3RD ANNUAL MUSLIM CHAPLAINS CONFERENCE
Cherishing Diversity, Reaching Out in Unity
Aug. 29 – 30, 2007
Crown Plaza Hotel, Rosemont, IL
The Annual Conference of Muslim Chaplains provides Muslim chaplains the opportunity to share notes, evaluate concerns and challenges, and plan for the future. The conference is open to Muslim chaplains working with hospitals, universities, the Armed Forces, and federal and state prisons from around the country.
Registration
You can register online via a secure form or download the registration form and mail it to PO Box 38, Plainfield, IN 46168. Registration fee is $55, which includes breakfrast and lunch. Please click on the appropriate link below.
The conference will take place at Crowne Plaza Hotel Rosemont, IL. Click below for reservation and directions. Please note that you will be responsible for reserving your own room. To reserve your room, please call the hotel at (847) 671-5406.
Registration for the Muslim Chaplain Conference:
There are two ways to register, please choose one that is more convenient for you.
For more information on registration and other details, please contact Milia Islam at mislam@isna.net or 317-838-8132. The deadline for the conference registration is August 18, 2007. After due date a late fee of $ 25.00 will be imposed for registration.
Special Note for the Supervisors and Chiefs:
Please encourage your chaplains to attend the conference. If you have any questions, please direct it to the ISNA Leadership development Center at mislam@isna.net or call 317-838-8132.
Conference Program
For questions regarding the program, please contact Chaplain Bilal Ansari at bilal.ansari@muslimchaplains.org. Chaplain Bilal serves as a consultant with ILDC.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Opening Remarks
Speaker: Louay Safi
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM – Session I: Conversation on Religious Diversity and Accommodations in Chaplaincy
This session discusses ways and means to improve working conditions in a diverse work environment setting, and to exchange such experiences. A new guide for interfaith dialogue will also be introduced and discussed.
Speaker: Muhammad Shafiq
Moderator: Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM - Break
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Session II: Mapping the Future, Building on Past Experiences
This session aims at developing a strategy to strengthen performance, build capacity, improve networking, and use collective resources to address issues peculiar to the Muslim prison population.
Facilities: Bilal Ansari and Umar Bajwa
Moderator: Milia Islam
6:00 PM– 7:00PM – Prayer and Break
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM – Reception
Keynote Speakers:
Col Steve Moon, US Army Chief of Chaplains Office
Dr. Muneer Fareed, ISNA Secretary General
Thursday, August 30, 2007
9:00 AM- 10:30 AM Session IV: Leadership Development: How we can raise the bar of Islamic Chaplaincy
The session is intended to stimulate discussion on the state of Muslim chaplaincy and explore ways and means to improve the work and raise professional standards.
Speakers: Abdulah Hulwe, Rabia Harris, Mumina Kowalski , Yahya Hendi
Moderator: Abdullah Antepli
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM: Break
11:00 AM- 12:30 PM Leadership Development: Breakout Session
Breakout groups to discuss in more detail proposed ideas and then report the findings to the conference.
Facilitators: Abdul-Rasheed Mohammad, Bilal Ansari, Shareda Hussain, Ahmad Alwani
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Prayer and Lunch
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM - Session II: Trauma Transformation in the Work Place
What does a prison riot, major highway catastrophe, roadside bombed convoy and the Virginia Tech massacre have in common? TRAUMA. As a chaplain how do you become a transformative agent in your workplace when faced with traumatic events such as those mentioned? Where does faith fit into the human dimensions of surviving trauma? This workshop will answer these questions from literary and religious sources as well as from the presenters' research and clinical work that articulates the coping and growth process and cultivation of compassion and understanding necessary to transform trauma in the workplace of chaplains.
Speakers: Osman Ali and George Fitzgerald
Moderator: Hena Saifulislam
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM -
3: 30 PM - 4:00 PM – Break
4:00 PM- 5:30 PM - Session VI: Educational Challenges in Muslim Chaplaincy
The session explores approaches for improving chaplains’ continuous education at both the institutional and personal levels.
Speaker: Ingrid Mattson
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