NAINConnect 2008 Workshops

Theme: Making a Difference
ISLAMIC NETWORKS GROUP - A PROFILE

WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Fifteen years ago an Egyptian American woman named Maha ElGenaidi started a speakers bureau to educate American citizens about Islam in the Bay Area. Today ING facilitates thousands of educational presentations. The newest phase in Islamic Networks Group (ING) has been to create an Interfaith Speakers Bureau as well, using their tried and true model on behalf of interfaith education. Come hear how this extraordinary adventure got started, the vision for its future, and how you can get involved. Clips from ING’s “Getting to Know American Muslims” presentation that integrates interfaith content. Upi can visit ING’s website at www.ing.org.

PRESENTERS
Grace Fong and Fouzi Husani

Grace Fong joined Islamic Networks Group last year after 20 years in the corporate world in the high-tech industry. As Marketing and Programs Director at ING during a period of rapid growth and development, she manages both Islamic and interfaith speakers bureaus.

Fouzi Husaini has been a speaker volunteer at Islamic Networks Group for ten years, visiting schools, churches, community centers and other organizations to improve the understanding of Islam and Muslims. As a senior member of ING, he conducts speaker training outside the Bay Area, helping initiate Islamic speaker bureaus across the country. He is a senior software engineer.