Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • February 2, 2011 Mahwah Ahmad to appear at Ramapo Diversity Convocation Ramapo College of New Jersey, located at 505 Ramapo Valley Road in Mahwah, will celebrate the Fifth Annual Diversity Convocation on Wednesday, Feb. 2 with musician and activist Salman Ahmad. The United Nations Good Will Ambassador will give a performance/lecture titled “America and Islam through a Rock and Roll Lens.” Ahmad is author of the memoir, “Rock and Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revolution.” Ahmad is a Pakistani rock star whose band Junoon has sold more than 25 million albums. A medical doctor by training, Ahmad currently travels the globe as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, spreading a message of harmony and reconciliation between the West and the Muslim world. He was a featured performer at the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, alongside musical talents such as Alicia Keys, Melissa Etheridge, and Annie Lennox. He currently teaches a course on Muslim music and poetry at the City University of New York’s Queens College campus. Ahmad spends his free time moving between Pakistan and Rockland County, New York, with his wife Samina and their three sons. For more about Ahmad’s musical and peacemaking career visit the Junoon site at http:// www.junoon.com/home2.htm. Ahmad and his wife have created the Salman and Samina Global Wellness Initiative, a New York-based organization that promotes interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue, global health and wellness, and music education. Visit www.ssgwi.org. This week’s convocation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Berrie Center’s Sharp Theater. Snow date: Wednesday, Feb. 16. Diversity Convocation events will also include a Feb. 23 film screening and discussion of “Coffee Futures” in the HWing Auditorium. Anthropologist Zeynep Devrim Gursel Ph.D., the director and coproducer, will participate. The film weaves together the Turkish custom of coffee fortune-telling with Turkey’s decades-long attempt to join the European Union, revealing the texture of a society whose fate has long been nationally and internationally debated. These events are sponsored by the Ramapo College Board of Trustees, President Peter P. Mercer and the College’s Diversity Action Committee. View the Diversity Action Committee Convocation website at www.ramapo.edu/news/events/ dac/. Contact committee co-chairs Peter Campbell, pcampbel@ramapo.edu and Paula Straile-Costa, pstraile@ramapo.edu for more information. ��������������������� ������������ ������������������������� ������������� ������������������� �������������������������� ���������������������� ����������������������������� ������������ Bank on it! Mahwah Brownie Troop 1429 recently toured Boiling Springs Bank of Mahwah. Bank Manager Patricia Langdale reviewed all of the requirements for the girls to receive their Penny Power Try-it. HARDING WINE & SPIRIT Wow! We knew it was good, but not in our wildest imagination did we think Coastal Vines would become such a success in our store. We have people coming from towns all over Bergen County buying cases of Coastal Vines. Thanks to Coastal Vines and this newspaper, at our last count we have sold 6,659 bottles. Unbelievable but true! Remember it tastes like a $10 bottle of wine but we are selling it for only $5.01! KEANE FIT & WELLNESS ��������� Sheila Keane a program conceived, created or devised specifically for you and your unique needs by an educated, certified, experienced individual per·son·al train·ing� (noun) WORTH THE TRIP! HUGE WINE SELECTION Beer • Super Premium Spirits Party Planning • Gift Baskets Free Parking • Ice • Soda 305 E. Ridgewood Ave Ridgewood, NJ DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED 201-445-7122 Coastal Vines $ Pinot Grigio, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay & Pinot Noir 5 MAT (Muscle Activated Techniques) Specialist • EXPERIENCED - 15 years one-to-one personal training, Former educator of NYSC trainers • EDUCATED - MA in exercise science • CERTIFIED - ACSM, NASM, Post Rehab Specialist, .01 750 ml Come experience the difference real personal training can have in your life. CALL NOW • 201-341-0183 Fitness, Weight Loss, Bariatrics, Geriatrics & Parkinson’s Programs No rain checks issued. Not responsible for typographical errors. ������������������������