March forum

Muslim in America
One Woman's Story 

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The news has been rife with opinions on the topic of Muslims in America. How long has the Islamic religion been around? What is it like to be a Muslim in the United States? Should I fear someone who comes from a predominantly Muslim country? Do entertainment and news media offer accurate portrayals of Muslims?

This educational forum will take you through one Muslim woman’s story of raising children and working toward peace in America. It was because of her experiences that Soraya Deen was inspired to create community with others. Soraya is the founder of Muslim Women Speakers Movement, co-founder of Peacemoms (Promoting Christian Muslim Dialogue), lawyer, a spiritual activist, Certified Nonviolent Parent Educator, and author of Peace Matters – Raising Peace Conscious Children. She encourages Muslim women and women of all faiths to promote interfaith dialogue and engage in social change. At this forum, she will address some timely questions and address common myths.

David Rosell, Founder and President of Rosell Wealth Management, author of Failure is Not an Option, and Past City Club President will introduce Soraya and moderate audience questions.

About Soraya

Soraya Deen is the founder of the Muslim Women Speakers Movement, and Co-founder of Peacemoms (Promoting Christian Muslim /Dialogue). She is a spiritual activist, lawyer, and author of PEACE MATTERS – Raising Peace Conscious children. She is a certified Nonviolent Parenting Trainer. Her vision is to create 10,000 VOICES OF HOPE. 

She brings together Muslim Women and women of all faiths empowering them to resolve conflict, and be effective communicators, social activists and say “YES” to civic engagement. 

She calls on her community to rethink some central concepts of the Received Islamic Theology. She also organized the first Interfaith Women’s Leadership conference at the Los Angeles City Hall October 2016. Of utmost importance today is to give power and place to Muslim Women’s Voices. 

In the corporate world Soraya speaks on Diversity and Team Building. Her TRAINING program, THE WORKPLACE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM explores a unique way of creating collaborative and compassionate workplaces to enhance Profits, Productivity and Performance.

Soraya is a mother of two and encourages women not to stay at the bottom because it is too crowded.

 

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