UN HEADQUARTERS | NEW YORK, NY
Moderator – Gordon Tapper
President United African Congress, Founder Give Them a Hand Foundation
Interfaith Prayer – Zoe Chang
Interfaith Minister , Member of the Executive Committee for United Nations Staff Recreational Council Enlightenment Society
Musical Interlude
Musical Performance of “One in Faith,” original anthem sung a Cappella by Russell Daisey, pianist, composer and Broadway performer
Sponsor Presentations
H.E. Mr. Amara Sheikh Mohammed Sowa
Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Carlos Fuller
Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations
H.E. Ambassador Mr. Keith Mcbean
Deputy Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations
H.E. Archbishop Gabrielle Caccia
Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations
Faith Based Presentations
Reverend Paul Yoon
St Agnes Episcopal Church, New Jersey, Staff Chaplain at New York Presbyterian Hospital with Clinical assignment at Sloan Memorial Kettering Cancer Center
Imam Shamsi Ali
Director of Jamaica Muslim Center Queens, New York;
President of Nusantara Foundation
Venerable You Lin
Buddha’s Light International Association
Rabbi Jill Hausman
Rabbi and Cantor at the Actors’ Temple in New York City
Ms. Tahila Mintz
Indigenous Yaqui, Ancestral Scribe, Educator and Community Organizer
Pari Rana
Hindu Representative from the Arya Samaj Center
Musical Interlude
Video Recording of Buddhist performers presented by B.L.I.A.
Civil Society Presentations
Dr. Judy Kuriansky
Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University Teachers College, Advisor, Mission of Sierra Leone to UN; Main Representative of International Association of Applied Psychology at the UN
Rabbi Robert Carroll and Mohammed Alhomsi
Alliance for Middle East Peace
Dr. Mohammed Nurhussein
Emeritus Physician (ret.); Chairman, United African Congress
Mr. Aly Samabaly
Founder, Be Own Sports Foundation
Dr. Stan J Strycharz
Psychologist, MDiv
Youth Presentations
Mr. Wantoe Wantoe
Co-Founder Youth Leader For Global Change, Youth Representative United Nations DGC Steering Committee
Ms. Sandra Ward
Graduate Student at Teachers College, Columbia University
Ms. Ambia Elias
Deputy Publisher, Stranger’s Guide magazine
Jaroun Zhou
President of B.L.I.A. Youth Division
Imam Shamsi Ali
Bethann Carbone
Rev. Zoe Chang
Jenny Chen
Judy Chiang
Russell Daisey
Michael Heil
Dr. Judy Kuriansky
Helen Leong
Venerable You Lin
Dr. Mohammed Nurhussein
Felipe Queipo
Gordon Tapper
Sandra Ward
