Student to deliver opening invocation
UIS doctoral student Driss El Akrich will deliver the opening invocation of the Illinois State Senate on Thursday, March 13.
To watch a live webcast, go to www.ilga.gov/senate/audvid.asp between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (The time that a session begins is established by the Senate and varies from day to day.)
This is the second time that Driss, a Fulbright Scholar from Morocco, has been chosen to deliver the invocation. He noted that he was selected to represent "all the Muslim community, not only in Springfield but all of Illinois, as part of the Senate's outreach to all faiths in the state."
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To watch a live webcast, go to www.ilga.gov/senate/audvid.asp between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. (The time that a session begins is established by the Senate and varies from day to day.)
This is the second time that Driss, a Fulbright Scholar from Morocco, has been chosen to deliver the invocation. He noted that he was selected to represent "all the Muslim community, not only in Springfield but all of Illinois, as part of the Senate's outreach to all faiths in the state."
Read more about Driss>>
posted by Donna McCracken at 9:50 AM
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