Teizeen
Mohamedali and Aneesa Nusret
are Muslims living in Bellingham who want to share the basic tenants of their
faith—and what it means to be a Muslim, including common misconceptions. Aneesa, originally from Idaho, converted to
Islam about ten years ago. She will also talk about the Muslims she knows and
how her life changed after her conversion to Islam. Teizeen was born into a
Muslim family, and will share a little about what being Muslim means to her in
her everyday life, the diversity of Muslims she has met through her childhood
and her family's experience as an immigrant Muslim family in America.
Linda Goggin MD, BUF member and board-certified family physician will be discussing strategies to prevent and reverse memory loss. Until the past several years in medicine's history, Alzheimer's disease has been experienced as a universally progressive decline. New understanding of the molecular switches within neurons and how to cultivate new neuron growth now gives hope for many with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
9:15 AM Come talk with representatives Willliam McPherson, President of WA UU Voices for Justice and DD Hilke, Executive Director of Northwest UU Justice Network. Learn how these organizations are amplifying the voices of UUs across our state and connecting like-minded activists to each other. Share your ideas about what a UU State Action could and should be to meet the challenges of our time. These UU justice networks are in the process of evolving into a single organization. Your ideas could spark a potent future reality.
