Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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1999 GIFTS OF SERVICE TO THE WORLD
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Race: an Open and Shut Case A small, double-sided book, Race: an Open and Shut Case, explores through the stories of the Open and Shut families, the question, "How many races are there?" The book works to unveil a fundamental paradox about racial divisions: we are either countless multitudes of races or we are one race. Through a simple, memorable fable, this book exposes this inherent paradox and renders the question of race irrelevant Copies of the book will be given to participants at the Parliament so that they may take it back to their communities to use in a variety of ways and settings, as a tool to help young people begin understanding this subject, and help older people reassess their pre sumptions and conditioning about race. Ms. Anya Cordell USA
Domestic Violence Awareness Program This six week program addresses gender, conflict resolution, self esteem, and feelings that influence violence in intimate relationships. Life skills training is incorporated with gender awareness in an attempt to stop the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence. The Program targets children at school (ages 10-13), and has been successfully presented in most of the poor areas on the Cape Flats. FAMSA Western Cape (Family & Marriage Society of the Western Cape) REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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Abraham Esau Memorial Trust – an Act of Reconciliation The Abraham Esau Trust was established to recognize an important contribution to reconciliation in South Africa. During the Anglo-Boer War, a colored Blacksmith - Abraham Esau -led a resistance group against the invasion of Calvinia by the white Afrikaners. This group fought against the Afrikaners to preserve the small measure of dignity afforded by British rule. His heroic acts of intelligence gathering and consultations with British officials made Abraham Esau a mythical figure among the people of Calvinia. The Abraham Esau Trust was registered on the 6th of June 1992 to rebuild the Abraham Esau Memorial Chapel and to preserve the act of reconciliation for the people of Calvinia, a town in the North-Western Cape. Abraham Esau Memorial Trust REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Interfaith Dialogue Through the Visual Arts The Inter-Faith Arts Council (IFAC) invites peoples of all faiths to participate in co-creating a "book of reflections" that represent various spiritual traditions through written material, visual arts, and recorded audio. The Council hopes to work with others to co create, through grass-roots effort, a book of meditations. This book will include: poems, verse, scripture, short folk tales, art, music, and other material that conveys the principles of Faith, Love and Hope, and humanr interrelatedness. IFAC will compile the multimedia arts and make them available in a book and audiotape format. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book and audiotape will go to sup port the work of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions in planning the 2004 Parliament event. HMT of the Transfiguration USA
Service in Sisterhood to Establish Respect (S.I.S.T.E.R.) Pilgrim United Church will establish a "sister" relationship with another church in the U.S. or abroad. Choosing a congregation with a different race, culture and/or socio-economic background will foster greater inter-community understanding. Eventually, Pilgrim United hopes to establish a relationship of shared ministry through cultural exchange, pulpit exchange, and mutual support of mission projects Pilgrim United Church of Christ USA
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BUILDING BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATION
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