Please use attached documents to invite your non-Ahmadi guests (including college professors, authors, community leaders, etc) to this year's Jalsa salana. If any of them shows interest or has a question, please send me their contact info or have them contact me directly.

Below is a sample message to send to your contact. Please modify as needed.

Jazakallah,
Naseem Ahmad
Cell: 609-444-7516
Email: naseemahmad@PROTECTED
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Dear Professor _ _ _ _ _ ,

I would like to invite you to our Annual Peace Convention called the “Jalsa Salana”.

What is it?
The Jalsa Salana is an annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community worldwide.  This annual convention was started by the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, with the first one being held in December 1891.  These convention are held at the international and national levels.  The international convention is held near London, UK, and this year we will hold the USA convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in August.

These conventions focus on establishing peace in society.  Sessions are held on topics such as: How to raise children, Challenges of modern society, Our role is in establishing world peace.  There are speeches, exhibitions, and workshops on many topics.

When and where:
This year’s USA Jalsa Salana will be held from August 15 – 17 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Guests are welcome to attend the whole event, including the special Guest Event listed below:
Date:  Saturday, August 16, 2014
Registration:  3:30 – 4PM
Presentations:  4 – 5:30PM
Dinner:  6 – 7PM
Venue:  Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, 2300 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110

Who comes to these?
Ahmadi Muslim families, their neighbors, friends, elected representatives and interfaith leaders. Elected representative who have attended or sent video messages during previous years include:
Martha Kanter (U.S. Under Secretary for Education); D. Paul Monteiro (Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement, The White House); Farah Pandith (U.S. Secretary of State's Special Representative to Muslim Communities); Tim Lenderking (Director, Office of Pakistan Affairs, U.S. State Department); Victoria Alvarado (Director, Office of International Religious Freedom, U.S. State Department); Eric Treene (Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination, U.S. Department of Justice); Kay Bailey Hutchison (Former U.S. Senator, R-TX); Frank Wolf (U.S. Congressman, R-VA); Jim McDermott (U.S. Congressman, D-WA); Sheila Jackson Lee (U.S. Congresswoman, D-TX); Jackie Speier (U.S. Congresswoman, D-CA); Michael Honda (U.S. Congressman, D-CA); Gerry Connolly (U.S. Congressman, D-VA); Charlie Dent (U.S. Congressman, R-PA); Mahamoud A. Béchir (Former Ambassador of Chad to the U.S.); Abbas Faiz (Office of the International Secretariat, Amnesty International); and Joseph K. Grieboski (President of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy).

We also partner with charitable organizations including the American Red Cross, Ronald McDonald Charities, and Humanity First, USA.