THANKING | You… and Asking… 10 Years in the Making
by Rev. Stephen Avino
A forum such as the Parliament of the World’s Religions can never organize and speak freely from the hearts of our different faiths without democracy. Our freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly are not guaranteed to us, and we must stand together to demand that these rights remain.
The future Parliaments cannot be guaranteed without those who believe fiercely in what we’re doing, contributing all they can to ensure the good work of multiple generations is not erased by forces that mobilize politics to harm women; religious, racial, sexual minorities; and our planet.
Some say we’ve become too political. I say we’re doing nothing more than assembling the members of faith and spiritual traditions doing their best to make sense of–and make a difference in–a world that isn’t kind to most of us...
WELCOMING | Voices of PoWR Addressing the 2023 Parliament Convening
The Parliament of the World's Religions is honored to announce the participation of Rabbi David Rosen, Dharma Master Cheng Yen, and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman.
- Rabbi David Rosen KSG, CBE, is the Jerusalem based International Director of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee.
- Dharma Master Cheng Yen is an inspiring spiritual leader and the founder of the world-renowned Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation.
- The Honorable Justice Mr. Rohinton Fali Nariman is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Zoroastrian priest.
The featured luminaries at the 2023 Parliament Convening are a diverse cohort of faith, spiritual, civic, and governmental leaders answering the call to conscience to defend freedom and human rights.
ANNOUNCING | First-Ever U.S. National Strategy Highlights Importance of Voices of Faith in Countering Antisemitism
On 25 May 2023, the Biden-Harris Administration released the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. The announcement highlights a strategy aimed at raising awareness of antisemitism and its threat to American democracy, protecting Jewish communities, reversing the normalization of antisemitism, and building cross-community solidarity.
This commitment to countering antisemitism from the White House and the federal government, articulated explicitly as a threat to democracy, is of special importance for communities of faith nationally and internationally who have been raising the alarm on the rise of authoritarianism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, and misogyny.
GATHERING | NYC Pre-Parliament Event to Observe World Environment Day | Tuesday 6 June 2023
Join the Parliament of the World’s Religions, the Center for Earth Ethics, the Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN, the Episcopal Church, and the NGO Committee on Human Rights for a pre-Parliament event in observance of World Environment Day.
Join in person at the Episcopal Church Center (815 Second Avenue, New York City) or online via Zoom from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.
WEBINAR | Pre-Parliament to Explore Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty | Thursday 15 June 2023
Join the Climate Action Task Force at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, GreenFaith, and the Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative for the exploratory dialogue, “Faith and a Treaty for Climate Justice.”
The webinar explores the Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty—one of the key action items that will be featured in the Climate Track at the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions in August.
PUBLISHING | Faith Action on the SDGs: Life on Land
This May the Parliament of the World’s Religions, UNEP Faith for Earth Initiative, United Religions Initiative, and the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology published a second supplement in the series expanding the 2020 publication Faith Action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This supplement features data on faith-based organizations around the world doing work that fell within the scope of Goal 15 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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SEEKING | Religious Literacy
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TALKING | The Fifth Directive of the Global Ethic and Laudato Si’: Foci for Dialogue
This article was written by Dawn M. Nothwehr, a former Trustee of PoWR, and published on 1 June 2023 by Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC).