2nd Annual Dialog and Friendship Dinner, Pacifica Institute, Silicon Valley

Pacifica Institute’s Silicon Valley Branch held its 2nd Annual Dialog and Friendship Dinner on October 28th, 2008 at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel. The event brought together representatives from a diverse background and demographics. Politicians, academicians, community and spiritual leaders shared a genuinely warm and unprecedented evening in which the heartfelt synergy between and across faiths was the focus.

Among many of those who wanted to share their remarks after the dinner was Jose Esteves, the Milpitas Mayor who honored and thanked the Silicon Valley branch for these efforts. Dennis Graham (Milpitas City Police Chief), John Hirokawa (Santa Clara County Police Undersheriff), Diane Ritchie (Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge), Martin Hellman (Professor Emeritus, Stanford University), Dr. Phillip Boo Riley (Santa Clara University, Religious Studies Department), Jim Beall, Jr. (California Assemblyman), Pete McHugh (Santa Clara County Supervisor) were among the recognized guests.