UPDATE:  REGISTRATION IS CLOSED DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE.  Limited On-Site registration will be open based upon availability only.  Thank you for your interest! 

Friends,
 
The Association of Indian Americans of North America (AIANA) is hosting World Gujarati Conference on Sept. 1-3, 2006 at the Raritan Center Expo Hall in Edison. This event is expected to bring over 30,000 Gujaratis from all over the world.  AIANA has invited us to participate in this conference. The tentative program, etc. is on the website www.wgc06.org   where you can familiarize yourself with all the activities. The cost of registration is $ 10 per person for all 3 days including meals.

Please note:  There will be no registration at the Raritan Center on the Conference Days. All persons must pre-register on line and carry the registration acknowledgement with them to the venue. A prepared registration package with ID, program details, and food tickets will be handed over to the registrants when they check in at the conference on the first day.

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The UN-NGO Team is attending the 61st UN-NGO Conference on September 6-8 at the UN will be participating in this program. Anyone wishing to attend the program, please send me your name so that I can send it to the organizers. Additional information is available in the  flyer:  61st UN-NGO Conference Flyer.
Thanks,

-Homi

The Fali Chothia Charitable Trust is accepting applications for its 17th annual scholarship awards. Scholarships are open to all Zoroastrian students in North America enrolled in four-year or graduate-level programs. Awards are based on financial need, academic achievement, extracurricular activity and community service. They are given as outright gifts or no- and low-interest loans.

To demonstrate solidarity and trust between organizations while serving community causes, the US Chapter of the World Zoroastrian Organisation is joining the Fali Chothia Trust’s 2005-06 Scholarship Program. This partnership will enable the Trust to significantly increase the amount of its scholarships.

Forms are available in PDF format here.

The Fali Chothia Charitable Trust was established in 1988 under the Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Washington, Inc. (ZAMWI). The Trust provides scholarships to deserving Zoroastrian students enrolled in universities in North America, regardless of their country of origin.

Interfaith Prayer Service to Honor the 61st opening of the UN General Assembly- Sept. 12, 2006 

• Location: St. Bartholomew’s Church at 51st and Park Avenue in New York City.
• Date: September 12, 2006   
• Time: 8:30 am - 9:30am

Religious leaders representing up to 30 faith traditions from all over the world will say a prayer or offer a blessing on the work of the United Nations.  His Excellency Kofi Annan has again agreed to join us along with the new president of the United Nations General Assembly Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa along with many other diplomats and dignitaries.

To learn more about the Interfaith Center and our programs, please visit our website or call: (212) 685-4242.  Contact Moise Waltner at (212) 685-4242 or moise@interfaithcenter.org for more information about corporate sponsorship opportunities.