Stay connected with fellow URI members and groups at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto.
Note: To conserve space, only URI Cooperation Circles and Affiliates involved in these events are listed on this program, but other groups are often involved as well.
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Friday, November 2, 2018
Interfaith Café: Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue on Parliament Themes
12:15PM - 1:30PM - Room 716B - University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel
The Doctrine of Discovery, Cultural Genocide, Intergenerational Trauma: The Way Forward
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 707 - Protecting and Restoring the Sacred
Equipping Schools and Teachers to Provide Interfaith Education
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 705 - Faiths Without Borders
Earth Consciousness - Sacred Sites
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 210d- Pull Together Now (pending CC)
Now We Rebuild: Hope, Resiliency, and Social Justice Post Hurricane Harvey
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 801B - Rothko Chapel
Experience Interfaith
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 104D - Arizona Interfaith Movement
The Future of Religion
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 104C - Unity Earth with URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali, MBE, JP
Women, Justice and the Environment
1:15PM - 2:45PM - Room 104D - Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions
Intercultural Understanding and Awareness is the Foundation of True Reconciliation
2:15PM - 3:00PM - Room 106 - Protecting and Restoring the Sacred
Ecocide: Mass Destruction of Mother Earth is a Crime Against Humanity
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 718A - Pull Together Now (pending CC)
Envisioning the Future through Indigenous Ceremony and Wisdom: Honouring Interconnectedness and Sacredness of Place
2:15PM – 3:45PM - Room 201AB - Interspiritual Sustainability Council
Emerging Spirit - Transcending Colonization
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 718B - Pull Together Now (pending CC)
Interfaith Leadership for 21st Century Professionals
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 602B - University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel
Part 1 Ecocide: Tar Sands Mining is Destroying Life as We Know It (2-day workshop)
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 718A - Pull Together Now (pending CC)
Green Seminary Initiative: Nurturing Future Faith Leaders to Lead Their Communities in Environmental Care
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 715A - GreenFaith (Green Seminaries)
Pursuing Global Understanding
6:00PM - Room 705 - URI Pakistan
Faith and Interfaith: From Grassroots to Global
8:30PM - 10:00PM- Plenary - URI Executive Director Rev. Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr. and Valarie Kaur
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Women’s Dignity Across the World’s Wisdom Traditions & Society
9:00AM - 12:00PM - Keynote - URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali, MBE, JP
A World in Crisis: A Clarion Call for Eco-Justice
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 706 - Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions
An Interfaith Story: Journey from Parliament Inaugural Partner City to Thriving Interreligious Council
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 701A - Silicon Valley Interreligious Council
Guilt or Gratitude, Duty or Compassion?
12:15PM - Room 715B - GreenFaith
Indigenous Lead Award Winning Land-Based Cultural Programs with Healing Center in Canada’s North
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 703 - Pull Together Now (pending CC)
From Duality to Oneness: A Contemplative Exploration of Humanity's Spiritual Evolution Sunday
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 107 - Abbey of Hope
The Power of Listening as a Sacred Art and a Spiritual Practice
1:15PM - 2:00PM - Room 801B - Women of Spirit and Faith (a URI North America affiliate)
Compassionate Conversation that Includes Everyone: Based on the Golden Rule
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 715A - Golden Rule Project (a URI North America Affiliate)
Personal Interfaith Peacemaking
2:15PM - 3:00PM - Room 107 - Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County & Safe Alliance of Interfaith Leaders
Creating Sacred Spaces at Home, Traveling Prayer Kits and Sacred Portables
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 104C - Spirituality and the Earth
A New Story of Peace and You Get to Write It
3:14PM – 4:00PM - Room 705 - Way2Peace (pending CC)
Love Is the Greatest in the World (LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE)
3:15PM - 4:15PM - Festival Stage - Pato Banton's Spiritual Family
Understanding Faith & Diversity Through Lens of Inclusion
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 714A - Silicon Valley Interreligious Council
Josaseon (Ancestral Zen) for Next Generations
3:15PM - Room 104D - URI Korea Multiple Cooperation Circle
Taking the Interfaith Plunge: Making Interfaith Engagement Accessible to Everyone
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 718B - Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions
Traditional Indigenous Medicine Revitalization
3:15PM - 4:00PM Room 604 - Pull Together Now
A Way of Life in the Family of God: The Global Vision of The Urantia Book
6:00PM – Room 710 - Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada
Doing More: A Time for Interfaith Council Leaders to Network and Build Capacity
6:00PM - 7:00PM- Room 716B - URI North America
Awaken the Goddess--Feminine Energy Within & Empower Your Life
6:00PM - 7:30PM - Room 701A - Path to Anandam
Declaration for the Rights of Mother Earth
7:00PM - 8:00PM - Lodge of Nations - Pull Together Now (pending CC)
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Climate Crisis Impacts on Health
9:00AM - 10:30AM - Lodge of Nations - Pull Together Now
Evolving Spiritually as Human Beings
10:30AM - 11:45AM - Lodge of Nations - Pull Together Now
Priestesses: Reconvening, Remembering & Rejoicing
12:15PM - 1:45PM - 718B - Spirituality and the Earth
In the Spirit of Water: Protection, Policy and Prayer
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 604 - United Religions Initiative at the United Nations
New Thoughts in Interfaith Spirituality: A Panel Discussion from Jewish, Muslim, Baha’i and Unity Perspectives
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 108 - Abbey of HOPE
Women Ordained: The Life of Robed Female Religious Leaders in the Major Religious Traditions
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 718B - URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali, MBE, JP
Personal Sustainable Lifestyle Builds a Sustainable, Compassionate and Caring World: A Jain Perspective
12:15PM - 1:00PM - Room 603 - Silicon Valley Interreligious Council
Building A Global Environmental Network
12:15PM - 1:45PM - 801A - URI's Environmental Network & GreenFaith with URI Founder The Rt. Rev. William E. Swing
Death & Dying: Vital Conversations about End of Life Choices
12:15PM - 1:00PM - Room 105 - Abbey of HOPE
Earth Consciousness - Original Instructions
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 201D - Pull Together Now
Organizing a State of Compassion: California
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 714B - Culver City Area Interfaith Alliance, Charter for Compassion
Taking Action on the Climate Imperative: Faith and Community Groups on the Front Lines
12:15PM - Room 701 - GreenFaith
Engaging the United Nations on Climate Justice and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
12:15PM - Room 106 - GreenFaith
Prophecies, Global Change and the New Emerging Global Civilization
1:15PM – 2PM - Room 707 - Protecting and Restoring the Sacred
Inner Peace to Global Peace: Becoming Peace for People & Planet
1:25PM - 2:00PM - Room 104D - Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
Building Community: Campus Chaplains Association at the University of Toronto
2:15PM - 3:00PM - Room 704 - Spirituality and the Earth
Storytelling in Interfaith Engagement
2:15PM - 3:00PM - Room 106 - Interfaith Cafe
There's a River Flowing in my Soul
2:15PM - 3:00PM - Room 602B - Abbey of HOPE
The Faith-based Perspective on the Moral Imperative to Take Action on Climate Change
2:15PM - Room 105 - GreenFaith
Living the Change: Faithful Choices for a Flourishing World
2:15PM - Room 714A - GreenFaith
Ancient Religious Rituals and Vows, and their Relevance to Modern World
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 104D - Silicon Valley Interreligious Council
The United Nations: A Catalyst for Interfaith Action
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 718B - United Religions Initiative at the United Nations
Earth Consciousness -- Balance and Climate Crisis
2:15PM - 3:45PM - ROOM 201D - Pull Together Now
Contemplation & Compassion as Foundation for Environmental and Social Activism: An InterSpiritual, Seven-Step Process
6:00PM – 7:00PM - Room 709 - Spiritual Paths Foundation
Honoring the Holiness of the Religious Others
6:00PM - 7:00PM - Room 703 - Women's Interfaith Network of the URI (WIN-URI)
Climate Change Voices from Across the World
6:00PM - Room 604 – GreenFaith
Climate Commitments Program Launch
6:00PM - Room 501 – GreenFaith
The Intersections of Interfaith and Social Justice: South Africa Youth Voices of Change
6:00PM - 7:00PM - 103A - Face to Face/Faith to Faith, Giving Opportunities to Aspiring Leaders (GOAL)
URI Reception
6:00PM - 7:30PM - Room 401 - URI Global Staff Deepening the Journey
Monday, November 5, 2018
Feeding the Fire Ceremony - Francois + 3 elders
7:00AM - 8:00AM - Sacred Fire Olympic Park - Pull Together Now
Being and Creating the Change at Home: Interfaith Organizing Training
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 606 - URI Environmental Network and GreenFaith
