Feb. 17, Optional Buffet "Lift a Daughter--for Life" before the "Hatred as a Contagious Dis-ease" Panel

All are invited to a 7 pm free Doctors panel on Hared as a Contagious Dis-Ease.  See the panelists below.  If you would wish to come early after 5:45 pm and have a buffet dinner for $40 which would benefit the Daughters for Life Foundation, then register through this form. No registration needed if you are not coming early for dinner.         

You are invited to prepare for his visit by reading his publications which can be found https://forms.office.com/r/xnBpmBepT5

Respected community doctors will hear and discuss Dr. Abuelaish’s presentation on “Hatred as a Contagious and Destructive Dis-ease.” 

• Dr. Junda Woo, Round Table Facilitator, City of San Antonio’s Medical Director/Public Health
• Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Visiting Canadian Palestinian Doctor; Professor, Global Health/Clinical Public Health, University of Toronto; Author, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity     
• Dr. Adam Ratner, Chair, The Patient Institute; Professor, UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine    
• Dr. Cathy Woodward, VP, Health Advisory Board of HEAL Palestine   
• Dr. Kenneth Kemp, MD, Senior Pastor, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church    
• Dr. Matthew Dasco, Director, UT Health Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics; Active Member, Consortium of Universities for Global Health   
• Dr. Moshtagh Farokhi, UT Health Dentistry, Dental Director at SA Refugee Health Clinic

For the optional buffet dinner, after 5:45 pm. Please click the registration on the right  and bring  $40 cash or a check to University of the Incarnate Word on Feb. 17.  If you wish to pay by credit card now, then please go to https://www.uiw.edu/give/  See the box  “Other—please apply my gift to” there type in Liturgical Outreach. Then you need to also register on this page by clicking  the blue registration botton in the upper right. Thank you   

Background: 

When ten percent of the population of San Antonio had died of contagious diseases, the mayor begged for help. The Incarnate Word Sisters responded by founding the first public hospital, Santa Rosa, in 1869.

A global expert on “Hatred as a contagious and destructive disease,” Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, is being brought to San Antonio by the Sisters’ Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation. The Sisters try to carry forward their tradition as healers. Dr. Abuelaish’s experience and research have led to the creation of the Daughters for Life Foundation https://daughtersforlife.com/ which provides scholarships for young women of the Middle East. He believes that educated women assuming more leadership is crucial for building justice and peace, for healing the world.   

Be a part of this evening, joining those in San Antonio who believe that love is stronger than hate. Compassion and education are the paths to flourishing for all. 

See other times, such as during the day and evenings, Feb. 17 to 20, that Dr. Abuelaish will present https://saccvi.blogspot.com/2025/01/hatred-is-contageous-and-destructive.html

WAYS TO PARTNER RAISING FUNDS TO “LIFT A DAUGTHER---FOR LIFE”

Donate to build towards a scholarship for a Middle Eastern woman to study in San Antonio at Northwest Vista College and the University of the Incarnate Word that she may be peacebuilder. NVC and UIW could be Academic Sponsors working with Daughters for Life, a Canadian Non-profit founded by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish in memory of his daughters. https://daughtersforlife.com

If you have questions, contact: Sr. Martha Ann kirk@uiwtx.edu   Phone: 210-883-5934