AROUND TOWN NEWS
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May 2016 -
On April 2, 2016, American India Foundation (AIF)’s 2nd annual Atlanta Fundraising Gala was held at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek to support AIF’s Learning and Migration Program (LAMP).
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May 2016 -
Atlanta celebrated Holi, the colorful Hindu festival which has people across the world digging their hands deep into heaps of colored powder, and smearing friends, family, and strangers with it!
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May 2016 -
Atlanta had a musical treat when Rajdeep Chatterjee and Group performed at Global Mall on April 3, 2016. Starting the event with flair of the Holi festival, guests entered a hall fragrant with fresh flowers and incense and were welcomed with a gulaal teeka.
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May 2016 -
Symbolic of that goal, a tree planting ceremony was held at the Mercer University–Atlanta campus in which members of the Aligarh Alumni Association of Atlanta (AAAA) and Mercer officials participated.
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May 2016 -
Sundance Film Forward came to Atlanta and Macon for a series of screenings, discussions, and master classes. In Atlanta, the film Umrika was shown at Emory University.
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May 2016 -
Sant Nirankari Mission (SNM), Atlanta Branch organized a two-day free health seminar at Sant Nirankari Bhawan in Buford on March 19, 2016 and at Grand Plaza Senior Citizen Program Inc. on March 20, 2016.
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May 2016 -
The month of April saw dogwood trees in full bloom and bought special life to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. Dance groups Moksha and Nazaaqat were featured in the International Village.
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May 2016 -
Dr. Mohamed Keshavjee, an Indo-Canadian lawyer, mediator, and author, was honored on April 5, 2016 with the Gandhi-King-Ikeda Award for Peace at the Martin Luther King Jr. for his work on international cross-cultural mediation, peace building, and conflict resolution.
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May 2016 -
India Awareness Foundation (IAF) and Sewa International organized a screening of the film History of Yoga: the Path of My Ancestors, at Chinmaya Niketan, Norcross, GA on March 25, 2016.
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May 2016 -
On the 10th anniversary of the unjust targeting of two Atlanta Muslim youth—Shifa Sadequee and Haris Ahmed—Project South, Justice for Shifa, and several co-sponsoring groups held a panel discussion on April 7, 2016 at Masjid Al-Mu’minun, titled “Real Talk about the ‘War on Terror’: Islamophobia, Preemptive Prosecution, and the Attack on Dissent.”
