 5:00 PM, Sunday, September 6, 2009
Place : Unity Church of Dallas,
Add : 6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75230
Map : Click here for map
Call : Mike Ghouse (214) 325-1916
email :
UnitydayUSA@gmail.com
web :
http://www.unitydayusa.com/
rsvp :
confirmattendance@gmail.com

Our 2009 theme continues to be "One Nation under God". Our religious leaders will seek guidance and wisdom from their respective faiths and our Civil servants and community leaders will echo the same sentiment and suggest ways in which we as individuals can work toward creating and sustaining cohesive and thriving local communities.

Mike Ghouse, President of the organizations announced. “This is an annual event for all Americans to come together and look to each other as American and nothing but American. We will rededicate our pledge to the safety and security of our nation”.

The American Muslims have taken this initiative to remember one of the greatest tragedies in the history of our nation by bringing about a positive change to the 9/11 event. We are committed to make this day, the Sunday before 9/11, a day of Unity of Americans to pledge to the peace, unity and prosperity of our nation and the humanity.

As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. All our faiths reinforce the creed of "One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all."

A. 90 Organizations participated
B. News Media
C. Religious Leaders Participated
D. Mayors & Civic Leaders
E. Public Comments
F. Power Point Presentation
G. 2005 Album
H. 2006 Album
I. 2008 Album

God Bless America

Information for the previous years
http://911unitydayusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/v-annual-unity-day-usa.html

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Volunteers for Unityday USA 2009

5th Annual Unity Day USA
5:00 PM on Sunday, September 6, 2009

We are pleased to announce the names of the following volunteers A list of things to do is appended below;

RESPONSIBILIITES

  1. Registration: Team to register attendees - Rita Clarke
  2. Ushers: Seating the public in the Sanctuary - Sabreena Hakeemy
  3. Hospitality: Receiving & Seating dignitaries - Casey Ohanja
  4. Stage Manager: Responsible for stage seating, audio, video, screens, microphones - Bernie Mayoff
  5. Video & Photo: Managing the photo & Videographer - Joshua Frenk
  6. Valet parking coordination for dignitaries - Hero Hernandez
  7. Refreshements: Halal/Kosher - AE
  8. Ramadan Muslims Prayers : Adil Khan
  9. Booklet Production - Mike Ghouse
  10. Listing Organizations - Todd Collier
  11. Volunteers f/u- Latha Nehru
  12. Media - Leonard Ellis
  13. Website - Mike Ghouse

VOLUNTEERS

The following volunteers have taken up the responsibility to bring at least ten individuals to the event and perhaps invite twenty five people they know. I Request each one of you to follow up with them and bring a list to Registration desk to check off when they walk in - please ask them ask for your name, as they would be listed as your guests. Thank you.

  1. Akbar Poonja
  2. Alan Keith
  3. Bishop Larry McGriff
  4. Bishop Mark Hernandez
  5. Casey Ohanja
  6. Dishad Deyani
  7. Donna Anderson Collin
  8. Dr. Karen Hollie
  9. Esther Vasquez
  10. Harbans & Amrit Lal
  11. Isabell Norikov & Ashraf Sabry
  12. Jeanette Walker
  13. Jonathan Halsey
  14. Joshua Frenk
  15. Len & Janet Ellis
  16. Lubna Ahmed
  17. Maliha Durrani
  18. Mariam Mahmood
  19. Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk
  20. Marylou Ghyst
  21. Mazuk & Alexis Jaami
  22. Nisaa Muhammad
  23. Rizwan Sheikh
  24. Steve Kille
  25. Suleman Hemani
  26. Todd Collier
  27. Umer Shaikh
  28. Vatsa & Shobha Ramanathan
If you wish to volunteer, please send the email to: MikeGhouse@aol.com - in the subject line, please write "Volunteer for Unity Day" - Thanks

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

First, download the flier at this site, first item on the top left or and then you can forward the link, or simply copy the jpf file and paste it in the email and forward it.

  1. Invite your friends, please reach out and invite people from every race, faith and ethnicity.
  2. Invite organizations to participate - No money is required
  3. Invite Mayors, Council persons, Fire and Police Chiefs and other civic organizations
  4. Invite leaders from religion and education services
  5. Invite Corporate leaders
  6. Be a Volunteer to do different Chores
  7. If you, your friends or friend wish to donate, please do it in multiples of $100.00
  8. If you have a sponsor, they can do it in multiples of $500.00
  9. We need a confirmation of attendance, please email to confirmattendance@gmail.com

Our Mission is to encourage individuals to develop an open mind and an open heart toward their follow beings. If we can learn to accept and respect the God given uniqueness of each one of the 7 billion of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge. We believe that knowledge leads to understanding and understanding to acceptance and appreciation of a different point of view.

Foundation for Pluralism,
Studies in Religious Pluralism & Pluralistic Societies
Workshops Seminars Education News Letters
2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite 206,
Dallas, TX 75234 (214) 325-1916

Please send the information to UnitydayUSA@gmail.com
I am looking for a few good volunteers to invite every possible organization to the event.

God Bless America


Mike Ghouse, Chair
Unity Day USA
(214) 325-1916
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