Buddhist-Catholic Retreat, Keeping the Pressure for COP26, WIHW 2021 & MorePoWR Updates
PoWR Updates

On Saturday, February 20th join the Parliament of the World’s Religions and The Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union for a special program on “Deepening our Awareness of Love, Compassion and Joy for the Healing of the World”.

The program is hosted as part of the ongoing Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue on Climate Change launched by the Parliament’s Climate Action Program and the Bernardin Center in 2020.

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On Monday, February 22nd the Parliament of the World's Religions is partnering with COP26, United Nations Climate Change Conference to host a vital program on the role of faith communities in the upcoming COP26 entitled, "Keeping Up the Pressure: The Role of Faith Communities in COP26".

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The Global Celebration Continues!

The first week of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week has highlighted the beautiful diversity and deep love of individuals, organizers and organizations that makes up the global interfaith movement.

The Parliament of the World's Religions is a proud partner of grassroots organizers around the world. Explore some of the events happening through Sunday, February 28th.
 
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An Intergenerational Conversation on "Building Better Together"
 

On Wednesday, February 17th join  the Next Generation Task Force at the Parliament of the World's Religions for a virtual program in observance of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week.

The program will be centered on the theme "building better together" reflecting on the lessons learned in 2020 and exploring the agenda for the future. Join Kehkashan Basu and Miriam Quezada from the Parliament's Next Generation Task Force for an intergenerational conversation featuring reflections from Kusumita Pedersen (PoWR) and Pragna Vasupal (Green Hope Foundation).

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Together We Heal: Interfaith Perspectives on Loving Our Neighbors
 

The Parliament of the World’s Religions is joining organizers and community leaders in Chicago as part of the City’s Together We Heal initiative. The initiative aims to build racial healing across Chicago and promote civic unity by encouraging Chicagoans to connect across lines of difference and support a collective conversation about our truth and our promise as a City.

In the Spring of 2021, the Parliament will host a series of virtual programs to foster conversation and share tools on healing and justice from the Chicago interfaith community. As part of the Parliament's virtual observance of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, the first webinar in the series on Tuesday February 23rd will focus on highlighting the critical need for our faith communities to foster healing and love for our neighbors. Featuring faith leaders from around the city answering the question, “How do we as communities and individuals heal and build better together?”

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Interfaith Collaboration & Resilience Key in "Keeping the Faith"
 

As previously reported on Monday, February 1st the Parliament of the World's Religions joined the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative (CTII) to mark the official start of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week for the program, Keeping the Faith in Challenging Times. 

The program featured the special participation of  Parliament Chair, Nitin Ajmera, and past 1st place winners of the H.M. King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week Prize including the Interfaith Mediation Centre from Nigeria, the Silsilah Dialogue Movement from the Philippines, EUCLID “Common Word”  from the Gambia, the Calgary Interfaith Council from Canada, the Interfaith Centre of Melbourne from Australia, the Cape Town Interfaith Initiative from South Africa, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ministry of Religious Affairs from Jordan.
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Host a Virtual Observance

February 28th marks the final day of the 2021 World Interfaith Harmony Week observance, it's not too late to organize a virtual celebration. Explore resources at parliamentofreligions.org/WIHW

Already hosted or planned an event? Remember to submit your event reports by March 7, 2021 to be eligible for the the H.M. King Abdullah II World Interfaith Harmony Week Prize.

The work of the Parliament on World Interfaith Harmony Week is made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. 
 
Antje Mattheus

"[We need to ask ourselves] what can i do? How do I participate in oppression? How can I become a liberator? That means, though, that we're not feeling so guilty that we can't confront it -- we have to deal with our guilt."

Recently, Religica Theolab Founder Dr. Michael Reid Trice had a chance to speak with Human Rights Activist Antje Mattheus. Antje joined the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace and moved to Philadelphia as a volunteer in 1974 to work with the United Farm Workers’ Union. Her forthcoming book, Cresheim Farm, An American Story, digs into the history of the 327-year-old Pennsylvania farm. 
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