By: Kathleen Ferraro, Communications & Membership Coordinator On Wednesday, February 4 from 11:30 AM – 1PM, Niagara is excited to host Father John...
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Tomorrow, we are excited to host Toni Irving for a roundtable discussion at our office from 11:30 AM – 1 PM. Irving is the...
Niagara Foundation welcomes Kathleen Ferraro as a new addition to our Chicago family. She will be joining us as Communications & Membership Coordinator,...
Chicago, January 7, 2015 – Niagara Foundation abhors the actions and motives of three masked gunmen, who this morning attacked the office of a...
Niagara Foundation is celebrating its 10th Anniversary on December 4th and here’s why you don’t want to miss it! 1. The Peace &...
Niagara Foundation welcomes Mignon Senuta as our newest team member in Chicago! Interview by: Mevlut Hilmi Cinar, VP of Development and Strategy Hilmi:...
By: Kathleen Ferraro, Niagara Intern and Student at Northwestern University We’re pleased to welcome Roosevelt University’s Department of Political Science chair, Dr. David...
By: Kathleen, intern at Niagara and student at Northwestern University We are excited to host Dr. Wendy Pearlman, Assistant Professor and Crown Junior Chair...
Our Honorary President, Mr. Fethullah Gulen’s condemnation of ISIS was published on several U.S. newspapers on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our...
Sacred Sources: God and Human Suffering Ryan Fordice, Program Director, Center for Interfaith Engagement Bright, mid-day sunlight flooded through the windows as the delicious aroma of Turkish food wafted...
Photo via Wikimedia After our blog post celebrating the exchange students we were happy to host from the countries of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia,...
The Niagara Foundation is pleased to announce the nomination of our program Abraham’s Tent for the Chicago Innovation Awards. These at home interfaith...
Here at Niagara, we are so proud of our internship program. Over the past few years we have had interns from around the...
Photos and Text by: Lauren Messenger The Niagara Foundation was honored to welcome Jean de St. Aubin, executive director of the Gene Siskel...
This post is a guest contribution from our friend Prof. Zeki Saritoprak, of John Carroll University, who spoke at our Ramadan Experience Dinner...
If you’d like to make a donation to help cure ALS – please do so here. If you’ve already made your donation for...
The so-called “Islamic State,” also known as ISIS or ISIL, recently released a video showing the beheading of the American journalist, James Foley...
Executive Editor of the Rockford Register Star, Mark Baldwin, just got back from a trip to Turkey with the Niagara Foundation. He’s blogging for...
By: Katie Stever, intern at Niagara Foundation How do we go from being two strangers passing on the sidewalk downtown to two neighbors...
Executive Editor of the Rockford Register Star, Mark Baldwin, just got back from a trip to Turkey with the Niagara Foundation. He’s blogging for...
By: Katie Stever, intern at Niagara The end of July marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan and fasting for Muslims...
A group from WGVU Public Media in Michigan traveled to Turkey with the Niagara Foundation. Listen to their memories, interesting facts, and more...
By: Katie Stever, Intern at Niagara On July 24th, Niagara Foundation and friends at the Center for Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Studies at...
This is a blog post by one of our contributing authors. Rev. Dirk Ficca has twenty years of experience in the global interreligious movement, having...
By: Danny Davis, Intern at Niagara Foundation and Student at Lawrence University Niagara’s headquarters bustled with lively guests and discussions last Friday as...
By: Katie Stever, intern at Niagara “The first rule of interfaith relations is to start where you are.” – Martin Marty This past...
There are a couple extra links about Islam and Muslims this week as we celebrate Ramadan – the holiest month in Islam. Islam...
By: Danny Davis, intern at the Niagara Foundation David Liepert’s Christian, Muslim, & Jew: Finding a Path to Peace Our Faiths Can Share...
This year, Ramadan began on June 28th and will last until July 28th. In honor of the holiday, Niagara’s interns Danny and Brandon...
Executive Editor of the Rockford Register Star, Mark Baldwin, is currently traveling to Turkey with the Niagara Foundation. He’s blogging for the Register...
The Blue Mosque in Turkey, decorated for the holiday (spelled Ramazan in Turkish) Our links this week are dedicated to Ramadan! The holiest...
Photo via Flickr (Atomic Taco) In the spirit of the fourth of July, Niagara interns Brandon and Danny paid a visit to Millennium...
