Event: Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals Conference

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Muslim professionals from across the US and Canada will come together in Plainsboro, New Jersey (near Princeton) on May 2nd, 2009 to attend the 3rd Annual Leadership Summit, hosted by the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals (CAMP). This year’s Summit is entitled “Leading in a Changing Landscape.”

The event is an all‐day conference for Muslim Professionals from varied professional backgrounds – private, public and non‐profit. Participants will discuss and build on the theme “Leading in a Changing Landscape.”

More details here.

Full press release below.

CAMP-Press-Release-2009.pdf

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