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BUSINESS RELATED
COMMENTS:
You continue to amaze me. Your
outreach and active leadership in promoting interfaith understanding is truly remarkable.
Ben Craig, Board
Chair
Metcalf Bank
Mahnaz was an excellent resource as we developed
our workplace event on the Islamic Religion and Ramadan. As our featured speaker, she did a superb job in presenting information
about the Muslim people, Islam and the celebration of Eid in a clear, unassuming, professional manner. Based on all the comments,
it was an overwhelming success. This would not have been possible without her involvement.
Sue Kreamer, Project Leader, Hallmark Mass Sales Team
Hallmark Cards
Excellent, professional service.
Highly recommend for website design.
J. Malnar
Malnar Construction
www.malnarconstruction.net
Your training was excellent.
It not only provided much needed information to help us address the various needs of our clients but it also challenged staff
to consider personal filters. I’m very grateful!
Karen K. Streeter, Executive Director
Sheffield
Place
Thank you for participating
in the Centurions Task Force on Religious and Multi- Cultural Diversity. Your participation in the day’s event enhanced
the Task Force. We have received many positive comments about the Task Force
and appreciate you taking the time to add your perspective to the topic.
Anthony Coble
and Douglas M. Salaway
Co-Chairs Centurions
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City, Missouri
I want you to know that you are a very special person and I feel honored that I heard
your presentation (at Overland Park Rotary International) this week. You really made me think and rethink
and the way if which you gave of yourself in the presentation really made a positive impact on me and many of the people sitting with me. Thank you again for sharing your very important message,
I feel blessed to have met you.
Norm Craig
Business Development Director
Microsoft
Project
Overland
Park, Kansas
Your
candid invitation to us to open our minds and hearts to understand the needs of Muslim people who become hospitalized
was very informative and helpful. I hope you will be available to speak to our group
again.
Chaplain Steve Overall
St. Luke’s Health System
Kansas City, MO
I just received the comments from the evaluation forms that people turned
in at the Diversity Grand Rounds. Every single comment was “excellent” or “very interesting” or “great!” This is the highest-rated Diversity Grand Rounds we’ve ever presented! Thanks again for the tremendous job that you did – you know doctors well enough
to know that they don’t dish out praise like this unless they really mean it.
Barbara Mueth, Vice President
Children’s Mercy Hospitals
Kansas City, Missouri
and Overland Park, Kansas
EDUCATION RELATED COMMENTS:
Everyone loved the event. The dean of Student Life would like
for you to return to campus next year, and the word most often used in response was “powerful.”
Melinda Rhodes
Cottey College
Nevada, Missouri
Mahnaz Shabbir is a gifted communicator and passionate speaker. She brings high intellect,
an amazing amount of energy, personal values and real people skills to her academic work and professional endeavors.
I have had the pleasure of seeing Mahnaz in a variety of settings from an undergraduate classroom to public appearances on
panel discussions. I have the highest regard for her abilities to teach and interact with a variety of individuals.
She would be a tremendous asset to any institution.
Dotty Hamilton, Ph.D.
Dean of School of Visual
and Communication Arts
Avila University
Kansas
City, Missouri
As a Board of Trustee member,and on behalf of the planning team, I want
to thank Mahnaz for sharing her story about what it felt like to be a Muslim woman after 9-11. It takes courage
to share personal feelings and perceptions with others who may not understand the depth of what happened. It is in sharing
personal stories that people will begin to think about things that they may not have considered before, and the result can
be life-changing for those who are willing to step out of the box and walk for a moment in someone else's shoes. Mahnaz
is a remarkable woman.
Karen Hernandez, Board of Trustees
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Thank you so very much. The comments
from the class were fantastic. You made a wonderful informative presentation. I
truly believe the only way to achieve world peace is to demystify religious and
cultural myths by sincere individuals willing to be vulnerable by sharing.
Beck Schubert
University of Missouri-Kansas
City
Kansas City, Missouri
Many thanks for your time and gentle,
skillful presentation to our teachers. I
know it had an impact on our teachers because it helped them make sense of later components
of the workshop. Thanks for sharing yourself with us.
Stuart Phipps
District Coordinating
Teacher Social Studies K-12
Blue
Valley School District
Overland
Park, Kansas
Thank
you so much for sharing and talking with our administrators. I heard many positive
comments about you and points of your presentation.
Marsha
Chapelow
Asst.
Superintendent
Blue
Valley School District
Overland
Park, Kansas
Your presentation was truly
the highlight of the semester for us. Your skill as a teacher allowed us to learn and freely ask questions. The evening presentation
for campus and community was fabulous. Your insights provoke our own examination of beliefs and prejudices, and encourage
us to be our best selves - peacemakers.
Cynthia Anast Seguin, Ed.D.
Multicultural Specialist/Associate Professor
Department of School Leadership & Middle/Secondary Education
Emporia State University
Emporia, Kansas
GOVERNMENT RELATED COMMENTS:
I have engaged Mrs. Mahnaz
Shabbir on more than a dozen occasions since 2003
in my elective course-Middle East Strategic Studies-at the US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,
KS. Mrs. Shabbir has been an effective and articulate spokesperson in a variety of related subjects.
As a result of her engagement with my students-middle grade US military
officers from all Services, and officers from more than a dozen countries-she has consistently provided a positive image countering
a multitude of widespread stereotypes and myths. Students will carry their impressions of her presentation and
example long after they've forgotten everything they read.
Professor John N. Cary
Department of Joint and Multinational Operations
US Army Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth, KS
Mahnaz Shabbir’s outstanding professional style empowered the group
to accelerate the number of goals, experience outcomes and results beyond the planned expectations, from this session. Her
teambuilding skills and concepts effectively developed unity, creativity and commitment, in the group. Mahnaz’s accomplished
leadership skills and training assisted us in developing unique innovative initiatives with a specific focus on our organization.
The paradigm shift we experienced left the participants committed and each individual enthusiastically chose tasks to implement
our initiatives. Mahnaz provided us the tools and ability to create a powerful achievable future for our organization.
David Hampton
Kansas City Chapter President
Federal Employed Women Midwest Regional Chapter
Kansas City, Missouri
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