Unity Productions Foundations (UPF): “Our vision is to be a catalyst for ending the “Clash of Civilizations.” To do so, UPF has developed a beautiful website around the concept of 20,000 Dialogues, “a nationwide campaign to bring people of different faiths together using films about Muslims to stimulate discussion and promote understanding.” Looks like a great resource for any Cooperation Circle.
Sally Mahe writes: The International Convention on Human Rights invites members of CCs everywhere to engage in developing a global document enforceable in courts of law called the International Convention for Human Rights. Please consider using the Dialogue Idea below and going to the www.humanrights.berkeley.edu to add your voice!
The newsletter team at the Interfaith Center at the Presio recently put together a great list of interfaith podcasts, which are audio “broadcasts” on the web. Two that are missing: Think Peace Radio, hosted by URI Global Council member P.K. McCary, and the Interfaith Talk Radio program hosted members of two URI CCs in Seattle — Interfaith Council of Washington and Interfaith Circle of Love.
The following message and request for support is intended primarily for the URI Cooperation Circles in California. It is an advocacy call for support from California Interfaith Power and Light, a Cooperation Circle based out of Oakland.
For those of you in California, please consider supporting this endeavor and please share with others in your Cooperation Circles.
The National Council of Churches has created an eco-justice program with the tagline “justice for God’s planet and God’s people.” The resources they provide for helping Christian congregations understand the spiritual and justice issues underlying today’s ecological crises will surely be of help to any religious group interested in promoting a green awareness.
Paul McKenna of the Scarboro Missions Interfaith Desk recently wrote to tell me about a free resource they are providing for interfaith dialogue — a “Golden Rule Curriculum for Schools”. He in describing this tool, he offered this compelling list of features:
Dear friends,
September’s Idea of the Month can be found at www.uri.org In the past few months each IDEA has been devoted to the International Day of Peace. If you are still wondering how to honor the International Day of Peace, you might find some of these ideas helpful.
Many thanks to James Channan and the CCs in Pakistan and to Mussie Hailu and the CCs in Ethiopia for inspiration for the IDEA(s) offered for September.
Is your International Day of Peace activity included in the global count? It’s not to late to plan a gathering and register it. Please go to www.internationaldayofpeace.org.
With care,
Sally
Sally Mahé
Director, Organizational Development
United Religions Initiative
San Francisco, CA USA
A presentation for NAIN Connect 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Learn the steps for a new or existing group or organization to become a member of the United Religions Initiative (URI). This slideshow/presentation briefly covers:
Download in either PDF or PowerPoint at www.uri-na.org/wp/presentation/.
Dear URI Friends in North America,
Many of you will have already received this message from Beverley Britton; I apologize for double-posting it to you.
In the year+ that I’ve been the Regional Coordinator for North America, the most common comment I’ve heard from many CC members, particularly those in less active groups, is that they need something to rally around. They need to find some specific, relevant work that can help them translate the inspiration they feel in the call of the URI purpose into reality. Something that will make it worth taking time out of their busy personal and work lives to attend yet another meeting. Dialogue and personal interaction are wonderful — but many people are ready to move beyond this stage and need help figuring out how to do so.
You’ll soon receive a North American regional newsletter from me that highlights the activities of a few of our Cooperation Circles. The International Day of Peace (Sept 21) is the main shared activity that the URI Global Council is currently encouraging CCs to pursue. Beverley’s message is another example of the type of program that even a small, local CC might be able to help with. If you have other ideas and suggestions, please send them to me and I will periodically share them with this list (though only periodically as I do not want to overburden you with yet more e-mail).
Dynamic young nonprofit seeks Muslim Initiatives Coordinator to build capacity of Muslims to engage in interfaith service-learning.
Summary of Position: The Muslim Initiatives Coordinator will advance interfaith youth service-learning work within the Muslim community in the United States. The position will begin with a full-time, grant funded project to increase civic engagement among Muslims nationally. The successful candidate will have several years’ experience proactively working in Muslim communities, with a focus on young people, civic engagement and/or capacity building.