Adil James
The Niagara Foundation held an awards ceremony Thursday October 27th, 2011 at the Westin Southfield, which celebrated several prominent people, including Graham W.J. Beal of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Janice M. Brown of the Kalamazoo Promise, Stephen Schram, Director of Broadcasting for Michigan Public Radio, and Victor Ghalib Begg, Community Activist.
About 100 people attended the awards ceremony and dinner.
The Niagara Foundation’s mission is to serve “societal peace, love, and friendship wisely and compassionately in support of human dignity and the common good by striving to bring forth the common values of humanity; values such as understanding, tolerance, respect, and compassion.”
The organization has branches in eight states. Its founders, honorary president, and advisory board, are from Turkey. The honorary president is Mr. Fethullah Gulen. The Executive Director of the Michigan branch is Mr. Yasir Bilgin.
The Niagara Foundation has maintained a connection with and has celebrated the accomplishments of numerous journalists, educators, and leaders, the prestige of whom was well-reflected by the Michigan award winners in 2011.
The event featured professional videos of all the past and current award recipients, and recipient thank you speeches.
Graham Beal, of the DIA, spoke of his efforts in the direction of diversity, speaking of the African, Native American, and Islamic Art portion of the DIA, which last he had supported “because of the things done in the last ten years,” and he spoke of the Christian art in the Islamic section, which proved the coexistence of Muslims with Christians inside their nations.
Janice Brown of the Kalamazoo Promise program, spoke of the cooperative nature of the KPS program and how it was focused only on educating the Kalamazoo children.
Steve Schram of Michigan Public Radio spoke of his program’s series on the Muslims of Michigan.
The evening was defined by its class and organization, and by the respect it gave to the prominent award recipients; focusing more on quality than quantity.
Published on The Muslim Observer, 03 November 2011, Thursday
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