Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

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

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
4:30-6:00pm OPEN SPACE
speakers will share stories and address the global scale of the problem. The session will also discuss ideas for strategies and action plans for bringing an end to trafficking in human life throughout the world. Danielle Strickland is social justice director for The Salvation Army in Australia, Originally from Canada, Danielle's initiatives include missionfocused church planting (birthing dozens of communities around the world, and various social justice campaigns. Danielle has written two books, "Chaotic Order' and Just Imagine: The World For God' Pauline Coll is National Executive of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans. She is a member of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, an Australian Order founded in 1857. Pauline has been involved in school education throughout Australia. She was director of Najara, the Good Samaritan Centre for Spirituality and Ecology, and has also worked for the Social Action Office, the social justice ministry of the leaders of Religious Congregations in Queensland. Stancea Vichie is National Chair of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans. She works from the Good Shepherd Centre for Justice and Fair Trade in Abbotsford, Melbourne. Stancea is a member of the community of the Missionary Sisters of Service founded in Australia in 1944. She has worked on a range of justice and human rights issues in urban, rural and outback parts of Australia as well as in other countries.
Sacred Sites, Sacred Solidarity: A Call for Collaboration Stein Villumstad Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Room 219 In workshop format, the concluding session of the Sacred Sites, Sacred Solidarity' Symposium will draw together lessons and insights from the Parliament week and develop mutual commitments and a plan for future action. We will present practical ways for newly interested parties to join with current initiatives, and we will explore ways to expand current efforts. We will also present the use of websites and cutting-edge social networking vehicles to link partners together-across town and across the globe. Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh, Sikh spiritual leader of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, will conclude with an inspiring 'call for collaboration in safeguarding sacred sites around the world. Stein Villumstad has extensive and distinguished experience in international development, conflict transformation, and human rights. He served as regional representative for Norwegian Church Aid INCA) in Eastern Africa, where he oversaw development activities in ten countries and managed five regional sub-offices. Previously, he held the position of assistant general secretary of NCA, managing the Department for Policy and Human Rights. Bhai Sahib Dr Mohinder Singh comes from a line of spiritual leaders, and is Chairman of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha. He is a retired civil and structural engineer, with two honorary Doctorates for work in faith, community and education. Bhai Sahib is also a recipient of the Juliet Hollister Award from the Temple of Understanding
Islam 101 Series: Muslim Women's Contributions to a More Just and Sustainable World Janaan Hashim, Moderator Hajjah Maria Ulfah Ibtisam Mahamid Dr Suhair Al-Qurashi Room 220 Panel Discussion Muslim women have been working toward a more just and sustainable world since the advent of Islam, but few people are aware of this fact. In this Islam 101 Series session, extraordinary Muslim women leaders living in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Indonesia will present contemporary and historical examples of this rich history of the engagement of Muslim women to build a better world. The discussion will include a look at Muslim women's contributions to science and technology. peace and conflict resolution, religious education of future leaders and other topics. The Islam 101 Series is a six-part series designed to highlight critically important issues regarding Islamic beliefs, practice and history that are all too commonly misunderstood. Janaan Hashim is a criminal defense and civil rights attorney with Amal Law Group, LLC. She co-founded Amal with five other Muslim women, making it the first of its kind in the US. Ms Hashim is an adjunct professor at McCormick Theological Seminary and served as the spokesperson for the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago Hajjah Maria Ulfah is a lecturer and Vice Rector of the Institute for Qur'anic Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 1980, she won both the national Qur'an recitation competition in Jakarta and the international Qur'an recitation competition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As a professional Qur'an reciter, she has appeared all over Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Australia and Japan. Ibtisam Mahamid's primary focus is on improving relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel, and she also works to improve the status of women in both Arab and Jewish society. She is on the board of Middleway. an NGO for the promotion of compassion and nonviolence, and she helped found the Women's Interfaith Encounter, a program of the Interfaith Encounter Association. In April 2009, the Dalai Lama presented Ibtisam with the 'Unsung Heroes of Compassion award in recognition of her work to bring peace and to improve the status of women in the Holy Land Dr Suhair Hassan Al-Qurashi is the president and CEO of Dar Al-Hekma College, one of the leading private colleges for women in Saudi Arabia. Dr Al-Qurashi received a PhD and MPE from Cambridge University, an MSc from United States International University, and a BA from Richmond College, London. She is a civic and social leader who has organised three major international conferences in the Middle East on women and development issues through the 1990s.
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