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mittee receives voluntary donations permitting them to produce calendars every year.
PILGRIMAGES: The JAINA Pilgrimage Committee arranges annual pilgrimages to various Teerthdhams of India. Thus far, this committee has organized six such pilgrimages, enabling 500 North American Jains to participate
LONG TERM PLANNING: JAINA's Long Term Planning Committee is focused on issues the Jain Community in North America will face in the future. Its goal is to help tailor JAINA's programs to address those issues. Last March, 24 JAINA leaders young and old attended a strategic planning seminar at Kellog University with Dr. Deepak Jain
JAIN CENTERS RESOURCES: One of the newest committees under Dr. Nitin Shah in the Jain Centers Resources Committee. This committee is preparing material to provide Jain centers with guidance in getting their Temples built, in fund raising, general organization. Etc. It will enable centers to share their experiences and learn from each other.
JIVDAYA: The new chairperson of the Jivdaya Committee is Pramodaben Chitrabhanu. This committee collects funds to help animal shelters and Panjrapols. Last year it collected over $25,000 that was distributed to 12 institutions. It has partnered with the Vegetarian Society in Bombay to help with the distribution of funds. Through the efforts of this committee, it is easy for any center to channel their Jivdaya funds to any panjrapol of their choice even if they do not have foreign remittance certificate from Government of India.
JAINA ACEDEMIC LIASION COMMITTEE: The Academic Liaison Committee is a charter member of the Ahimsa Center at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. The committee is preparing to catalog and support Jain studies in North America.
There are many activities that have been organized by JAINA over the last ten years. Each of these activities has enabled JAINA to grow into the organization that it is today. Some of the major events that have shaped JAINA are:
Interfaith Activities: JAINA was one of the co-sponsors of the Parliament of World's Religions held in Chicago in 1993 to commemorate the 100 years of the original Parliament held in 1893 in Chicago. Also JAINA arranged for the inclusion of the Jain symbols, religious holidays, and ethnic Festivals in the National Conference of Christian and Jews (NCCJ). The NCCJ calendar is used in schools throughout the USA. JAINA also sent a delegation to the Third Parliament in Cape Towne, South Africa in 1999. JAINA presented 48 papers and under JAINA umbrel
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