Jain Digest 1997 06 Vol 13 No 02

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

Page 29

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परस्परोपग्रह जीवानाम्
Live and Let Live
Chairpersons Raju Shah
Ravi Gada
Regional Coordinators
Mid Atlantic Gaurav Kapadia (516) 829-3316 gauravk@aol.com
Anish Shech (401) 274-8757 anish_sheth@brown.edu
Midwest
Purav Shah (630) 830-2046 pshah@eagle.ibe.edu
Northeast Paulomi Gudka (416) 299-3627 p.gudka@utoronto.ca Amit Shanghavi (905) 294-4312 yul76189@yorku.ca
South
Ravi Gada (512) 708-1098 ravigada.200iq@mail.utexas.edu
Tejal Shah (281) 879 9457 tsny4ever@mail..utexas.edu
Southeast
Dina Mehta (954) 345-1660 a049533t@bc.seflin.org
Ameet Shah (910) 357-6488 aus@acpub.duke.edu
West Sheetal Khandar (909)598-1777 Sheetal 104@aol.com
General Coordinators Jill Shah (918) 251-3597 jill-shah@utulsa.edu
Raju Shah (203) 436-1338 shah@zoo.cs.yale.edu
Kavita Jhaveri (513) 984-1477 ankaj@aol.com
JAINA Youth Coordinator
Pravin Mehta
(615) 648-9535
mehtap@apsu01.apsu.edu
Young Jains of America
Federation of Jain Associations in North America
A Non-Profit Tax Exempt Religious Organization. IRS Code Section 501 (c)(3) El #54-1280028 yja@joyce.eng.yale.edu http://www.yale.edu/yja/
August 7, 1997
Jains of the Americas and the World,
Jai Jinendra!
The first meeting of the 1997-1998 Executive Board concluded this past weekend. The weekend gave us a chance to meet new faces, as we had five new board members at this meeting; more importantly, it gave us a chance to plan for the upcoming year. We do not wish YJA to be solely known for our biennial conventions but also for doing numerous other projects that propagate our primary mission and goals.
Some of the projects that we wish to undertake this year are:
• Increasing the communication between YJA and the local parents
• Implementing a more interactive website, filled with chat rooms, news groups and the like where our members can engage in discussions from Anekantavad to Ahimsa
• Working with the JAINA Educational Committee to provide educational materials in an appealing way
• Increasing our membership base by various efforts including local seminars
• Implementing a Pen Pal program that provides our members with a vast network of people ranging from English to Australian
• Continuing our successes in the Foster Focus and People to People programs by matching new cities with new projects.
As you can see, the list of projects we wish to undertake this year is impressive, and a single page can not do justice to any one project. Therefore, we implore that you contact any one of the board members to learn more about our goals for the upcoming year via the phone numbers or email addresses on the left.
Jai Jinendra,
The YJA Executive Board 1997-1998
Young Jains of America (YJA) is the umbrella youth organization of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA). The mission of YJA is to be recognized nationally and internationally as an umbrella youth organization for establishing a network to share Jain heritage and religion through youth.
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