VAN JONES KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING 2010 AWARDS


Keynote Speaker – Van Jones

THE TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING 2010 AWARDS

65 Interfaith Visionaries

In honor of its 50th Anniversary
the TOU is hosting an historic conference

The Interfaith Visionary Call To Action Conference on Sustainable Development

The leaders of international interfaith organizations, along with other eminent interfaith visionaries, are convening for the first time in 50 years to explore the role of the interfaith movement in addressing climate change and
promoting sustainable development.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 · The Pierre Hotel · NYC

The Attending Interfaith Visionaries include:

Mr. Macky Alston, Trustee, Hartley Film Foundation

Mr. Jay Banerjei, Co-Founder, One People

Mrs. Molly Banerjei, Co-Founder, One People

H.H. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, Founder & Spiritual Director, Kashi Ashram (represented by Swami Anjani)

The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham, Founder and President, Interfaith Power and Light

Dr. Josef Boehle, Coordinator, UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies

Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke, President, World Congress of Faiths

Rev. Paul Chaffee, Executive Director, Interfaith Center at the Presidio

Mr. Simon Cohen, Founder and Managing Director, Global Tolerance

Rev. Dirk Ficca, Executive Director, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

Rev. James Forbes, Founder and President, Healing of the Nations Foundation

Ms. Tonya Gonnella Frichner, President & Founder, American Indian Law Alliance

Dr. Carolyne Fuqua, Founder and President, Circles of Light

Mr. Homi Gandhi, President, Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York

The Rev. Cannon Charles Gibbs, Executive Director, United Religions Initiative

Dr. Daniel Gomez-Ibanez, Founder, The International Committee for the Peace Council

J.D., D.Min. Herman F. Greene, President, Center for Ecozoic Studies

Mr. Alex Grey, Co-Founder, CosM Chapel of Sacred Heart Gallery

Mrs. Allyson Grey, Co-Founder, CosM Chapel of Sacred Heart Gallery

Dr. John Allen Grim, Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University

Sheikh Saleh Habimana, Mufti of Rwanda Muslim Association

Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith

Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson, President, Auburn Theological Seminary

Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, President of the Faculty, Union Theologcial Seminary

Van Jones, Professor, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University

Fr. Robert Kennedy Roshi, Zen teacher, Morning Star Zendo

Ms. Daisy Khan, Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement

Rev. Dr. Paul Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary

Imam Khalid Latif, Director and Chaplain, Islamic Center, New York University

Rev. Dr. Ohun Chung Lee, Head Minister, Manhattan Temple of Won Buddhism of America

Rev. William Lesher, Chair Emeritus, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

Ms. Kay Lindahl, Founder, The Listening Center

Elizabeth Lindsey, National Geographic Fellow, National Geographic

Mr. Clark Lobenstine, Executive Director, Interfaith Conference of the Metropolitan Washington

Professor Johnny Lu, Founder, Jewelry Institute of America

Dr. Daniel Martin, Founder, International Center for Religion and the Earth

Dr. Thomas Matthew, President, International Association for Religious Freedom

Fr. Paul Mayer, Co-Founder, Climate Crisis Coalition

Ms. Dena Merriam, Founder & Convener, Global Peace Initiative of Women

Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake, Superior General of the Konko Church of Izuo, United Religions International

Dame Dr. Prof. Meher Master Moos, President, Zoroastrian College

Very Rev. James Parks Morton, President, Interfatih Center of New York

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Chairman, The Cordoba Initiative

Dr. Steven Rockefeller, Co-Chair, The Earth Charter International Council

Bhai Sahib Dr. Mohinder Singh, Chairman, Guru Nishkam Sewak Jatha

Ms. Rajinderjit K. Singh, President, East and West Association of Sikh Women for World Peace

Rev. Helen Summers, Founder and Director, The Interfaith Center of Melbourne

Chief Jake Swamp, President, Tree of Peace Society

Rt. Rev. William Swing, Founder & President, United Religions Initiative

Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Founder, Museum of World Religions

Dr. Robert Thurman, Co-Founder, Tibet House

Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Director, Fellowship Program, GreenFaith

Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker, Senior Lecturer & Senior Scholar, Department of Religious Studies, Yale University

Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General, Religions for Peace

Reverend Franklin Vilas, Trustee, International Communities for the Renewal of the Earth

Mr. Stein Villumstad, Deputy Secretary General, World Council of Religions for Peace

Mr. Steven Waldman, Founder & Former President, Beliefnet.com

Master Cheng Yen, Founder, Tzu Chi Foundation (represented by Mr. George Chang)

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