Premiering at 2:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 28, 2022.
Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi is the Executive Director of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, a global network that builds bridges between grassroots peacemakers and global players to work towards sustainable peace. Prior to this position, Dr. Elsanousi was the director of Interfaith and Government Relations for the Islamic Society of North America. He also served on the Taskforce for the U.S. Department of State's working group on Religion and Foreign Policy, in which he was charged with making recommendations to the Secretary of State and the Federal Advisory Commission on how the US government can better engage with civil society and religious actors.
Dr. Elsanousi is the founding executive committee member of Shoulder to Shoulder, and most recently selected to join the NGO Working Group on the U.N. Security Council. He also serves on the board of directors and trustees for numerous interfaith organizations, including the Center for Interreligious Dialogue at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, as a member of the Multi-Faith Advisory Council to the United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Development, and the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies.
Dr. Elsanousi holds a bachelor’s degree in Shariah and Law, a Master of Laws and a Ph.D. in Law and Society from the Indiana University School of Law.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
Premiering at 9:15 a.m. ET Wednesday, June 28, 2022.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde serves as spiritual leader for 86 Episcopal congregations and ten Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. The first woman elected to this position, she also serves as the chair and p...
Premiering at 10:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, June 29, 2022.
Stanford University political scientist Kathryn Stoner is a senior fellow and Mosbacher Director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, and of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, where she is also se...
Premiering at 2:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, June 29, 2022.
Ambassador Michael Battle has had a most distinguished career of public service, spanning four decades as a diplomat, in academia, in the faith community, and as a military chaplain.
Dr. Battle was Executive Vice President/Provost at the Na...