Imagine Worcester #74 Dr. Sarah Sayeed

Virginia Swain is the host of Imagine Worcester and the World, your source for local and global interviews with peacemakers around the world. Virginia's guest is Dr. Sarah Sayeed. Sarah Sayeed Ph.D., is a Program and Communications Associate at the Interfaith Center of New York, where she coordinates the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Retreats for Social Justice. She is a graduate of the Reconciliation Leadership Certificate Program. She has previously worked at New York Disaster Interfaith Services at the American Jewish World Service. Formerly an assistant professor at Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, Sarah graduated from Princeton University in 1990 and earned her doctorate in communications from the Annenberg School for Communications, University of Pennsylvania, where she specialized in public health communication. She is President of Women in Islam, Inc., and Muslim Consultative Network and is the author of numerous articles relating to Islam, women, and health communication. Sarah also consults on survey design and evaluation of community health education programs. She writes for the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-sayeed-phd