The People Have Spoken – Martin Forward and the Indian Elections
This is a blog post by one of our contributing authors. Dr. Martin Forward is a British, Methodist Christian lecturer and author on religion...
Public Affairs
Blog, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
Sacred Sources: Liturgical Inspirations – the Shema, the Surat al-Fatiha, and the Our Father
By: Hannah Ward, Intern at Niagara Foundation Niagara held the second Sacred Sources program last week. A program that we hope to continue...
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Blog, Default Category, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
On the Table Storify
Take a peek through social media to see how we celebrated On the Table 2014 with the Chicago Community Trust. Special thanks to...
Blog, Niagara Updates
Niagara Foundation at the CSO and on WFMT
Last Thursday, May 15th, was the kickoff to our 10th anniversary celebrations at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to our affiliation with the...
Blog, Niagara Updates
Flood in Bosnia
Photo from FT.com We at the Niagara Foundation are distraught by the recent floods in the Balkan region. These floods are the worst...
Blog, Niagara Updates
On the Table Recaps
Photo: On the Table #2! Lunch with the Israeli Tourism Board including Consul Omer Eshel and the Argentinian Consulate including Consul General Marcelo...
Blog, Default Category, Interns' Corner
Weekly Links
Compiled by our interns: Hannah Ward, Brandon Carter, and Melissa Muth. Picture captured from here. The Dialogue of Civilizations Conference is Opening in...
Articles, Blog
“These are Not My Problems” Social Justice Gallery Show
Our Communications Officer, Edirin Davis, wrote this reflection after visiting a social justice gallery show sponsored by the Niagara Foundation. “Freedom is indivisible,...
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Blog, Niagara Updates
Mine Explosion in Turkey
We were saddened to hear of the mine explosion in Western Turkey that has so far taken the lives of over two hundred...
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May
Blog, Default Category, Niagara Updates
Nigerian Schoolchildren Kidnapping
Our Honorary President, Fethullah Gulen, gave a statement regarding the kidnappings of schoolgirls in Nigeria by Boko Haram. Below is the statement in...
Blog, Interns' Corner, Interviews, Niagara Updates
Greek Architects of Istanbul During the Era of Westernization
Our new writing and reporting intern, Brandon Carter interviewed Marina Drymalitou about the upcoming exhibition at the Turkish Cultural Center, which we are proudly...
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May
Blog, Niagara Updates
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saluting Niagara Foundation
Niagara is celebrating its 10th year! Starting as an office of three people in a basement in Des Plaines, Illinois, Niagara has steadily...
Blog, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
National Day of Prayer
By: Hannah Ward, Writing and Reporting intern at the Niagara Foundation and Student at DePaul University Today marks the 63rd National Day of...
Blog, Niagara Updates
Alliance For Shared Values Press Release on Erdogan
Below is the Alliance for Shared Values’ press release on the recent crackdown on Gulen and Hizmet participants. Niagara is a member of...
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Sign Up for Our Newsletter
Sign Up Here: * Email First Name Last Name Phone * Lists Niagara General List – Will Receive All Emails from Niagara – About 1...
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Weekly Links
Does that view up there look familiar? First, check out the interfaith tour guys’ video of Chicago, which has some familiar faces! Then...
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Apr
2014, Blog, Chicago Global Family, Education, Leadership, Niagara Updates, Public and Global Affairs
Chicago Global Family with Dr. Sharon Hahs of Northeastern Illinois University
By: Edirin Davis, Communications Officer at the Niagara Foundation The Niagara Foundation is pleased to present our new and improved Chicago Global Family...
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Blog, Niagara Updates
On the Table 2014 and the Chicago Community Trust
By: Cassie Moore, Program Officer at the Niagara Foundation On Monday, May 12th throughout the Chicagoland area, one thousand groups of people will...
Blog, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
Niagara’s Earth Day
From Left to Right: Brendan Dowd with the excellent selfie skills, Eleanor Peck, Hannah Ward, our Writing and Reporting intern and author of this...
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Apr
Public Affairs
Weekly Links
Here’s what piqued our interest this week! Special thanks to Edirin Davis, Communications Officer and Hannah Ward, Communications Intern in compiling this list. ...
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Blog, Interns' Corner, Martin Forward, Niagara Updates
Interview with Martin Forward
By: Hannah Ward, intern at Niagara Foundation Joining the Niagara Foundation as a guest blogger is Dr. Martin Forward. He is currently a...
2014, Blog, Missouri, Niagara Updates
Condemnation of the shootings at the Kansas City Jewish Community
We at the Niagara Foundation strongly condemn the recent shootings at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center. May those who were murdered because...
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Apr
Public Affairs
Opposition, the AKP, and Democracy in Turkey
By: A.Kadir Yildirim Political life in Turkey is increasingly undemocratic and authoritarian. How can this institutional weakness be overcome? The latest episode in Turkish...
Academic Affairs, Blog, Economic Development, Niagara Updates
President of NEIU, Sharon Hahs, on Higher Education and Global Understanding
On April 17th, President of Northeastern Illinois University, Dr. Sharon Hahs, will be speaking at the Niagara Foundation on the role of higher...
Blog, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates, Values
A New Day at the Field Museum
Photos and Text By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara and student at DePaul University The haunting tune of a distant vaudevillian pianist hangs...
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Mar
Public Affairs
Recent Interviews with Fethullah Gulen
Recently, our honorary president, Fethullah Gulen, has given multiple interviews with international news agencies due to the recent upheaval in Turkey. Here are...
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Mar
2013, 2014, Blog, Education, Global Issues, Interns' Corner, Media, News, Niagara Updates, Sacred Sources
Complicating the East-West Divide in Ukraine: A Niagara Panel
By: Alexis O’Connor, intern at Niagara Foundation and student at Northwestern University Niagara Foundation held a panel on recent developments in Ukraine on...
Blog, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
Women’s Empowerment in the Workplace: With Anne Ladky of Women Employed
By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara Foundation and Student at DePaul University / Photo via UIC On March 13th, Niagara welcomed founding member...
Blog, Events, Niagara Updates
Niagara Responds: Shots Fired at Orland Park Mosque
Niagara Foundation expresses sympathy for those affected by the shots fired into the dome of the Prayer Center of Orland Park on March...
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Religion and Spirituality
Experiencing Easter in all its Diversity
Sharing the Faith is an educational program offering opportunities for the larger Chicago community to learn about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam during their respective...
Blog, Global Issues, News, Niagara Updates, Public Affairs
Weekly Links + Community Corner
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....
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2014, Blog, Global Issues, Interns' Corner, News, Niagara Updates
Ukrainian Conflict and the Euromaidan Journalist Collective: A Journalism Student’s Perspective
Intern Alexis O’Connor wrote this blogpost about Ukraine and the Euromaidan Journalist Collective before we had confirmed our Niagara Forum on the unrest...
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Blog, Niagara Updates
On the Events of the Past Couple Weeks in the Northern Suburbs
Our thoughts are with the religious institutions affected by the vandalism on the North Side of Chicago over the past couple weeks. Niagara...
Blog, Niagara Updates
Weekly Links #2
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....
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Mar
Academic Affairs, Blog, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates, Study Turkiye
RECAP: Study Turkiye Workshop 2014
By: Alexis O’Connor, Intern at the Niagara Foundation and Student at Northwestern University Niagara Foundation held its workshop for the Study Turkiye Program...
Blog, Interns' Corner, Martin Marty, Niagara Updates
Interview with Professor Martin Marty
By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara and student at DePaul University Joining Niagara as a guest blogger is the esteemed Martin E. Marty....
Blog, Default Category, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
Niagara celebrates the 10th Annual Abrahamic Traditions Dinner
Photos and Recap by: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara Foundation and student at DePaul University Negative temperatures and piercing winds of the winter...
