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
Turning Homelessness Around: Lessons Emerging from the Successful Strategies of the Bay Area Regional Initiative (BARI) This collaborative effort pilots successful strategies for addressing homelessness. They involve cross-agency, Cross-jurisdictional and/or cross-system collaborations, resulting in the development of a more integrated, effective response to homelessness. This project provides an overview of these strategies and serves as a manual for others looking for models of success to replicate in their own communities. HomeBase / The Center for Common Concern USA
Environmental and Social Upliftment Television Channel and Radio Station In a bid to use powerful media to change the understanding and attitude of the world, the Green Party of South Africa proposes to start environmental and social upliftment programs on television and radio. The party will enlist the cooperation of other producers to start a land television channel, and then a satellite channel featuring environmental soap operas, motivational films, and documentaries to change the way people perceive each other and other species on this planet. The aim is to expedite the end of battery farming, animal experimentation, and human and animal abuse. Green Party of South Africa REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
ICARE Guide to Chicagoland Charities and Non-Profit Organizations Published in the fall of each year with a circulation of 40,000, the ICARE Guide is a resource directory for Chicago area charities and non-profit organizations. The guide has increased the overall visibility and involvement of many of Chicagoland's neediest institutions by providing information to interested persons about giving and volunteering opportunities in the area. ICARE USA
Gobind Sadan Gobind Sadan is a place of pilgrimage for all people. It is a farm-based spiritual community with locations in India and US, combining hard work and meditation under the blessings and guidance of Baba Virsa Singh Ji. When Baba Virsa Singh Ji and his sevadars began work at Gobind Sadan in 1968, the land was arid, gutted with ravines, thorny, treeless, and uninhabited. Now it is a peace paradise of orderly, irrigated fields of vegetables and forage crops, trees, and sacred places with a community kitchen and living quarters. The staff and volunteers live simply, cre. ating a surplus far beyond their own needs which is used to provide services to the hard working or disabled poor and to celebrate the holy days of all religions. Gobind Sadan, VLG Gadaipur INDIA
Celebrating Religious Diversity within Municipalities The City of Edmonton in Canada wishes to share its program as a model of how religious diversity can be incorporated into the daily political administrative operation of a city. The City of Edmonton recognizes the existence and importance of spirituality through a program that fosters respect and mutuality between diverse peoples, cultures, and religions Specifically, the City opens council meetings with prayers by leaders of various local faith communities, encourages religious exhibits and activities at City Hall, and provides a full time Chaplain. City of Edmonton CANADA
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FOSTERING CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT
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