Presentation of replica of the Cyrus cylinder to the Oriental Institute     
          by Afreed Mistry, FEZANA UN – NGO Committee,
          on behalf of FEZANA, the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America

          Opening remarks and acceptance of the Cyrus Cylinder
          by Matthew A.Stolper, John A. Wilson Professor of  Oriental Studies,
          Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

          Presentation of the special issue of FEZANA Journal on Cyrus the Great
          by Dolly Dastoor, Editor in Chief, FEZANA Journal

12:30     Vision of an Ecumenical World order
          by Margaret Cool Root, University of Michigan

1:30     Lunch

          Legacy of the Achaemenid Persians to the World
          by ZAC Children’s Religious Education Class

          Musical Renditions on the theme of Cyrus the Great
          by Tina Siganporia
 
2:30     Jewish Connection with Cyrus the Great
          by Rabbi Herman Schaalman, Chicago Board of Rabbis

3:00     The Time Period of Cyrus the Great,
          an introduction to Xenophon’s "Cyropedia,"
          and summary of the talk “What the US Founding Fathers  Learned from
          Cyrus the Great” by Professor Caroline Winterer, Stanford University.
          by Jehan Bell

3:30     Papers on Cyrus the Great written by Dastur Dr. Kersey Antia
          Summarized by Aban Grant

4:00     Tea

Cost $7, children free.  RSVP no later than July  29, to Jehan Bell at:
jrivetna@yahoo.com or 1-559-274-5627.