Blog, Global Issues, News, Niagara Updates
What We’re Reading
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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2014, Conferences & Panels, Missouri
Niagara Interfaith Talks – March
As a part of our mission to promote understanding, respect, and cooperative activities among major faith traditions in our community, Niagara Foundation organizes...
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Feb
Blog, Niagara Updates
African American History in a Global Context
I spoke with Dr. Carol Adams of the DuSable Museum of African American History last week. She will be speaking at a Niagara...
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Feb
Blog, Default Category, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
More than Words: Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding
By: Megan Deppen, intern at Niagara and student at Depaul The giant arched windows cast light onto the audience while both men and...
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Feb
Blog, Dirk Ficca, Interviews, Niagara Updates
New Contributor: Dirk Ficca
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!)...
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Feb
2014, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint, Grans Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Michigan
Peace & Dialogue Awards 2014
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MY VOICE, MY CITY: MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AT THE CHICAGO INTERFAITH GATHERING
Today we welcomed high school students from around Chicago to meet each other and learn about different justice issues through an interfaith lens....
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Feb
Blog, Niagara Updates
Thinking About Study Turkiye?
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...
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Feb
Blog, Interviews, Niagara Updates
Interview with A. Rashied Omar of the Kroc Institute on the Chicago Interfaith Gathering
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...
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2014, Intercultural Trips, Missouri
Niagara Travel Grant Program 2014
Niagara Grant Invitation Letter Grant Application Form Sample Itinerary NIAGARA FOUNDATION TURKEY TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM 2014 1. Program Description Founded in 1997, Niagara...
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Jan
2014, Nebraska, Niagara Forums
Luncheon Series at UNO
Niagara Foundation is starting “UNO Luncheon Series” working with Intercultural Dialogue Group at UNO. Every Month we will invite a different guest speaker ...
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2014, Blog, Illinois, Niagara Updates
Qasim Rashid – January 16th at 11:30am
In a couple weeks, Qasim Rashid will be speaking at Niagara about his book, The Wrong Kind of Muslim. It’s amazing how much...
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Jan
2014, Blog, Illinois, Niagara Updates
New Year’s Resolutions
By: Eleanor Peck, Director of Communications and Member Relations Happy New Year from all of us at the Niagara Foundation! We hope your...
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Jan
2014, Blog, Illinois, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
One Intern’s Reflection
Our writing and reporting intern, Karen Shen (pictured, center), has been hard at work here at Niagara these past few months. Last week...
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Jan
2014, Blog, Illinois, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates, Study Turkiye
Study Turkiye Workshop 2014
By: Alexis O’Connor, Intern at Niagara and Student at Northwestern On Nov. 15, participants in the 2013 Study Turkiye curriculum development program...
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Jan
2014, Blog, Illinois, Interns' Corner
Niagara Forum on Syria
By: Karen Shen, intern at Niagara and student at Northwestern University It is our goal at the Niagara Foundation to bring...
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Jan
2014, Blog, Illinois, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
Recap: Niagara Forum on Egypt with Dr. David Faris
By: Karen Shen, intern and student at Northwestern On Friday, November 1st, Dr. David Faris joined us at the Niagara Foundation to discuss...
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Jan
2014, Blog, Illinois, Niagara Updates
Law School Deans Discuss the Crisis and Transformation in Legal Education
by Eleanor Peck, Director of Communications and Member Relations On October 24th, the Niagara Foundation was happy to invite two law school...
2014, Blog, Illinois, Niagara Updates
Reflections On My First Trip to Türkiye
Photos and Words By: Brendan Dowd, Director of the Center for Cultural Exchange and Interfaith Dialogue “What do you think of my decision...
2014, Blog, Illinois, Interns' Corner, Niagara Updates
Niagara Forum on Syria: 11/14
By: Karen Shen, intern at Niagara and student at Northwestern University The ongoing conflict in Syria has been in and out of front...