This free conference on Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 9:30 am – 4 pm at the Hindu Temple Society of North America, 45-57 Bowne Street, in Flushing, Queen is designed for youth to be heard and for them to meet other young New Yorkers from different backgrounds and faiths to discuss diversity and other pressing matters of the day. One of our many distinguished speakers will be:
Iman Khalid Latif
Imam Khalid Latif is the University Chaplain for New York University and Executive Director for the Islamic Center at NYU. In 2005, Imam Latif was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU. At NYU, Khalid initiated his vision for a pluralistic American Muslim community, rooted on campus and reaching out to the city. In 2006, Imam Latif was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at Princeton University. In 2007, Imam Latif’s position was fully institutionalized at New York University, and so he committed himself to that institution and the building of a Muslim community. Today’s Islamic Center is a leader among American Muslim organizations, uniquely shaped to contribute to the future of Muslim practice in the West. Also in 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department. He was 24. Since then, Imam Latif has dedicated himself to America’s largest Police Department, and has developed tremendously valuable skills as a spokesperson for co-existence, mutual understanding and productive relationships between cultures, communities and religions.
