Parliament of Worlds Religion 2004 Barcelona

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

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Program Descriptions Tuesday, July 13, 2004 ENGAGEMENT SESSION 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Interreligious Engagement in Higher Education-A Princeton Model Paul Raushenbush Princeton Students
Room 121 Academy
This is the fifth of five related sessions seeking to encourage the organization of local support groups for the Parliament, and to strengthen existing support groups and Partner Cities. The five sessions will provide "real world" guidance and tools designed to help you build and manage a support group or Partner City. **Communicating and Dealing with the Media" will focus on how to communicate with people and institutions in your area about the Parliament and your support group. How and when to use the media will also be considered.
This interactive seminar will describe the make-up and programs of the Religious Life Council al Princeton University and springboard into a time of idea-sharing and plans for future collaboration between interreligious programs at other universities, both American and Worldwide. This program is a part of the Parliament Academy series of youth centered programs.
A member of the InterSpiritual Dialogue Collaborative Circle, Ms. Foster is the founder and executive director of Living Earth Television. She has worked for three decades with festivals,
oadcasters, museums and universities in both the USA and Asia. She has graduate training in both anthropology and media. She created the Windy City International Documentary Festival and developed story ideas for an Emmy award-winning documentary series for Chicago Public Television.
Poul Raushenbush graduated with honors in practical theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He has served churches in New York and Seattle and has been involved in ministry to street youth in Seattle and Sou Paulo, Brazil. He is an ordained American Baptist minister.
Richard Weingarten is an investment banker and financial advisor He has done considerable organizational development and strategic planning work in the private and not-for-profit sectors with planning, management, and fundraising issues, and has traveled and worked extensively around the world.
This training session will incorporate the stories and experiences of 10 members of the Princeton Religious Life Council from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions.
Religions Collaborate for Peace: the Guatemalan Model Paul Wee
Since 1997, Bojana Batinic has worked in the field of Press Information with BiH, including the former United Nations Mission in BiH, and BiH Communications Regulatory Agency. She is Senior Media Monitor of the international community in BiH, and has participated in a number of youth oriented projects.
Room 122, English Seminar
How Does the Spiritual Nourish Our Social Practices? Catherine Lapoute-Ramaccioti
The program is designed to demonstrate how religious traditions (Mayan, Roman Catholic, Evangelical and Jewish) were able to work together to bring an end to the 36-year military conflict in Guatemala. Beginning in 1990, religious groups in Guatemala worked closely with international ecumenical organizations, as well as the UN and friendly governments (Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, USA), to give both form and substance to the Peace Accords. This program presents a working model that succeeded, not only because of good organization and good will, but because it took seriously the substance of the religious traditions themselves.
Room 124 Religious or Spiritual Observance Movie of 20 minutes followed by a lecture on the spiritual background of the social commitment.
Catherine Lapoute-Ramaccioti is a Professor of Religion at the Catholic Institute of Paris; she has been in charge of the religious training in several institutes in France.
Former General Secretary for the Lutheran World Ministries, Dr. Paul Wee is a former Assistant General Secretary for International affairs and human rights of the Lutheran World Federation,
The Empire Listens Gomang Seratwa Ntloedibe-Kuswani
Room 125, English/Spanish Panel Discussion, Academic Paper
How to Organize and Operate After Barcelona - Session 5 - Communicating and Dealing with the Media Martha Foster Richard Weingarten Bojana Batinic Room 123, English Training Session
Africa is receptive of anything; be it religious, political or economic. Africa has been converted to many religious identities, which have come to overshadow the authentic African Religious identities. This program intends to explore whether pathways to peace can be effectively achieved while others are still marginalized and forced to occupy the listening position. It will draw attention to the importance of recognizing the humanity of the other in order to create the
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