Photo via Flickr (IsakFotografi) This is a blog post by one of our contributing authors. Dr. Martin Forward is a British, Methodist Christian...
We love this viral photo undermining sectarian violence with humor! This little girl understands how to promote social cohesion! Thanks to Brandon Carter,...
We were honored to be a part of an article about 100 different organizations showing that religion is a force for good. Here’s...
By: Brandon Carter, intern at Niagara Foundation The Niagara Foundation was honored to welcome Consul General of France, Hon. Graham Paul to speak...
Written By: Mooni Abdus-Salam This morning, Turkish writer, journalist, and speaker Mustafa Akyol visited the Niagara Foundation and gave a talk for...
Thanks to our interns, especially Brandon Carter, for helping to find these links! We’re late to this great listicle, but 50 Facts About...
The sizzle and pop of the grill. The clink clink of ice cubes in glasses of lemonade. The curling of smoke lifting up...
By: Brandon Carter, Intern at Niagara Foundation On Thursday, May 29th FBI Special Agent in Charge of Chicago Bob Holley paid a visit...
By: Hannah Ward, Intern at Niagara Foundation Niagara held the second Sacred Sources program last week. A program that we hope to continue...
Take a peek through social media to see how we celebrated On the Table 2014 with the Chicago Community Trust. Special thanks to...
Last Thursday, May 15th, was the kickoff to our 10th anniversary celebrations at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to our affiliation with the...
Photo from FT.com We at the Niagara Foundation are distraught by the recent floods in the Balkan region. These floods are the worst...
Photo: On the Table #2! Lunch with the Israeli Tourism Board including Consul Omer Eshel and the Argentinian Consulate including Consul General Marcelo...
Compiled by our interns: Hannah Ward, Brandon Carter, and Melissa Muth. Picture captured from here. The Dialogue of Civilizations Conference is Opening in...
Our Communications Officer, Edirin Davis, wrote this reflection after visiting a social justice gallery show sponsored by the Niagara Foundation. “Freedom is indivisible,...
We were saddened to hear of the mine explosion in Western Turkey that has so far taken the lives of over two hundred...
Our Honorary President, Fethullah Gulen, gave a statement regarding the kidnappings of schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram. Below is the statement in...
Our new writing and reporting intern, Brandon Carter interviewed Marina Drymalitou about the upcoming exhibition at the Turkish Cultural Center, which we are proudly...
Niagara is celebrating its 10th year! Starting as an office of three people in a basement in Des Plaines, Illinois, Niagara has steadily...
By: Hannah Ward, Writing and Reporting intern at the Niagara Foundation and Student at DePaul University Today marks the 63rd National Day of...
Below is the Alliance for Shared Values’ press release on the recent crackdown on Gulen and Hizmet participants. Niagara is a member of...
Does that view up there look familiar? First, check out the interfaith tour guys’ video of Chicago, which has some familiar faces! Then...
By: Edirin Davis, Communications Officer at the Niagara Foundation The Niagara Foundation is pleased to present our new and improved Chicago Global Family...
By: Cassie Moore, Program Officer at the Niagara Foundation On Monday, May 12th throughout the Chicagoland area, one thousand groups of people will...
From Left to Right: Brendan Dowd with the excellent selfie skills, Eleanor Peck, Hannah Ward, our Writing and Reporting intern and author of this...
By: Hannah Ward, intern at Niagara Foundation Joining the Niagara Foundation as a guest blogger is Dr. Martin Forward. He is currently a...
We at the Niagara Foundation strongly condemn the recent shootings at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center. May those who were murdered because...
On April 17th, President of Northeastern Illinois University, Dr. Sharon Hahs, will be speaking at the Niagara Foundation on the role of higher...
Photos and Text By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara and student at DePaul University The haunting tune of a distant vaudevillian pianist hangs...
By: Alexis O’Connor, intern at Niagara Foundation and student at Northwestern University Niagara Foundation held a panel on recent developments in Ukraine on...
By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara Foundation and Student at DePaul University / Photo via UIC On March 13th, Niagara welcomed founding member...
Niagara Foundation expresses sympathy for those affected by the shots fired into the dome of the Prayer Center of Orland Park on March...
WEEKLY LINKS: (PAYWALL) Turkey Needs a New Constitution to Save its Democracy by Fethullah Gulen (honorary president of the Niagara Foundation) in the Financial Times....
Intern Alexis O’Connor wrote this blogpost about Ukraine and the Euromaidan Journalist Collective before we had confirmed our Niagara Forum on the unrest...
Our thoughts are with the religious institutions affected by the vandalism on the North Side of Chicago over the past couple weeks. Niagara...
Here’s what we’ve been reading this week: You think you’re cold? Jimmy Fallon and Mayor Emanuel took the Polar Plunge for the Chicago Special Olympics....
By: Alexis O’Connor, Intern at the Niagara Foundation and Student at Northwestern University Niagara Foundation held its workshop for the Study Turkiye Program...
By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara and student at DePaul University Joining Niagara as a guest blogger is the esteemed Martin E. Marty....
Photos and Recap by: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara Foundation and student at DePaul University Negative temperatures and piercing winds of the winter...
Every week, especially with the ongoing issues in Turkey, a flurry of links travels through our office, being passed around from person...
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I spoke with Dr. Carol Adams of the DuSable Museum of African American History last week. She will be speaking at a Niagara...
By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara and student at Depaul The giant arched windows cast light onto the audience while both men and...
In anticipation of our revamped website (I am told its arrival for the public is imminent – UPDATE 2-17-14: You’re looking at it!)...
Today we welcomed high school students from around Chicago to meet each other and learn about different justice issues through an interfaith lens....
Are you a professor interested in the Study Turkiye program, but you’re not sure what to expect from the trip? If so, then this...
Dr. Rashied Omar of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame will be speaking at the Chicago Interfaith Gathering during...
In a couple weeks, Qasim Rashid will be speaking at Niagara about his book, The Wrong Kind of Muslim. It’s amazing how much...
By: Eleanor Peck, Director of Communications and Member Relations Happy New Year from all of us at the Niagara Foundation! We hope your...
Our writing and reporting intern, Karen Shen (pictured, center), has been hard at work here at Niagara these past few months. Last week...
By: Alexis O’Connor, Intern at Niagara and Student at Northwestern On Nov. 15, participants in the 2013 Study Turkiye curriculum development program...
By: Karen Shen, intern at Niagara and student at Northwestern University It is our goal at the Niagara Foundation to bring...
By: Karen Shen, intern and student at Northwestern On Friday, November 1st, Dr. David Faris joined us at the Niagara Foundation to discuss...
by Eleanor Peck, Director of Communications and Member Relations On October 24th, the Niagara Foundation was happy to invite two law school...
Photos and Words By: Brendan Dowd, Director of the Center for Cultural Exchange and Interfaith Dialogue “What do you think of my decision...
By: Karen Shen, intern at Niagara and student at Northwestern University The ongoing conflict in Syria has been in and out of front...
All Photos by Brendan Dowd Niagara’s Director of Cultural Exchange and Interfaith Collaboration is currently on a trip to Turkey, his first, with...
David Faris went to Cairo on a lark – as he says, “well, not a lark exactly, I was looking for a research...
Anders and Tekim – Photo by Brendan Dowd By: Brendan Dowd, Director of the Center on Intercultural Exchange and Interfaith Collaboration The evening...
“I felt that the cultural and religious demarcations that exist in the corporeal world were put to the wayside as we shared a...
By: Karen Shen, Intern at the Niagara Foundation and Student at Northwestern University In the continuing effort to connect people and raise awareness...
In case you were not aware, October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. This commemorative month was passed into law in 1989 by...
The honorees and Rob Stafford with Niagara staff By: Eleanor Peck, Director of Communications and Member Relations The Eighth Annual Peace & Dialogue...
Here is the second installation of our blog posts remembering 9/11 from an interfaith perspective. Our own Sanya Mansoor interviewed three faith...
Dear Friends, Family, and Community of Niagara Foundation, It’s an honor to be the newest member of the team here at the Niagara...
By: Sanya Mansoor, Intern at the Niagara Foundation and Student at Northwestern The Niagara Foundation was thrilled to feature Anne Pramaggiore, President and...
By: Sanya Mansoor, Niagara Intern and Student at Northwestern The Niagara Foundation is eagerly counting down the days until Sept. 16, 2013, the...
The Study Türkiye program brings together professors from different disciplines and universities to study the history, politics, religion, economics, and culture of Turkey. Every...