UPCOMING EVENTS

Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam
Asra Q. Nomani
Thursday, October 29, 7-9 p.m., The University of Toledo, Law Center Auditorium
Reception preceding the lecture: 5:30-6:30 p.m.   For More Information and to RSVP for Reception Call 419.530.8570.
Nomani is an accomplished journalist, having covered the transportation, financial, travel, and trade industries for 15 years for the Wall Street Journal. Nomani subsequently covered the country of Pakistan for Salon Magazine and was honored with an Online Journalists Award for her work. After the kidnapping and murder of her friend and Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, Nomani wrote Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam and covered Islamic issues for the Washington Post, New York Times, Time magazine, and more.

Nomani has become a noted writer-activist for women’s rights and tolerance in the Muslim world, co-founding Muslims for Peace. A graduate of West Virginia University and American University, Nomani currently serves as a visiting journalism scholar at Georgetown University, leading the Pearl Project, a faculty-student investigation into the murder of Daniel Pearl.

Sponsored by:  The Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women, The Department of Philosophy,  The Women’s and Gender Studies Department, the President’s Lecture Series on Diversity, and the UT Program in Religious Studies. 

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February, Black History Month
March, Women’s History Month
April, Asian American History Month
May, Cinco De Mayo Celelbration (May 5th)
September, Hispanic Heritage Month
October, LGBT History Month (Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day)
November, Native American History Month
November, Day of the Dead Celebration (Nov 1st)
December, AIDS Awareness Week / World AIDS Day