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Chairpersons Biren Mehta Birenlacc@email.com Sachin Shah Sachinlacc@email.com
Programming Samta Jain Samtalacc@email.com Shefali Mehta Shefalilacc@email.com
Finance Amishi Dedhia Amishilacc@email.com Pinki Gandhi Pinkilacc@email.com
Fundraising Sneha Dedhia snehalacc@email.com Deepa Mehta deepalace@email.com
Hospitality Suken Jain sukenlacc@email.com Neha Shah nehalacc@email.com
Public Relations Shital Gala shitallacc@email.com Yagi Shah yagilacc@email.com
Registration Bhumika Khona bhumikalacc@email.com Sameer Shah sameerlacc@email.com
Site Nirav Patel niravlacc@email.com
Souvenir Amar Salgia amarlacc@email.com
Pina Shah Pinalacc@email.com
THE 4TH BIENNIAL YJA CONVENTION
June 30th to July 3rd, 2000
Hosted by The Los Angeles Convention Committee & Young Jains of America
"4 Days' Journey Into the Self"
Jain Education International
Jai Jinendra!
Dear YJA Convention Participants,
It has been a long journey since January when we first met each other and realized that we were taking on the 'programming' responsibility for the Fourth Biennial YJA convention, "4 Days' Journey into the Self". At first, there were not that many decisions to make and the idea of organizing the convention actually appeared to be a reasonable task while going to school or working fulltime. However, months have passed with continuous days of marathon conference calls and exhausting emails that one may think the sole purpose of a cell phone or a company/school e-mail address was convention planning. Yet, we will not deny the sleepless nights of worrying that this convention may not be perfect.
The truth, however, is that this convention is not perfect, but it is for you. We tried our very best to invite dynamic speakers, organize creative seminar topics, and arrange entertaining activities that tied in with Jainism and making it suitable for every age. And though there may be some mistakes on our part, the important thing is that you take the time to enjoy what we have provided for you and truly experience the journey into the self. We hope you find at least one speaker, one session or one friend that will provide you with an inspirational thought to take home. Because you have made that journey to join us today, you owe it to yourself to be an active participant in this year's convention and find a more positive path to return to. Your journey has been our only programming goal!
Fortunately we have many wonderful people to thank for making this goal possible. First we would like to express our gratitude to all the venerable Jain teachers and the invited guests who have traveled from far and near to share their knowledge with us. They are Gurudev Chitrabanuji, Sadhvi Shilapiji, Saman Shrutipragyaji, Saman Sthitpragyaji, Samani Charitrapragyaji, Shri Atmanandji, Satish Kumar, Atul Shah, Bhupendra Soneji, Gabriel Figueroa, Hemlata Pokharna, Ingrid Newkirk, Jim Antenore, Kokila Doshi, Navindra Jain, Neal Barnard, Ocean Robbins, Pravin Shah, Prem Jain, Robert Del Bonta, Sangeeta Kumar, Usha Jain, and Vijay Mehta. We would also like to show our appreciation to those registrants who put together a presentation or discussion. Their seminars benefited the convention greatly. And finally, a personal thanks to Pravin Shah from North Carolina, Amar Salgia and Biren Mehta for all their dedication and time. This would not have happened without all of you!
Sincerely,
YJA Programming Committee 2000
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Chairpersons Shubhra Jain shubhrajain@mail.com Naishadh Shah naishadhshah@mail.com
Programming Anita Shah anitashah@mail.com Monica Shah monicashah@mail.com
Finance/Fundraising Vishal Ghiya vishalghiya@mail.com
Hospitality Milan Mehta milanmehta@mail.com Shefali Parekh shefaliparckh@mail.com
Public Relations Birud Jhaveri birudjhaveri@mail.com Mudita Shah shahmudita@mail.com
Registration Pinkesh Shah pinkeshshah@mail.com Rina Shah rinashah@mail.com
Site Neil Shah neil shah@mail.com Nirav Shah nirav shah@mail.com
Souvenir Rajan Mehta rajmehta@mail.com Reshma Modi reshmamodi@mail.com
Young Jains of America (YJA) is the umbrella youth organization of the Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA). The mission of YJA is to be recognized nationally and internationally as an umbrella youth organization for establishing a network to share Jain heritage and religion through youth. A Non-Profit Tax Exempt Religious Organization. IRS Code Section 501 (c)(3) El #54-1280028
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