Annual Dialogue and Friendship Dinner 2026

We are excited to invite you to the Annual Dialogue and Friendship Dinner 2026 on Thursday, October 22nd at 6:30 p.m. • Keynote Speaker: Dr Alp Y. Aslandogan, Executive Director of the Alliance for Shared Values • Theme: America at 250: The Art of Living Together with Freedom, Dialogue and Civic Engagement • Asian American Resource Center (8401 Cameron Rd, Austin, TX 78754). • America 250 Award: Leadership Austin Dr. Y. Alp Aslandogan is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Shared Values, a non-profit organization that promotes bringing together citizens of diverse backgrounds around shared values of humanity. The Alliance serves as an umbrella for foundations focusing on interfaith and intercultural dialogue in North America, bringing together citizens of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other faith backgrounds around meaningful conversations and social responsibility projects. Prior to his current position Dr. Aslandogan served as the president of North American University, an adjunct faculty member of Prairie View A&M University, a faculty member of the University of Texas at Arlington, the board president of the Institute of Interfaith Dialog in Houston, Texas. Dr. Aslandogan has served as an author and an editor of the Fountain magazine, and as a member of the board of practitioners and scholars of the Journal of Interreligious Dialogue. He published opinion columns on Newsweek, Huffington Post, CNN and Fox News.com. As the director of Alliance for Shared Values he was interviewed by PBS, CBS, and Voice of America. Dr. Aslandogan holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also did graduate studies at Hartford International University in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations. Sponsorship opportunities are also available for fellow organizations and friends interested in partnering with us! Please contact [email protected]. We appreciate your generous support. Sponsorships levels are: PROMOTER OF PEACE $5,000 PREMIERE TABLE FOR 10 HALF PAGE PROGRAM AD RECOGNITION IN ALL MATERIALS CHAMPION OF DIVERSITY $3,000 PREFERRED TABLE FOR 8 QUARTER PAGE PROGRAM AD RECOGNITION IN ALL MATERIALS BELIEVER IN DIALOGUE $1,500 PREFERRED SEATING FOR 6 RECOGNITION IN ALL MATERIALS SUPPORTER OF DIGNITY $750 SEATING FOR 3 RECOGNITION IN ALL MATERIALS ELECTED OFFICIAL $500 SEATING FOR 2 RECOGNITION IN ALL MATERIALS INDIVIDUAL TICKET $150 Registration is required by October 19th