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Dr. David
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United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC)
hosted its 7th annual Executive Club Luncheon on Wednesday, August
15, 2007 at Montecito’s Four Seasons Biltmore.
UWSBC Board President Tom Thomas of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
opened the event by sharing the “new” United Way. Through the Power
of Partnership™, United Way is developing common goals, strategies,
measurements, and a shared language in our community to achieve a
greater integration of service efforts and enhance our ability to
increase the overall well-being of our children, families, and seniors.
Brian Sarvis, Superintendent of Santa Barbara City School
District and UWSBC’s 2007-2008 Community Campaign Chair, gave an
update on the Community Campaign.
The keynote speaker for the luncheon, Westmont College Professor Dr.
David Newton, gave an informative talk about “Truth on Terror.” He
traced the beginning of Islam through the Ottoman Empire, WWI and WWII
Muslim alliances with Germany, as well as the origins of radical Islamic
fundamentalism (RIF) and strategic trends through the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Dr. Newton also chronicled the sequence of terror attacks on the west
and the US, and the inadequacy of the United Nations to address RIF and
the Saddam regime sanction era and the key issues regarding weapons of
mass destruction pre- and post-9/11.
UWSBC would like to extend a special thanks to all Executive Club
members for their generous contributions to UWSBC and the Santa Barbara
community. We were glad to be able to honor their participation with
such a luncheon.
For more information on UWSBC’s Executive Club, please contact Steve
Ortiz, Director of Workplace Development at 805-965-8591 ext. 111 or
email sortiz@unitedwaysb.org.
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Nightingale & Tom Brooks |
Dr. Newton speaking with
Lyle Luman and Eileen Bunning, Visiting Nurse and Hospice
Care of Santa Barbara |
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