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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Non-violence
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The World Movement for Non-violence was founded in 1998 to raise awareness of the critical importance of practicing non-violence in today's world. Its goal is to prevent violence in every form by promoting the use of nonviolent means for resolving conflict, and to show how non-violence is applicable to events and situations in everyday life, among all sectors of society. The World Movement for Non-violence commemorates the period from January 30 to April 4 as The Season for Non-violence, a time when cities around the world develop educational and cultural programs that promote the principle of non-violence. In addition to programs, workshops, retreats, conferences and task forces for youth and adults, the World Movement for Non-violence will develop curriculum for many grade levels and models for the formation of youth peace teams in communities around the world. This movement has forged partnerships and alliances with individuals and organizations world wide in the belief that a united effort will strengthen the commitment towards a more peaceful world.
Interfaith Center of New York USA
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Friends Peace Team Project: African Great Lakes Initiative
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The Friends (Quaker) Peace Team Project is working in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi to support Quaker peace work in the region. The Team has conducted trauma healing, Alternatives to Violence and non-violence training workshops, and plans to rebuild a church in Burundi that was destroyed in inter-ethnic violence.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) USA
BUILDING BRIDGES O F
WORLD
Commitment to Interfaith Cooperation
The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, in a Statement of Conscience approved in June 1999, commits itself to promoting interfaith cooperation. When mutual respect exists, understanding is encouraged, and dialogue is nurtured among people of different faiths and philosophical traditions, our shared struggle for justice is both informed and inspired.
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations USA
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Koinonia Southern Africa
Started in 1982, by bringing together families from different cultures (whites and blacks) to share a meal with one another in a society torn apart by the Apartheid (separation) political policy. Koinonia contributed in a significant way towards a peaceful transformation of an oppressive regime to a democratically elected government.
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Koinonia Southern Africa came into existence when Dr. Nico Smith started his ministry in Mamelodi, a Black township in the vicinity of Pretoria. At that stage it was still forbidden by law for Whites to enter into Black townships. Dr. Smith decided to exercise civil disobedience by taking White couples into the township to have meals with Black families. Koinonia soon spread to many cities of the country and eventually brought thousands of people together. Eating together has a magnificent effect on the attitudes of people towards one another. At the dining table they can look into each other's eyes and communicate as equals. Eating together is, in essence, sharing one's life with another. Without eating, there is no existence and without eating together, there is no co-existence.
Dr. Nico J. Smith
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATION