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Morgana Post number 23429 Posted: 10th May 2017     Subject: PWR 2018, TORONTO, Canada
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Toronto, Canada Named Host of the 7th Parliament of the World's Religions in 2018


Date: Nov 01 - Nov 07, 2018
"The Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) will host the thousands of participants of the Parliament in 2018. President and CEO Barry Smith of the venue said, “We are honoured to be the first Canadian venue to host the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Toronto is proud of its cultural diversity and we look forward to welcoming delegates from around the world who stand for peace, justice, and sustainability. ”

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Christine Brigantia Post number 23434 Posted: 10th May 2017     Subject:
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Ooh! How exciting! I will most definitely have to look into going there.

Thanks for sharing,
Christine
Morgana Post number 23438 Posted: 11th May 2017     Subject:
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Hi Christine,

I have just registered - super early bird, which was a couple of hundred $ cheaper.

It would be great to meet up at the PWR. I represent PFI and URI / United Religions Initiative. You could come along as a PFI rep.

I will probably tack on a couple of weeks stay in Canada either before or after PWR.
I've never been to Canada although I have had friends there for many years.

Blessings,
Morgana
Morgana Post number 23544 Posted: 20th June 2017     Subject:
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Yay!
Catherine Starr has just posted in Interfaith & Intrafaith that she is going to be active with the PWR/ 2018 organisation. [Very happy]

As a PFI member, she will be representing us too!

I hope more PFI members will be joining us in Toronto - but even if you can't be there in person we will be making a presentation of the work PFI is doing.

IF you have any information about your PFI - video clips of events or articles you would like to share please get in touch with your NC/RC or directly with me: morgana::at::paganfederation.org

Thanks!
Morgana
Catherine Post number 23698 Posted: 30th August 2017     Subject: Steering committee for PWR Toronto 2018
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Hello,

It is being announced today. I am officially a member of the Steering Committee for the Parliament of World Religions Toronto 2018 and I am the co-chair of the Volunteer Coordination sub-committee. There will be approximately 2,000 volunteers for the event.

I am also coordinating a Pagan presence at the Parliament. There is a Facebook group for Pagans planning to attend the event and I will update both this page and the Facebook group with information as it becomes available.

thanks!

Catherine
Morgana Post number 23700 Posted: 3rd September 2017     Subject:
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Thanks Catherine!

I've met a couple of people from URI here in Bangkok who let me know they will be attending.
More later,
Morgana
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Catherine Post number 23702 Posted: 5th September 2017     Subject: Who would you like to see at the PWR Toronto 2018?
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Have you considered attending the parliament?

It is the world's largest interfaith gathering, held every 4 to 5 years, and bringing together up to 10,000 attendees from around the globe. The week long program includes:

Hundreds of speakers and panels
Talks by religious leaders, scholars, activists
Plenary talks by famous individuals. Past notables have included the Dalai Lama, Karen Armstrong, Jane Goodall, Cornel West, Reza Aslan, and multiple Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Artistic expressions of piety through sacred dance, devotional music and visual art
Religious rituals including meditation and Indigenous practices
Incredible opportunities to learn about religions (large ones, small ones, North American based or stemming from some other part of our big planet)

As a member of the Steering Committee, I can share your ideas for presenters! The theme for this year is The Promise of Inclusion; the Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding, Reconciliation, and Change.

--Catherine
Morgana Post number 23725 Posted: 19th September 2017     Subject: Pathways to the 2018 PoWR Launches with Toronto Water Walk
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Pathways to the 2018 PoWR Launches with Toronto Water Walk Partnership for Global Water Protection


(Hi Catherine!!)

STREAMS CONVERGE AS TORONTO WATER WALK PARTNERS WITH GLOBAL INTERFAITH MOVEMENT IN YEAR-LONG GLOBAL WATER PROTECTION CAMPAIGN
From Hindu scripture, Islamic teachings, Buddhist meditations and importantly His Holiness Pope Francis’ 2015 Papal Encyclical Laudato-Si, people of diverse faiths around the world are talking about climate change. In the next year, those conversations will translate into synchronized global interfaith action, all around the universal symbol of water.

The Parliament of the World’s Religions and the Ontario-based Great Lakes Water Walk (GLWW) are pleased to announce their collaborative partnership to launch on September 24 with the designation of the Toronto Water Walk a “Pathways to the Parliament” signature event, the premiere in a series of global interfaith activities gearing up for the 7th Parliament of the World’s Religions to be held in Canada for the first time in November 2018.

The partnership will continue throughout the coming 14 months and culminate in a Traditional Indigenous water protection ceremony to be conducted by Indigenous Anishinaabe Grandmothers of the Great Lakes Region of Ontario for over 10,000 participants of more than 75 countries and 200 or more religious, indigenous and secular backgrounds who will attend the 7-day international event in Toronto next year.

Organizers from the Chicago-based Parliament of the World’s Religions, and Canadian partners Great Lakes Water Walk, Nibi Emosaawdamajg, Sacred Water Circle, Youth for Water, and Faith & the Common Good are coming together with a goal of bringing the faith and activism of the GLWW’s new “BecauseOfWater” campaign inland and to the mainstream, across the riverbanks, lake shores and coastal regions of the world. Through the collaboration of global interfaith partnerships, Ambassadors of the Parliament of the World's Religions will feature water blessings, walks and educational events in efforts to spread the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions theme “The Promise of Inclusion and the Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding, Reconciliation, and Change” to more than fifty partner events around the globe.

At the September 24 water walk, the global interfaith community will be represented by Parliament of the World's Religions representatives local to Toronto, from greater Ontario, across Canada and the United States who plan to walk the shoreline of Lake Ontario in part to honor the host city for inspiring this move. Interfaith activists will be invited to join in a synchronous water blessing and universal prayer from their homes or at important water venues around the world to join in the spirit of partnership.

Among the water walkers in Toronto will be Larry Greenfield, Executive Director of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, who says the choice to champion water throughout the activities leading up to and presented through its 7th convening came from a convergence of streams of activities by those concerned with climate change: interfaith alliances to resist government and industrial threats to safe water, sacred Indigenous land around the world, and attention to beliefs that cut across all spiritual communities about the importance of water.

Announcing the first major programmatic theme of the coming conference, Greenfield said:

“Water will be a central symbol of the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto because water is a holy gift, calling on people of the spirit to honor it with awe, treat it with great care, and allow it to make us holy, too. ”

Prominent global figures including political leaders, religious luminaries, and Nobel Prize winners will be among those to address the 2018 Parliament with shared concern for water that follows from the foundation of past Parliaments. The preceding 2015 Parliament in Salt Lake City included an assembly of chiefs from Indigenous nations around the world advocating for water in plenary addresses and 32 unique programs through diverse religious and expert perspectives related to the sacred call for water protection.

Anishinabek Grandmother Kim Wheatley, one of the organizers of the Great Lakes Water Walk and a member of the 2018 Parliament of World Religions Toronto steering committee said, “the mission of the Great Lakes Water Walk is to awaken the innate, sacred reverence for water that ripples within us all. This walk demonstrates a spirit of truth and reconciliation by sharing a path for First Peoples and Canadians from all backgrounds to walk symbolically together towards a new relationship grounded in peace, friendship and mutual respect. ”

Addressing the media from the 2015 Parliament, United Nations Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall put faith aside and warned humanity by naming water as the primary threat making certain a future world war, as resource scarcity and climate change overtakes and exacerbates sectarian and international conflicts, grossly endangering the world’s youngest and most vulnerable.

Going forward with a strong emphasis on engaging guiding institutions with faith-based leadership in the areas of truth and reconciliation, peacebuilding, and environmental stewardship, planners of the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions program will be inspired by the work of Ontario and Canadian organizations that are already experimenting with and succeeding in fusing together social action that is based on inclusivity, next generation leadership and gender balance– and making a noticeable difference.

These elements and more will be characteristic of the signature Water Walk activities that September 24’s event will model for the Pathways to the Parliament events carried on around the world.

Lucy Cummings, a Great Lakes Water Walk supporting partner and Executive Director of Faith & the Common Good, reminds us that “our waters have been degraded with pollution and plastic clogging the ebb and flow of her veins. On September 24th, people of diverse faith, spiritual, and cultural backgrounds will walk in solidarity and recognition of First Peoples, who have been on the frontlines in the struggle to respect and protect the waters for future generations. By walking together under the ceremonial leadership of Indigenous Grandmothers, we acknowledge the strength, resilience and resurgence of Indigenous women as ‘keepers of the water’. Together, we walk towards love and a better future for all. “

A #BecauseOfWater kit to be specially designed by Indigenous Grandmothers will be co-launched by partners Great Lakes Water Walk, Nibi Emosaawdamajg, Sacred Water Circle, Youth for Water, Faith & the Common Good and the Parliament of the World's Religions in November 2017, and promoted to global faith, indigenous and social action networks interested in the Parliament. Water protectors from around the world are invited to unite in Toronto with people of diverse faith and spiritual backgrounds at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions. Advance Registration is now open at ParliamentOfReligions.org.

Great Lakes Water Walk. Sept. 24, 2017. Toronto Waterfront.
The Nibi Mosewin Onji Nayaano-nibimaang Gichigamiin -- Great Lakes Water Walk (GLWW) -- is an Indigenous-led, inclusive, multicultural ceremony and celebration of Nibi (Water) as a sacred, life-giving gift to all Creation that will take place along the Toronto Waterfront on September 24, 2017. By sharing the Indigenous practice of honouring and giving thanks to those same Lakes, The Great Lakes Water Walk is an invitation to people of all backgrounds to pause and reflect upon what we can do individually and collectively to ensure the health and well-being of our waters for generations to come.

Nibi Emosaawdamajig
Nibi Emosaawdamajig – Those Who Walk for the Water – was formed in the Kawarthas region of Ontario in 2010 by Elder Shirley Williams and Liz Osawamick, inspired by Grandmother Josephine Mandamin’s work and a "Water Matters Conference” at Trent University. It is comprised of women and men from Peterborough and the Kawarthas who are committed to sharing Traditional Anishinaabeg Water Teachings with the local community through annual Water Walks.

Sacred Water Circle
Inspired by traditional Indigenous teaching and leading with hope and spiritual courage, the Sacred Water Circle sees a restored relationship between human communities and water. Sacred Water Circle seeks to create dialogue around spiritually-based environmental issues, and to motivate communities and governments to act to set policy that will protect our water, by leading with prayer and walking together. First initiated by Curve Lake First Nation visionary Dorothy Taylor, the Sacred Water Circle was formed in 2011 in response to a call from indigenous leaders worldwide to foster exchange and discussion, learn from one another and to build community around this important cause.

Youth for Water
The Youth for Water program focuses on bridging traditional Indigenous knowledge and culture with science and environmental issues to deliver a project that provides young Indigenous adults (ages 18-25) with an opportunity to learn about water issues and become involved in water protection and conservation. This is a shared project of the Sacred Water Circle and Green Communities Canada and funded by Ontario Trillium Foundation – Youth Opportunities Fund. This program seeks to give youth the necessary skills, tools, knowledge and understanding of traditional ecological knowledge which will lead them to solutions and action locally, nationally and globally.

Faith & the Common Good
Faith & the Common Good (FCG) is a Canadian-based interfaith charitable network founded in 2000 on the belief that our diverse faith congregations and spiritual communities can be powerful role models for the common good. Our network is composed of people of faith, hope, and spirit who, despite our differences in theology, dress and culture, share a calling to protect our ecosystem and a passion for community service.

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Catherine Post number 23727 Posted: 19th September 2017     Subject:
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Thanks, Morgana, for posting the picture of the Toronto PWR 2018 Steering Committee and the Toronto Water Walk Partnership! I had not seen it yet. The next walk is this Sunday, September 24. I will be the Wiccan representative dong a water blessing with the Grandmothers at the end of the walk.

BB,

Catherine
Catherine Post number 23741 Posted: 20th September 2017     Subject: Call for Programs is now available!
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the call for programming for the PWR conference in Toronto has just been released: PWR 2018 Call for Programming
Morgana Post number 24050 Posted: 30th November 2017     Subject: Pre-Parliament Gathering in Singapore
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UN Interfaith Thinkers Campus Features Pathways to PoWR pre-Parliament Gathering in Singapore
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Posted In: 2018 PARLIAMENT 11. 29. 2017 By Mary Nelson

A pre-Parliament event in Singapore was held in conjunction with the UN Interfaith Thinkers Campus on November. 13 - 15th. Over 65 people from Singapore, Pakistan, Viet Nam, Australia, China, Canada and elsewhere, who came together in a dynamic gathering to dialog and identify possible interfaith contributions to the New Urban Agenda (UN Habitat) for a sustainable and just future of cities.

Speakers Tim Costello (Australia) and Bishop Samuel (Brazil) helped look with new eyes at the urgent need and hope for more inclusive and just cities of the future, where it is estimated that by 2050 two thirds of the world will be living. Discussion groups shared perspectives, learned from each other, and made commitments to interfaith implementation of the New Urban agenda in personal settings. Delicious refreshments at breaks provided additional opportunity for sharing and building bonds.

PWR was honored with the participation of notables such as Benny Kan Mun Wai, Hong Kong ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation, Ellen Vaillancourt, City of Vancouver, and Allama Dr. A. G. R. Chishti of Islamabad and his family who came from Pakistan for the event.

Participants watched videos about the most recent Parliament held in 2015 in Salt Lake City and felt encouraged to register for the 2018 Parliament in Toronto. The Parliament is urged to include the New Urban Agenda document and implementation for just, sustainable cities as a significant part of the 2018 Toronto program.

The UN Urban Thinkers Campus was sponsored by a network of groups, including the World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network, The Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), Singapore Center for Global Missions, Micah Global, and Urban Shalom Project.

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Isobel Post number 24056 Posted: 4th December 2017     Subject:
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Uau! Good agenda!

Wish you all a very fruitful meeting at this Interfaith Parliament, next year 2018!
[Witch]

PFI National Co-ordinators for Portugal
Isobel Andrade & Jose Ferreira
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