Calendar of Events

• September 10
  SFCG's Leena El-Ali speaks about our work to bridge the Western-Muslim divide through our Partners in Humanity program
  Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, Ca.
  For details, contact Jane Shaw at jshaw@sfcg.org
• September 24
  Release of the Report on Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations With The Muslim World
  National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
  For details, contact Rob Fersh at rfersh@sfcg.org
• October 7
  Teleseminar with John Marks, founder and President of SFCG: "Search for Common Ground: Tools and Methodologies"
  Institute of Noetic Sciences
  For details and information on how to take part, click here.
  
• November 11
  Eliav-Sartawi Awards for Middle East Journalism
  International YMCA, Jerusalem
  For information, contact Robecca Polivy at ropolivy@sfcg.org
• November 14
  Common Ground Awards Ceremony 2008
  Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.
  If you would like to attend, please contact Erin Polzin at epolzin@sfcg.org
  
  Awardees will be:
  
  
  • Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill – for his success in negotiating nuclear disarmament agreements with North Korea
  • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra – for ground-breaking performances in Pyongyang, North Korea
  • The Parents Circle – Israeli and Palestinian parents who have lost a child in the conflict and who work together for peace
  • Peaceoholics – a Washington, DC community group that uses non-violent conflict resolution to promote a drug-free, crime-free lifestyle for young people
  • Susan Retik & Patti Quigley – two women whose husbands died on 9/11 and who have formed an organization to improve the lives of widows in Afghanistan
• November 28–30
  Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship with SFCG's John Marks and Susan Collin Marks
  Esalen Institute, Big Sur, Ca.
  To register, click here.
• December 7
  San Francisco area fundraiser
  San Francisco, Ca.
  For more information, please contact Jane Shaw at jshaw@sfcg.org