NEW VIDEO - A Conversation on the Future of Leadership with John Hope Bryant

Our latest youtube video "A Conversation on the Future of Leadership with John Hope Bryant".

Full video can be viewed on our VIMEO site

(See previous video: The Meaning of the Midterm Elections with Mark Rozell)

Synopsis: As we wrap up one of the toughest years imaginable, we are finding many in our workforce are worn down by stress and worry, and morale is down. In LOVE LEADERSHIP, I make the case that there are two things in the world; there is love and there is fear, and what you don’t love you fear, and the reason that the world is all screwed up is that many of our so-called leaders have led by fear. I show leaders how to break away from the long-standing leadership style- one based on fear. Instead, I suggest that the best way to lead in both your professional and personal life is to figure out what you have to give others in a world obsessed with the question “what do I get?”

Bio: A Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum, an Oprah's Angel Network award recipient, a TIME Magazine 50 (Leaders) for the Future (94'), John Hope Bryant is an entrepreneur, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE, the Inc. Magazine/CEO Read bestselling author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), advisor to the current U.S. president as well as the last two sitting U.S. presidents, a thought leader, public speaker, and an innovator in the business of empowerment. Operation HOPE, America’s first non-profit social investment banking organization founded immediately following the Rodney King Riots of 1992 in South Central Los Angeles, now operates in 69 U.S. communities, South Africa and Haiti, having served more than one million individuals, has more than 10,000 HOPE Corps volunteers, 5,000 partners from government, community (including faith) and the private sector, has raised more than $500 million and helped to restructure another $300 million in subprime mortgages from the private sector to empower the poor, for a total of approximately $900 million in economic activity for the under-served. John Hope Bryant was born on February 6, 1966, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California, and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Bryant is a member of 100 Black Men of Atlanta and attends Ebenezer Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

NEW VIDEO - The Meaning of the Midterm Elections with Mark Rozell

Our latest youtube video "The Meaning of the Midterm Elections with Mark Rozel".

Full video can be viewed on our VIMEO site

(See previous video : Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam with Qamar ul Huda)

An analysis of the outcome of the 2010 U.S. Midterm elections and its impact on the next two years of the Obama presidency.

Synopsis: The presentation and discussion will focus on an analysis of the 2010 election results and their implications for governing in the U.S. The analysis will center on the factors that most influenced the election and the current state of voter discontent with both political parties in the U.S.

Bio: Mark J. Rozell is professor of public policy at George Mason University. He is the author of nine books and editor of twenty additional books on various topics in American government and politics. He writes most frequently on the presidency and executive power, religion and politics, media and politics, and U.S. elections at the state and national levels.

NEW VIDEO - How can dialogue serve as a tool of resolving protracted social conflicts?

Our latest video from our popular Rumi Forum luncheon series has been uploaded. We hope you enjoy it !

Mr. Jacevic uses various tools and approaches to build bridges between communities torn by dissent and destruction. As we increasingly face the challenges of the 21st internal stifle, in which wars are more often fought in city neighborhood than distant battlegrounds, we need to create even more innovative solutions that will build sustainable peace. While military expenditures sky rocket, we need to seek alternative forms to transform conditions that give rise to power, war and terrorism in the first place. Dialogue is therefore an essential prerequisite to enabling millions of people to live freely and productively, yet it is an underutilized and not fully appreciated method. Inter-faith dialogue is one of the various and many forms that will be discussed during this luncheon. YOUTUBE VIDEO BELOW - FULL LENGTH VIDEO at  VIMEO