Shamsia Ramadhan, October 20, 2009

Speaker on Muslim-Christian Cooperation for Peace in Kenya

We are pleased to announce that on Tuesday, October 20, 7:00pm in Gorecki 204B, CSB, Ms. Shamsia Ramadhan will present “Muslim-Christian Cooperation for Peace in Kenya.” 

During the 1990s the town of Isiolo, located in the vast pastoral northeast region of Kenya, was the site of regular violence born of ethnic animosities and the fight over scarce resources.  Since then, as a result of a number of peace building programs, there has been a significant reduction in violence in and around Isiolo.  As a young Muslim from Kenya, Shamsia Ramadhan was deeply involved in some of these programs, and she made interreligious cooperation for social change in Isiolo the focus of her upper division university thesis.  In her presentation here she will draw on her Isiolo experience as she addresses the broader issue of Muslim-Christian cooperation for peace in her home country.

Shamsia Ramadhan, currently pursuing a master’s degree in peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, earned her bachelor of arts degree in social ministry with honors and a diploma in sciences of human development from Tangaza College, a constituent college of Catholic University of Eastern Africa.  A board member and the secretary general of Amani (Peace) Communities in Africa, she has worked in Kenya as a researcher with Development Policy Management Forum, consultant and lead trainer for the United Nations Neighborhood Volunteers in Peace Building program, program coordinator for the Citizens Assembly, administrative secretary of the Young Muslim Association, and program coordinator for the Muslim Sisters Network.

This event is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by:

CSB/SJU Peace Studies Department

The Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning

Global Awareness Lecture Series

Islamic Studies Task Force