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 O F SERVICE то THE
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A Low-Cost Institute of English for Adults
The Inter-Cultural Research Center aims to promote English as a second language for Sri Lankans order to enable them to communicate with people of different communities both within and outside the country. To effectively achieve this goal, it strives to develop tools and techniques that could give adult Sri Lankans a proficiency in the use of the language in as short a time-span as possible, and (taking into account the low-income situation of the majority) at as low a cost as possible. In response to Sri Lanka's present economic uncertainty, ethnic conflict, and regression in educational standards, Dr. Fernando (the head of the Department of Western Classical Culture, Kelaniya University for nearly twenty years) created this Center in 1984 as an Institute of English for adults. Classes were conducted at first for a student body of about 25 in a car-garage renovated for the purpose. Now a two-story building provides room for a daily attendance of around 600, with participants who range from twenty to sixty years old.
Inter-Cultural Research Center SRI LANKA
A Facilitator's Guide for Multi-Religious Education
This facilitator's guide teaches readers how to incorporate multi-religious content into the foundational phase of schooling in Life Orientation programs.
UNISA
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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72 Hour Peace Building Event: World Peace 2000
Multi-faith Association will hold a 72-hour event including: a New Years Eve (Dec. 31st 1999) meditation and prayer vigil, a dawn vigil on Jan 1, 2000, a World Cafe (forum for intercultural dialogue), Performances for Peace ( integration of dance, music and art evoking the spirit of peace), and children's activities. The event will culminate in the re-dedication of a Peace Pole with a gathering of religious, spiritual and community leaders.
Multi Faith Association AUSTRALIA
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The Clean Slate Campaign
The Clean Slate Campaign is an invitation for everyone to take at least one practical step to wipe our slates clean, so that we as individuals and communities can enter the new millennium with a fresh start. The Campaign aims to encourage people of all faiths to take some individual action or decision which will put right a past wrong. It encourages each one of us to make some tangible contribution to our collective future by admitting to, or apologizing for, some mistake that we have done - whether big or small. By helping clean our own slate, each of us can together make the world a better place.
It is all too easy to weighed down by the baggage we carry from the past - a backlog of matters undealt with in the home or at work. Deeper things. such as hurts, resentments, fears, guilt, and prejudices can be excess baggage as well. Not everything can be put behind us, nor should everything be forgotten, but much could be forgiven and also much could be left behind in the Old Millennium instead of being carried into the next.
The Clean Slate Campaign is inviting everyone to sign the 'Clean Slate Promise' which says: "I promise to take at least one practical step towards wiping my slate clean."
The Clean Slate Campaign UNITED KINGDOM
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Interfaith Women's Journey
The Henry Martyn Institute, together with the Interfaith Office of the United Church of Canada, paired four indian women of Muslim, Hindu, Christian and Tribal traditions with four Canadian women of parallel traditions. With the above sponsorship, these eight women have explored a women's agenda for interfaith work while travelling through India and Canada. This experience has created a greater awareness of women's relationships to and understanding of modern interfaith initiatives. The United Church of Canada CANADA
UNDERSTANDING & COOPERATION