Parliament of the World's Religions is a non-profit organization committed to bridging religious, cultural, and ideological divides, we have historically refrained from endorsing political candidates. We will continue to live under that model.
However, this does not prevent us from condemning the things that we refuse toaccept— affronts to moral principles that transcend the realm of politics and enter the realm of humanity.
Stand for the Parliament on Giving Tuesday:
We will not accept hate. Violence and derogatory speech levied against any person (or group of people) based on skin color, country of origin, sexual identity, religion, legal status or other factor, is contemptible.
We will not accept the denial of humanity’s negative impact on our environment. We condemn this denial as calculated, willful ignorance that is shortsighted and self-serving, and we see the long term effects of that denial as akin to violence against future generations.
We will not accept the repeated abuse of the rights and bodies of indigenous peoples, the silencing of their voices, and the diminishing of their importance in their home countries.
We will not accept mass deportation or incarceration, or the insidious philosophy of “they don’t belong here” that exists at the root of such practices.
We will not accept the registry of groups based on religion or ethnicity. This is a deplorable tactic that has been used in the past to brutalize, bankrupt, incarcerate, and murder, "legally" and efficiently.
We will not accept the normalization of violence against women, whether that normalization comes from religious leaders, authority figures, or the person next door.
For those of you who are affected by these things, you are strong. You have overcome worse, and you have thrived under similar rhetoric and will continue to do so. But as long as you are weathering this storm, we will stand beside you, and we ask that you join with us. We have the ability to amplify your voices, and you have the power to shape and help direct our future.
Giving Tuesday is 29 November, and it finds us in the midst of planning our most important Parliament to date. This Parliament will arrive at a “point of no return” in terms of climate change. It will arrive during a period of global political unrest. It will come on the coattails of conflict and of injustice.
But even in the face of disturbing global events, we hold the belief that there is no power on earth that prevents good people from doing good things.
And that is precisely why this gathering must happen. We have the opportunity to join together as a thousands-strong global community, in one place and for one purpose; of making the world a peaceful, just and sustainable place for those who inherit it from us.
Help us to do good.
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