BUILDING BRIDGES IN SYOSSET:
THE LONG ISLAND MULTI-FAITH FORUM

The Syosset Public Library will host the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum: Understanding Our Neighbors' Faiths. This program, called Building Bridges, will include panel presentations and question and answer periods, given by volunteers of some of the many faiths that represent the diverse and multicultural communities on Long Island. Each week, panelists of different faiths will present discussions led by a moderator.

Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 2 PM: Narinder Kapoor (Hindu); Seemi Ahmad (Islam); Raj Singh (Sikh); Robert Weick (Buddhism)
Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 2 PM: Werner Reich (Judaism); Hai-Dee Lee (Buddhism); Mala Gupta (Hindu); Afshan Haque (Islam)
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 2 PM: Kausar Zaman (Islam); Wendy Feld (Brahman Kumaris); Marian Hubbard (Christianity); Sheila Sussman (Buddhism)
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 2 PM: Norman Roscoe (Unitarian Universalism); Ila Vora (Jainism); Farideh Siahpoosh (Baha'i Faith); Urmila Shivaram (Hindu)
Sunday, March 1. 2009 at 2 PM: there will be a showing of the film Faiths of Long Island followed by a question and answer period and then a reception in the library café.

The Multi-Faith Forum is an entirely volunteer-operated organization of over 100 committed individuals from 11 different faith-based communities. Members of these faiths conduct the Building Bridges educational programs. Its leaders and members are laypeople living, working and raising families on Long Island. Its model for interfaith cooperation and community education is unique in the United States.

Meet your neighbors and become familiar with the beliefs, customs, and traditions that shape their lives. Discover what we share in common, how we differ, and how we all contribute to life on Long Island.

Please plan to attend these very special events. The programs are free.