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‘Uniting the Chippewa Valley’
Public Forum to be Held Oct. 17


A public forum titled “Uniting the Chippewa Valley: Islam, Judaism, Christianity — National and International Politics and Unity” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the Riverside Theatre of the Haas Fine Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a panel discussion followed by questions and answers. Panels members include: Dr. Ali Abootalebi, associate professor of political science at UW-Eau Claire; Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed, psychiatrist with Marshfield Clinic-Eau Claire Center; Dr. Leonard Gambrell, chair of the political science department at UW-Eau Claire; Richard Hoyme, senior pastor at Central Lutheran Church in Chippewa Falls; Mort Sipress, UW-Eau Claire political science professor emeritus; and Danny Wheeler, military chaplain, survivor of the Beirut conflict and pastor in Milltown. Kristin Everett, consultant and director at Marketing Works in Eau Claire, will facilitate the discussion.

If you have any questions about Wednesday’s forum, please contact Jackie Bailey, a graduate student at UW-Eau Claire, (715) 723-9675 or jacqbailey@yahoo.com.

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Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu

Updated: Oct. 15, 2001