Embracing an Interfaith Future
NAINConnect 2008
July 24-28, 2008
San Francisco, California
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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

This schedule covers only the six workshop sessions. The "Keynote Assembly" or plenary sessions, with everyone attending, are not listed here. Additional NAINConnect activities will be posted here in upcoming months. What follows is a 'working' schedule; a final schedule will be published here in late June.

At this writing, each of the six sessions scheduled has four to six options for registrants. (Additional workshops may be added before July, but no more than six options will be scheduled for any given session.)

Choosing only one workshop to attend per session will be hard. However, the schedule is designed for you to craft your own ‘interfaith curriculum,’ depending on your interests. Sessions 1, 2, and 3, for instance, all have an environmentally focused option. The theme of inclusivity comes up in several sessions, and networking opportunities will abound throughout NAINConnect 2008. In June, registrants will receive a sign-up sheet indicating preferences for the workshop sessions. So follow your heart and design your own curriculum for embracing an interfaith future!

You will find descriptions of the workshops by clicking on one of the three options under "Themes & Workshops" in the left column, as indicated in the parenthesis after each workshop title.

SESSION 1 – Friday, July 25, 2:45

  • NAIN – Where We’ve Been & What We Hope For (Gifts)
  • MDGs & Us: Helping End Poverty (Difference)
  • Sharing the Spiritual Resources We Bring to Environmental Concerns (Gifts)
  • Being Able to Influence the World (Difference)

    SESSION 2 – Friday, July 25, 4:30

  • As ‘Interfaith Community,’ Who Are We? (Challenge)
  • Crafting a Just-Peace Theory for Iraq (Challenge)
  • Interfaith Personal Relationships: Gifts, Challenges and Blessings (Difference)
  • Multigenerational Interfaith Learning (Challenge)

    SESSION 3 – Saturday, July 26, 10:30

  • Who Is Not Here & Why? Building Inclusivity in Interfaith Communities (Challenge)
  • Chaplaincy in Public Places – the Frontline of Interfaith Dialogue (Difference)
  • How Can We Talk Theologically about the Big Issues? (Challenge)
  • Greening Our Lives & Healing the Earth (Difference)
  • Interfaith Digital Communication (Gifts)

    SESSION 4 – Saturday, July 26, 1:30

  • Interfaith Activism Which Doesn’t Divide the Community (Difference)
  • Exploring the Indigenous Role in Interfaith Dialogue (Gifts)
  • Interreligious Higher Education – Surveying the Options (Gifts)
  • Using Appreciative Iniquiry & Digital Stortytelling... (Difference)
  • The Golden and Green Rule Posters (Gifts)
  • United Religions Initiative & NAIN – the Opportunity (Gifts)

    SESSION 5 – Saturday, July 26 3:30

  • Engaging Peace: Case Study of Toledo’s Erase-the-Hate Youth Contests (Diff)
  • Interreligion at the United Nations – A New Day (Gifts)
  • Christian-Wiccan Dialogue (Gifts)
  • Parliament of the Worlds Religions & NAIN – the Opportunity (Gifts)

    SESSION 6 – Sunday, July 27, 2:00

  • Grassroots Responses to Racism and Religiously Motivated Violence (Challenge)
  • Joining the Labyrinth Movement (Gifts)
  • Public Invocations, Prayers & Blessings–Who Is Allowed to Participate?(Challenge)
  • Appreciative Inquiry in Inter- and Intra-faith Contexts (Gifts)
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