YJA Convention 2010 07 New Brunswick NJ Ninth

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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Jain Networking Forum (INF) Sessions
Sunit Jain is a Regional Director for Forsythe Solutions located in Skokie, Illinois. He is responsible for sales in the Central Region and oversees a team of 14 sales managers. Sunit has also worked at Sun Microsystems and AT&T. Sunit has his B.S.E.E. from Rutgers University and his M.S.E.E. from Cornell University. He received his MBA from Northwestern University. He enjoys sports, magic, multi-media technologies, and spending time with his family. Sunit and Seema reside in Chicago with their three children ages 15 (Sarina), 12 (Sahil), and 9 (Sanjana) and their vegetarian dog (Sage). They have been married for 20 years. Sunit's parents live with them 7 months out of the year.
Speaker Biographies Session Descriptions &
Modern-Day Mahavirswami
Featuring YJA's first ever session in Gujarati and Hindi! These exciting sessions will revolve around social justice during the time of Bhagavan Mahavir (599 BC) and applicable modernday lessons. Dr. Vora will lead the attendees through a discussion of how Bhagavan Mahavir helped to change conditions in the society he lived in and how this change can be a guide to engendering improved social justice today. These sessions will truly encompass the past, present and future.
Saroj Vora - Dr. Saroj Vora holds a Ph.D. in Jain literature. Her speciality is Modern Jain Literature. Her experience includes, but is not limited to being a lecturer for 7 Years in S.N.D.T Women's University, a lecturer for 20 years in M.S. University and holding a faculty position in Jain Indology, M.S. University, Vadodara. Dr. Vora has published various literary books, essays, short stories, plays, poems in last 18 years, - "Manbhavan", "ManManjusha" and "Soch-Vichar" are few titles. Her articles have been published in many magazines, newspapers and journals.
New Frontiers of Activism and Service
What is the Jain view of activism and service, and how should we incorporate both into our daily lives? This exciting session will leave you with a greater appreciation for all aspects of service and activism, including the strong relationship each has with self-reflection.
Hans Roy - Born in Haiti, I came to the United States, at the age of ten! It was such a culture shock; it would take a few years, to find firm ground. In attending college, I was conflicted, with subjects, that I was developing interest in, particularly, social sciences, and the need to make my parents proud, Engineering, I did neither and drop out instead! My discovery, in transformative approaches, for a better world, was when I read, Paulo Freire's, "Pedagogy of the oppressed". It became my gospel! A momentary pause with Ivan Illich, with Deschooling Society and a number of his lectures. This travel began, in 1984, it has me here, where, Jeddy Krishnamurti has been my companion. It is this experience, with these travelers, that The Zeitgeist Movement, along with The Venice Project, has become an interest of mine! My work with the foundation called Rasanble, is but a recent phenomenon, I cannot affirm, nor predict, where it will bring me! I can only plow!
Inspire. Connect. Do The Jain Thing.