Meet me at the Bridge: Race, Religion, and the Future of Black Faith and Leadership
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 709 - Culver City Area Interfaith Alliance
Breaking Down the Walls Around Interfaith
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 712 - URI North America
Faith-Based Perspectives on Respect for Creation
12:15PM - Room 106 - GreenFaith
The Climate Ribbon: A Storytelling Ritual for Climate Hope and Healing
12:15PM - Room 716B - GreenFaith
Part 2 -Ecocide: Tars Sands Mining Is Destroying Life As We Know It (2-day workshop)
12:15PM - 1:00 PM - Room 714A - Pull Together Now
Golden Rule Parenting
1:00PM - IFF Workshop 1 (800 level) - Spiritual Playdate
Pathways to Peace: Different Perspectives
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 601B - Women's Interfaith Network of the URI (WIN-URI)
The Here and Wow: Practice & Community in the Digital Age
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 105 - Contemplative Life with URI Global Council Chair Kiran Bali, MBE, JP
The Power of Love
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 703 - Pull Together Now
A Priest and Two Atheists Walk into a Bar...And Form an Unlikely Coalition
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 718B – URI North America Affiliate
Interfaith Impact, Sustainability, and the Healthy Organizational Framework
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 715A - Rothko Chapel
Interfaith: The Musical (LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE)
3:15PM - Festival Stage - Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions
The Golden Rule as the Basis for a Global Justice System: An Interfaith Perspective with a Call to Action
3:15PM - 4:00PM - 602B - Abbey of Hope
Be Part of Golden Rule Day 2019
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 104C - Charter for Compassion, Golden Rule Project (a URI North America Affiliate)
End Humanity's Greatest Threat: The Moral, Medical, Spiritual, Legal, Practical Response to Nuclear Weapons
4:15PM - 5:45PM - Room 105 - Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Girl Brides in Africa: The Drive for Gender and Education Equality
6:00PM – 7:00PM - Room 713B - URI Africa
Promote Peace and Justice Using the Law and the Golden Rule
6:00PM – 7:00PM - Room 716B - Golden Rule Project (URI North America affiliate)
Pioneering Interfaith Ministries: Fostering Peace between Abrahamic Religions across the Americas
6:00PM - Room 701B - Spiritual Directors International
Fossil Fuel Divestment and/or Engagement Solutions to Advance a Low-carbon Economy
6:00PM - Room 714B – GreenFaith
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Making a Relationship with Water
9:00AM - 10:30AM - Room 703 - Pull Together Now
Harmony Among Generations: An Intergenerational Dialogue
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 716B - University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel
Education to Get Past the Limbic Brain and Build One Humanity
12:15PM - 1:45PM - Room 717B - Spiritual Heritage Education Network (a URI Affiliate)
Where's the Honor in Domestic Violence?
12:15PM - 1:45PM – Room 716A - URI Global Staff Deepening the Journey
Interfaith Engagement: Past, Present and Future
2:15PM - 3:45PM - Room 701A - URI North America
The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
2:15PM - Room 717B - GreenFaith
Countering Hate and Violence: Peace and Love, Not War, Hate & Violence
2:15PM – 3:45PM - Room 701B - Southern CA Committee for a PoWR Cooperation Circle
Beyond Prejudice, Bias & Bigotry, Toward the Golden Rule, Camp Anytown
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 711 - Camp Anytown, Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada
Response of Love to an Act of Terror
3:15PM - 4:00PM - Room 718A - One Life Alliance (a URI Affiliate)
Interfaith in Review: An Intergenerational Conversation Looking Back and Leaning Forward
4:15PM - 5:45PM - Room 718B - URI Executive Director Rev. Victor Kazanjian., Eboo Patel, Sara Rahim
An Invitation to Create a Global Interfaith Network for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
6:00PM - 7:00PM - Room 701A - Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Bringing Interfaith Home: Shifting Consciousness at Home, School and in Your Community
6:00PM - Room 718A - Spiritual Playdate
Listening Across Diverse Traditions
6:00PM - Room 104C - Women of Spirit and Faith (URI North America affiliate)
Creating Sacred Space through the Arts Both Within & Without
6:00PM - 7:00PM - Room 602B - All Paths Divinity School (URI North America affiliate)
Empowering Youth: Digital Peacebuilding Tools for the Future
6:00PM - 7:00PM - Room 716B - Euphrates Cooperation Circle
Ongoing Events
Spiritual Playdate Interfaith Family Festival: Plant an Interfaith Garden
Every Day - All Day – 8th floor - Spiritual Playdate
I AM: An Archeology of the Future, An Art Installation
Ongoing Art Exhibition - 6th & 8th floor - Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions