Cadence: Home tells the story of four veterans from the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan who struggle with their civilian friends and family to reestablish their relationships, cope with their pasts, and readjust to their worlds.  After a series of workshop performances, Cadence: Home premiered at the Metro-Baptist Church in New York City in Fall 2012, then was produced at the Straz Center for Performing Arts in Tampa, Fla. In Fall 2013.

Rabbi Amy Joy Small, Director of Deborah’s Palm Center for Jewish Learning and Experiences in Morristown, NJ, speaks of the importance of US/Pakistan Interreligious Consortium’s (UPIC) meaningful inter religious work, and discusses how our Pakistani partners, with their wide-open hearts and desire for change are the agents who can spread the need for change and help to build the bridges to accomplish it.

Dr. Munazza Yaqoob, Chairwoman of the Department of English at the International Islamic University, speaks about her involvement with the Critical Thinking Forum she established. By creating a community of young women, Dr. Yaqoob seeks to engage and guide them, promoting intellectual dialogue, intercultural understanding, harmony, tolerance, peace and flexibility of the mind.

Kelly McGrath, a George Mason University, PhD Student, and a UPIC Delegate, discusses how if we are to engage with a religious-based country such as Pakistan, we must value the religious component that is intertwined in almost every aspect of the Pakistani people’s lives. Kelly also speaks of the role youth play in change and implementation as we strive for peace and understanding between the US and Pakistan.