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20,000 Dialogues is a nationwide initiative that uses films to facilitate dialogue about Muslims and Islam. Watch the video to learn more.
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Our Team
Daniel Tutt
Michael Wolfe
Alexander Kronemer
Luby Ismail
Daniel Tutt – Project Manager
Daniel Tutt is project manager for 20,000 Dialogues and the Outreach Coordinator for Unity Productions Foundation (UPF). Contact Daniel at Daniel@upf.tv or 202-298-8088 with questions about 20,000 Dialogues training, partnerships, or resources.
Before working with UPF, Daniel was the co-director of the 9/11Unity Walk, which he helped develop into a national activity covered by the BBC, Al Jazeera, Voice of America and Washington Post. Daniel served for a year in the Points of Light Foundation where he helped manage the Americorps*VISTA program. He has presented on interfaith dialogue and volunteer management at Georgetown, Tufts, American and Bryn Mawr Universities. He has offered workshops at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the National Association for International Educators, the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Interfaith Network Connect. Daniel is an M.A. candidate at the School for International Service at American University. He is an advisor for the Washington Region for Justice and Inclusion, Youth Building Bridges program and the Muslim Advisory Arts Council of Americans for Informed Democracy, and a board member of the 9/11 Unity Walk and the United Religions Initiative of Washington, DC.
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Michael Wolfe – Executive Producer
Michael Wolfe is co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation and Executive Producer for UPF Films. For 15 years, Wolfe was publisher of Tombouctou Books, a small press that published poetry and avant garde prose. Wolfe's first books on Islam were The Hadj, a first-person travel account, and One Thousand Roads to Mecca, an anthology of 10 centuries of travelers’ writing. After September 11th, he edited Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith which won a 2003 Wilbur Award. In 1997, Wolfe hosted a televised account of the Hajj from Mecca for Nightline. The program was nominated for Peabody, Emmy, George Polk, and National Press Club Awards. It won the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Media Award. In 2003, Wolfe worked with CNN-International reporter Zain Verjee to produce a documentary on the Hajj. In 2002, Wolfe co-created, co-produced, and co-executive edited the two-hour television documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet which aired on PBS and on National Geographical International. With UPF, Wolfe continues to produce documentaries for PBS and other broadcasters in the U.S. and abroad.
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Alexander Kronemer – Executive Project Director and Executive Producer
Alexander Kronemer is co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation and Executive Producer for UPF Films. He is a writer, lecturer, and documentary producer focusing on religious diversity, Islam, and cross-cultural understanding. He has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University. Kronemer has published essays in Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Beliefnet.com, and Washington Post. His articles have been included in the September 11th memorial book, Up From the Ashes and Wilber Prize winner, Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith. Kronemer’s work has been supported by grants from the World Economic Forum, U.S. Institute of Peace, National Endowment for the Humanities, Packard Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He appeared as a CNN commentator during live coverage of the Hajj in 1998, which was broadcast to 400 million viewers. In 2000, Kronemer served a one-year appointment at the Bureau of Human Rights in the U.S. Department of State and as a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission
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Luby Ismail – Advisor
Lobna “Luby” Ismail, president of Connecting Cultures, Inc., is a training specialist in cross-cultural communication, cultural competency, Arab and American cultures, Islamic awareness, and religious diversity. She is the author of “Doing Business in the Middle East and North Africa” and “Finding Diversity.” Luby has been selected as a Peace Fellow for Seeds of Peace and a Malone Fellow in Middle East and Islamic Studies by the National Council for U.S. and Arab Relations. She has been a presenter at Iraqi Reconstruction conferences, the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management conference in Bahrain and the Society for Human Resources’ Workplace Diversity. Luby has provided training for hundreds of law enforcement and military officers on Arab and Muslim Americans and on Iraq and Iraqi cultural. Luby holds a Master’s degree in Intercultural Relations from Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a B.A. in International Service from The American University in Washington, DC.
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