{"id":6253,"date":"2007-08-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2007\/08\/30\/hindu-american-foundation-extends-invitations-to-their-annual-dc-reception\/"},"modified":"2007-08-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T12:00:00","slug":"hindu-american-foundation-extends-invitations-to-their-annual-dc-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2007\/08\/30\/hindu-american-foundation-extends-invitations-to-their-annual-dc-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu American Foundation Extends Invitations to Their Annual DC Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\">and Campaign Dinners<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK, August 30, 2007: (HPI note: Following is a press release, please note some events are RSVP today!) You are invited to join the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) leadership and supporters from around the country at a Capitol Hill Evening reception along with presentations of their recent activities and previews of their upcoming plans. Presentations are planned for four venues &#8211; one in the Washington D.C. area, one in California and two in the New York City area.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C.:  HAF will be hosting its annual Capitol Hill Evening Reception on Wednesday, September 12, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Join HAF in meeting Congressional and governmental leaders and honoring their efforts to promote the understanding of Hindu American issues, pluralism, and tolerance.  Because this is a ticketed event, location details will be provided upon RSVP to the HAF Office at 301-770-7835.<\/p>\n<p>New York: On Saturday, September 22, from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., HAF is holding their third annual Greater Long Island area campaign fundraising dinner. Professor Jeffery Long will speak on Hinduism, Tolerance and Pluralism: The Convergence of the Hindu and American Traditions. Rajiv Malhotra is the special guest for this event. The Long Island dinner will be held at Antun&#8217;s restaurant, 244 West Old Country Road, Hicksville, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Also on September 22, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., HAF is sponsoring an additional program at the Hindu Temple Society of North America, Lakshmi Hall, Flushing, New York.  To attend either program, please RSVP by August 30.<\/p>\n<p>California: On September 28, HAF will host its 4th annual Northern California Hindu awareness and education campaign dinner. Speakers include Desh Deshpande and Professor Ramdas Lamb. Location: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir, 1430 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035. RSVP by September 1.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C.: On Saturday, October 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. you are invited to HAF&#8217;s first greater Washington, D.C. Area Hindu Awareness and Education Campaign Dinner in McLean, Virginia. To attend, please RSVP by September 20. Because this event is to be held in a private home, the exact location will be given upon RSVP.<\/p>\n<p>You are welcome to attend one or all of the scheduled events. To attend each event, you must RSVP to &#8220;sheetal at hafsite.org&#8221;. For additional information, please call the Hindu American Foundation&#8217;s Office at 301-770-7835. For details of the many activities and accomplishments of the Hindu American Foundation please visit our website at URL above.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and Campaign Dinners WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK, August 30, 2007: (HPI note: Following is a press release, please note,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}