NAINConnect 2008 Workshops

Theme: Gifts We Bring
INTERRELIGION AT THE UNITED NATIONS - A NEW DAY

WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Learders from the Temple of Understanding, an international interfaith organization headquartered in New York City, will present the Proposal for a Decade of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace initiated by forty interfaith and religious organizations. First they will unpack the proposal - its history and function, the response of Member States at the United Nations, and the timeline for its acceptance at the United Nations. Then they will address how to integrate interfaith work at the United Nations into your educational programming.

PRESENTERS
Sister Joan Kirby and Alison Van Dyk

Alison Van Dyk is the Executive Director of the Temple of Understanding, one of the oldest interfaith organizations in the country and a facilitator of the dialogue that preceded NAIN's first Connect in 1988.

Sister Joan Kirby is the Temple of Understanding's representative to the United Nations, where she is an active leader in building interfaith ties between the nations through the NGO community.