Jain Digest 1994 03 Vol 10 No 01

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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COMMITTEE NEWS Manoj Dharamsi, Associate Editor
enforcing it; to seek and enhance legislative support for animal rights and vegetarian causes; etc.
Information packages which were developed for the Vegetarian Fair in San Diego in October 1993, will be made available for distribution to anyone interested in similar activities.
Also, the script of the related seminar at Pittsburgh Convention, "Ahimsa in Daily Life", will soon be ready for publication and distribution. A sponsor (or some sponsors) will be needed to pay approximately $3,000 for this project. If you feel like helping, please call Narendra Sheth.
We will set up some small exhibitions with a few posters and a table of handouts to give to interested people in and around the Jain community. We will also offer the centers to buy books and videos on these subjects for their libraries. We are preparing a list of all such reference material that each Jain Center should consider buying.
We will like each Jain Center to provide a small budget for such projects, in the range of $100 to $1,000 for this year, depending upon the size of the Center Many of our center assets, now a days, run into several hundred thousand dollars, so relatively this is a small amount to ask for. Considering the fact that animal compassion and vegetarianism is a very fundamental principle of Jainism, and that we have done practically nothing for it until now in America, even though we have been here for over two decades, this is only a modest request.
ANIMAL RIGHTS VEGETARIANISM
COMMITTEE
Narendra Sheth, Chair This committee has been formed with following members. It is noteworthy, that the majority of these members are young energetic Jains! If you are interested in the activities listed below, please call Narendra Sheth to join at the earliest, especially if you are from the southeast area of the United States. 1. Narendra Sheth (San Diego, CA) (619)
693-8272 Chair 2. Saurabh Dalal (Washington, DC) 3. Chandubhai Morabia (Windsor,
ONT) 4. Sandeep Punater (Dayton/Cincinnati,
OH) 5. Jayshree Ranka (Pittsburgh, PA) 6. Maulin Shah (Los Angeles, CA) 7. Mona Shah (Boston, MA) 8. Tej Sheth (Toronto, ONT) 9. Surendra Singhvi (Dayton/Cincinnati,
OH) 10. Shaina Varia (Dallas, TX)
Also included in this committee are some Liaison members from a few nonJain organizations: 1. Jay Dinshah (American Vegan Society) 2. Brian Graff (North American
Vegetarian Society) 3. Tracy Reinan (People for Ethical
Treatment of Animals) 4. Joanne Stepaniak (Author on Vegan
Cookbooks) 5. Debra Wasserman (Vegetarian
Resource Group)
The objectives of the Committee are to promote vegetarianism to the highest level of Jainisim; to promote awareness among Jains, about the abuse being made to the animals in North America; to establish contacts and to support all non-Jain organizations promoting animals rights and true vegetarianism; to collect/prepare and provide informative pamphlets regarding these issues; to persuade the processed food manufacturers into more vegetarian and less animal oriented food business; to culminate this into promoting a logo for 100% pure vegetarian foods and legally 10
Tej Sheth
Sandeep Punater
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Mona Shah
Shaina Varia
MAHAVIR JAYANTI & THE GREAT AMERICAN
MEATOUT DAY Farm Animals Reform Movement will celebrate The Great American Meatout Day on first day of spring. We will join the, in our own way. For us, the closest big Jain event to that is Mahavir Jayanti. It will be celebrated in April by most of the Jain Centers. Many Jains will come out to the temples. The AR&V Committee Members will take that opportunity to get some message out to the Jains at that time.
JAIN DIGEST For Private & Personal Use Only
Dr. Premchand Gada, Chair Jain education material from JAINA Education Committee is available for preschool and elementary school children upto age 11. The following volumes are available: 1. Stories 2. Coloring Books 3. Dot-to-Dot books 4. Plays and Dialogues 5. Pictorial Alphabets w/descriptions 6. Fourteen Dreams w/pictures
& descriptions 7. Lessons for pre-schoolers 8. Lessons for elementary students
For more information please contact Dr. Prem Gada at 1-800-99JAINA (.e. 1800-995-2462).
We are ready to print this material in a finished book form and would like to start a fund drive. For 1000 copies of each of the above 8 volumes, the expenses are expected to be in the range of $30,000. Please send your donations to:
JAINA Education Committee 4410 50th Street Lubbock, TX 79414
MARCH 1994
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