Oct 15th, 2020 - Bringing Faith and Policy Together



Oct 15th, 2020Inequality Panel"How can we be more self-challenging [on issues of systemic discrimination]? Change must come from within." Dr. Nawal Alhawsawi"Defining our path forward will include urgent measures to use all relevant tools . . . to rebuild our humanity." H.E. Adama Dieng, former UN Special Adviser of the Secretary-General of Genocide"We could be catalysts of a new journey to affirm the dignity of every person . . . a dignity of difference." Dr. Ganoune Diop, Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Maryland, USAHow can religious communities solve racial injustice? "Faith communities must continue to pray with their feet and their hands." Ms. Audrey Kitagawa, Chair of Board of the Parliament of the World’s Religions"We need to discover diversity in a way . . . that helps us in our piety." Imam Yahya Pallavicini, President Comunità Religiosa Islamica Italiana (COREIS) in Italy"Addressing economic inequality will, in the long run, help us address the social and racial inequalities we face in the world." Ms. Asha Ramgobin, Director of Human Rights Development Initiative, South Africa "Freedom of religion or belief can play a crucial role in the improvement of gender equality . . . it provides a space for change and empowerment." Ms. Lisa Winther, Senior Human Rights Advisor at Stefanusalliansen (Norway)"To recognize the divine in the other is countercultural to systemic inequality and abuse . . . yet it takes self-assertion to make these transformative claims." Mr. Peter Prove, Director of International Affairs at World Council of Churches ................
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