Chai & Just Chat On Jan. 26 In Johns Creek

JOHNS CREEK, GA — Following this week’s celebration and observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy promoting peace and dignity, and India's Republic Day, Dr. Nazeera Dawood of Johns Creek will host a forum on Saturday, Jan. 26 to examine how women in public, private, and faith-based leadership roles are using their influence to carry Dr. King’s legacy forward.

The upcoming installment of “Chai & Just Chat: World in Pieces or World at Peace: Women as Peace Drivers" is free and open to the public.

Hosted and moderated by Dr. Nazeera Dawood at Johns Creek Event Center at 11455 Lakefield Drive, the two-hour forum convenes at 4 p.m. with complimentary Indian fare and appetizers along with its signature creamy sweet and spicy warm chai tea. The panel falls on the 68th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950.

Following his 1959 visit to India to study the teachings and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. King "observed Ghandhi’s embodiment of certain universal principles that are inherent in the moral structure of the universe, and these principles are as inescapable as the law of gravitation,” Dawood sites as this month’s topic inspiration.

With 2019 marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi: “If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?” Dawood sites from his passage in ‘To the Women of India (Young India, Oct. 4, 1930)’.

In addition to highlighting Dr. King's legacy, Dawood will focus part of Saturday's discussion on India's independence from British Raj in 1947 and sociopolitical dichotomies between her home country and those of the United States. The Gandhi Foundation of USA's Executive Director Antony Thaliath will deliver opening remarks.

Scheduled panelists include:

• Alicia Michael – Past District Governor, Rotary International, Domestic Public Health
• Becky Rafter - Development Lead, Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (WAND)
• Geeta Mehrotra - CEO, Sadhu Vaswani Center
• Heather Gray – Radio Host - Just Peace, WRFG Public Affairs
• John Naugle - Founder & President, Atlanta: City of Peace
• Kat Doyle - Justice & Peace Ministries, Archdiocese of Atlanta
• Marina Ovtsynova - Allatra International Peace Movement
• Rev. Gerald Durley - Veteran, Civil Rights Movement
• Rony Delgarde - Founder & President, The Global Paint for Charity
• Soumaya Khalifa- Founder & President, ISB

You can learn more about Chai & Just Chat by clicking here.