Thursday, March 25, 2021
Please join us for Rais’ refreshing insights and guideposts in ways to recover from wounds while simultaneously restoring our humanity.
About this Event
EVER BEEN WOUNDED?
It might be a word from a trusted friend – struck at the heart. A lie told by a trusted colleague. Or, as in the case of our presenter, a vicious attack by a supremacist. Everyone has been hurt or wounded at some point but few as seriously as our next speaker – who took the experience and not only healed, but flourished.
HOW DOES ONE RECOVER?
Featured on CBS Sunday Morning’s Program, Rais Bhuiyan was working as a convenience store clerk in Dallas shortly after 9/11 when he was shot in the face by a random stranger who was out to kill as many Muslims as possible. The journey for recovery was not an easy one, but Mr. Bhuiyan’s sense of reconciliation and resiliency led him to establish a highly successful international nonprofit “World Without Hate” that has helped thousands from the United States to Europe.
Please join us for a virtual conversation with Rais Bhuiyan and Dr. Rodger Randle, the former Mayor of Tulsa on Thursday, March 25, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm to hear Rais’s refreshing insights and guideposts in ways to recover from wounds while simultaneously restoring our humanity. Please scroll down to watch the CBS News Sunday Morning’s brief interview with our speaker, Rais.
This free event is made possible by Dialogue Institute Oklahoma and Dialogue Institute Dallas. Registration is REQUIRED.
About Rais Bhuiyan:
Ten days after 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan was shot from point blank range by a supremacist in Dallas, TX. His near-death experience and subsequent religious pilgrimage sparked a profound journey for Rais, including an international campaign advocating to save his attacker from death row. Ever since, Rais has kept his death bed promise to do more for others, dedicating his life to transforming hearts and opening minds through restorative justice, building bridges, storytelling, public speaking, and facilitation.
About Dr. Rodger Randle:
Dr. Randle is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and he holds a doctor of laws degree from the University of Tulsa. In 1970, at the age of 27, he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He was elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1972, then reelected in 1976, 1980 and 1984.
In 1988, he became Mayor of the City of Tulsa and led the successful campaign to change the city’s form of government. He was reelected in 1990 by the largest margin in Tulsa’s history, becoming Tulsa’s first mayor under the new MayorCity Council form of government.
In 1992 he left the office of Mayor to accept an appointment as president of the University Center at Tulsa, which later became Rogers University. He teaches and offices in Tulsa, and he also holds the title of Professor and Director of the Center for Studies in Democracy and Culture.
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