Unity in Diversity Campuses - Mumbai 7 April 2017
Principals receiving their Certificates
We will propagate Unity in Diversity within campuses through the following means :
World Tolerance Day 16th November… a UN initiative
The purpose of a tolerance day would be to have students from different religions come together and research about other religions and present what they understand of the religion. The 10 to 15 minute presentation may include the following:
- An overview about the history of the religion
- Interesting things about the assigned religion (can be anything ranging from an odd custom to something more social)
- The Aspects that the students liked
- What is different from the student’s own religion
- Questions from the audience/ Questions to students who actually belong to the religion.
Multicultural Festivities: Campuses should also try and integrate students through multicultural festivities planned and organized by the students. The aim behind this is to make students more aware of each other’s cultures through planned activities which will be constructed in such a way that the students will learn about the cultures as the students tasks will align with information on different cultures. These events can be based on any of the Public holidays in India.
Lastly, campuses can encourage students to share their experiences with religion and how it has impacted their lives.
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GDF Unity in Diversity
In collaboration with:
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
"Unity in Diversity -World Civil Society"
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
"...the regional forums in Australia and India, organized by the Global Dialogue Foundation and local partners under the auspices of the Alliance, allowed the Alliance to expand its outreach and significantly develop its footing at grass-roots level." Official report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki moon to the UN General Assembly (August 2011). More
Strengthening the role of Civil Society to promote intercultural dialogue, diversity and inclusion- Baku 2013
Launch - Whittlesea Community Leadership Network Victoria Inc. (WCLN) Melbourne - Australia
The Hon. Harry Jenkins MP
Federal Member for Scullin
Parliament of Australia
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NELSON MANDELA PRIZE
President Jorge Sampaio - High Representative United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
"So my conclusion is that the Allianceʼs mission is to strengthen civil society organisations across the world... " VIDEO
Open Forum, Northcote Town Hall, Victoria, Australia - 6 October 2011
Open Forum partners
GDF SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH UNAOC AT THE 4th FORUM IN DOHA
(L-R. Maya Shahani - Vice Chairperson GDF, The Hon. President Jorge Sampaio - UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, Pece (Peter) Gorgevski - CEO GDF)
Maya Shahani - Awardee Global Peace Initiative 2015
Unity in Diversity - World Civil Society, India Launch
GDF signs MoU with UN Alliance of Civilizations - towards the nucleus of a planetary citizens assembly
Signed during the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, Baku Azerbaijan.
7 May 2016 - Read more