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<br><div><br><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div>Please spread the word about the upcoming conference of which MIT's Addir Fellows Interfaith Dialogue Program is a cosponsor and a workshop presenter. We hope to have students and staff from many of MIT's religious communities attend this conference. Posters and fliers are available by the mail boxes in W11.</div><div>Thanks, Miriam</div><div><br></div><div><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>Religious Pluralism in a Time of Extremism: The Campus Responds</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>March 2, 2008 <br>Hosted at: Tufts University<br>Cabot Intercultural Center <br>170 Packard Avenue , Medford, MA</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>Register now! </b><a href="http://dialogues.campus.googlepages.com/conferenceregistration"><font color="#319ace" style="color: rgb(49, 154, 206); "><u><b>Click here</b></u></font></a><b> for Online Registration Form.</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>Shuttle bus from MIT to the conference</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><b>Partnering Universities: Brandeis University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, University of Maryland, and Wellesley College</b></span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Join students, faculty, community leaders, academics and activists from the Boston-area and beyond to discuss why and how engaging in inter-religious dialogue and cooperation can effectively address intolerance and extremism. Come learn and share best practices, strategies, and ideas to grow this movement on your campus. Themes include faith and social action, engaging students in difficult dialogues, conflict resolution, use of the arts to promote dialogue, and more. </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Conference participants will come from a wide range of institutions, such as universities, high schools, community-based organizations, and more. The conference will feature scholars and activists who work to create greater understanding among people of different religious backgrounds.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">This event will mark a culmination of two years of collaboration among five campuses—Brandeis University, MIT, Tufts University, University of Maryland and Wellesley College to develop and implement programs that promote dialogue and cooperation among students from different religious backgrounds on campus. The ultimate mission of this initiative is to better prepare tomorrow's leaders to promote tolerance and understanding in their local communities and the global community. </font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>All are welcome!</b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#666666" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b>Register now! </b><a href="http://dialogues.campus.googlepages.com/conferenceregistration"><font color="#319ace" style="color: rgb(49, 154, 206); "><u><b>Click here</b></u></font></a><b> for Online Registration Form</b></font></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#666666" face="Verdana"><b><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></b></font></div></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>