Yakton Co. Dedication

Yakton Co. Dedication

Press & Dakotan
9/9/2004

In Vermillion, a moment of silence will be held before the 2 p.m. Saturday kickoff for the University of South Dakota football game in the DakotaDome. More details on the pre-game ceremony will be announced today (Thursday), USD officials said.

In addition, USD will host a "Hope, Not Hate" town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in Farber Hall. The event will focus on U.S.-Muslim relations.

Speakers include former U.S. Senator James Abourezk; Syrian native Sanaa Abourezk, author of the book "Equal Justice in the Balance: America's Legal Responses to the Emerging Terrorist Threat"; Creighton University law professor and author Michael J. Kelly; and Iowa congressional candidate Sal Mohammed, who is originally from Egypt.

The event is part of a national "Hope, Not Hate" movement from Sept. 8 through Oct. 12 where concerned citizens throughout the U.S. will participate in town hall meetings on the future of U.S.-Muslim world relationships. Students across America have joined together with many 9/11 family members with the hope of inspiring a new generation of U.S.-Muslim relations based on understanding and mutual respect.

There will also be an opportunity to participate in a live teleconference between students from USD and the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, at 10 a.m. October 21 at the Continuing Education building.

For more information, visit www.AIDemocracy.org or www.HopeNotHate.org or www.ThePeopleSpeak.org or contact U AID chapter members Lynn von Koch at lvonkoch@usd.edu or Jonathon Walz at jdwalz@usd.edu.