Interfaith Mini-Con: Where Scholarship Meets Connection

Name: Interfaith Mini-Con: Where Scholarship Meets Connection
Start: 2025-11-18T11:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-11-18T14:00:00-08:00
Location: 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Nevada 89154

Schedule

Tue Nov 18 2025 at 11:00 am to 02:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Nevada 89154 | Las Vegas, NV

Join us for a meaningful day of dialogue, learning, and spiritual discovery at UNLV’s Interfaith Mini-Con.

Schedule

11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Interfaith in a World of Difference
UNLV Interfaith RSO and Roberta Sabbath
Interfaith work takes many forms. The speakers will describe their various interfaith journeys: community-building through local, regional, national, and international work.

12 p.m.–1 p.m.
Faith is Not Blind
Randy LaRose, Las Vegas Institute of Religion Director
What do you do when challenges and difficulties hit your faith? Come learn about valuable tools that can help you navigate through those complexities and come out with a deeper, rooted faith.

1 p.m.–2 p.m.
Living Your Faith: Leadership, Resiliance, and Community
Afsha Bawany, faculty advisor for Muslim Student Association
This talk will emphasize the principles of Islam regarding mindfulness, steadfastness, and tools for resiliance. We will hear from speakers who will share their personal narratives about individuals who have found strength through faith.

Interfaith Mini-Con: Where Scholarship Meets Connection takes place in the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art auditorium on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Attendance is free and everyone is welcome. Come for one session or stay for all three. The event is presented in partnership with UNLV Student Connection and Engagement.
Image: Phung Huynh, Americanization (detail), 2022, Mixed media collage. Courtesy the artist and Luis De Jesus Los Angeles. Photo courtesy Krystal Ramirez.