Jain Digest 2001 03 Vol 18 No 02

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

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YOUNG JAIN PROFESSIONALS:
YJP EVENTS AT ELEVENTH BIENNIAL JAINA CONFERENCE (JULY 5 - 8, 2001)
Young Jain Professionals has been working very diligently over can phenomena or one that is pervasive throughout Jain comthe past several months to organize a number of sessions for the munities. Eleventh Biennial JAINA Convention. Make sure to check your lain Fishbowl Session - An Intergenerational Discussion About JAINA packets and schedule for dates and times of the following The Evolving Roles Of Jain Women and Men of the 21st session that we plan to hold:
Century: What do we expect from ourselves and each other? Secret of Their Success: Five Successful CEO's Share Their Please join us for an energizing discussion about the dynamic Stories. Join our five CEO panelists, including Ms. Shobhana nature of gender roles. We will share the views of our parents and Kamdar, Ms. Jugna Shah, Dr. Manu Vora, Mr. Nitin Talsania, and those of our own generation as we talk about our hopes, dreams Mr. Ronak Shah, who are accomplished in a variety of fields in- and fears. What are our expectations from each other and how cluding business, telecommunications, medicine and public health do we perceive one another on an individual level and in the Jain and the arts, and hear their stories from when they got started— community at large? their motivations, their successes and disappointments, and how A ccommodations: Watch for impromptu social and networkthey manage to thrive in a competitive market.
ing opportunities at JAINA 2001 in Chicago. YJP has reserved Twilight Light Zone... Jain Style: This session is a spin-off of rooms at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International, which is only a the famous X-Files Session held at the JAINA 1999 Convention. five minute walk from the Rosemont Convention Center to faciliOur peers will propose questions related to Jainism, never before tate easier access to YJP gatherings. Please call 888-642-7344 asked and whose answers are in the realm of the unknown. For or 847-671-6350 and make your reservations as soon as possible, example, what if the world was predominantly Jain? What if there as rooms are limited. was no concept of reincarnation in Jain Philosophy? If such ques- To register for the JAINA Convention, you can visit tions wet your palate, join us to look at Jainism from a www.jaina2001.com. radically different perspective. Let's think outside of the Jain box. Would you like to Volunteer: To volunteer to help out with
Jain Ethics and Social Activism: Traditional Jain teachings YJP at the convention, please contact shilpashah@attglobal.net. advance the ideals of individual restraint, asceticism and ulti- We will need volunteers to sit at the YJP booth during the event mately withdrawal from worldly existence. Can these ideals be and help out at the various sessions. All youths between the ages sustained in the North American context? Should they be re- of 24 and 39 are encouraged and welcome to volunteer- even interpreted? In this session, Professional Anne Vallely will lead a just an hour of your time! Thanks! session to explore the ways in which young Jains are re-envision
Jai Jinendra and hope to see you in Chicago! ing their tradition and the extent to which this is a North Ameri
THE YJP BOARD Avani Doshi (Membership) Manav Jain (Chair-person) Sejal Khandwala(JAINA Rep./Treasurer/Vice-Chair) Sanjay Mehta (Strategic Operations) Mamta Shah (Communications) Shilpa Shah (Activities) Viral Shah (Web Strategy)
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