IDC organized a Dialogue and Unity Dinner with the celebration of the breaking of the Ramadan Fast on Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Hyatt Regency New Brunswick Hotel. As New Jersey is one of the most diverse states of the nation, this dinner, we believe, was a good opportunity to give message of dialogue, unity, harmony, solidarity and peace in NJ. That’s why, many political and non-political leaders and organizations served on the host committee of the dinner.
Those who honored us with their presence were from all walks of life. Assembly and senate members, mayors, state officials, religious and community leaders, academics, etc. attended the dinner to show their support to dialogue and unity in New Jersey.
Speakers
Christopher J. Christie
United States Attorney
Abdullah T. Antepli
Ass. Director of Islamic Chaplaincy Program & Interfaith Relations,
Hartford Seminary, CT
Dr. Maxine C. Beach
Dean of the Theological School and
Advisory Board Member, Interfaith Dialog Center
Some pictures of this unforgetable event
Host Committee:
Hon. Jon S. Corzine
Sen. Richard J. Codey, Senate President
Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Congressman Steven R. Rothman
Congressman Rush Holt
Mr. Weysan Dun, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Newark
Sen. John H. Adler
Sen. Diane B. Allen
James Anzaldi, Mayor of Clifton City
Sen. Martha W. Bark
Asm. William E. Baroni, Jr.
Asm. Peter J. Barnes III
Sen. Barbara Buono
Sen. Joseph Coniglio
Ms. Maud Dahme, NJ State Board of Education Member
Asm. Alex DeCroce, General Assembly Republican Leader
Asm. Patrick J. Diegnan
Sen. Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Asm. Thomas P. Giblin
Asw. Linda R. Greenstein
Asm. Robert M. Gordon
Asm. Gordon M. Johnson
Asw. Marcia A.Karrow
Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr.
Sen. Leonard Lance, Senate Republican Leader
Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak
Dr. Joan Rivitz, NJ Civil Rights Commissioner
Asm. Gary S. Schaer
Sen. Robert W. Singer
Sen. Robert G. Smith
Wayne Smith, Mayor of Irvington Township
Asm. Samuel D. Thompson
Sen. Shirley K. Turner
Sen. Joseph F. Vitale
Sen. Loretta Weinberg
Center for Interreligious Understanding (Rabbi Jack Bemporad)
NJ Catholic Conference
NJ Chamber of Commerce
NJ Council of Churches
Place:
Hyatt Regency New Brunswick Hotel
Grand Ballroom at Two Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Date and Time:
Sunday, October 7, 2007: 6:30 pm.
