On April 5, Drake's Comparison Project will host "A Celebration of Islam in Des Moines," in conjunction with the annual forum of the Abdelkader Education Project. The event will occur in Meredith Hall from 2:00–4:30pm. It will feature plenaries about Abd el-Kader and the Abdelkader Education Project, as well as dozens of breakout sessions on …

7:30-9:30: Interfaith Breakfast and Prayer -State Capitol Rotunda 6:00–9:00 pm: Evening Symposium on the Role of Religion in Peacemaking -World Food Prize Building Please see link for more information.

On Sunday, April 12, we will celebrate the annual holiday of Vaisakhi from roughly 12:00 to 2:00 pm with the Sikh gurdwara in West Des Moines, the Iowa Sikh Association (1115 Walnut St.). The service will include many of the elements of a typical Sunday worship service: the signing of hymns (kirtan), reading from sacred …

On Thursday, April 17, at 6:00 pm, in Drake's Sussman Theater (lower level of Olmsted Center), Dr. Max Thornton, independent scholar, will deliver a lecture on "Getting What We Deserve: Theologies at the Intersection of Disability and Work." Dr. Thornton's lecture will think through some of the connections between disability, work, and the theological ideas …