CELEBRATION OF UN WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK in AUCKLAND AOTEAROA-NEW ZEALAND: Members of diverse faith communities will share sacred readings, prayers or music on the theme of Interfaith Harmony. The programme will be led by Neil Furby, President of Orewa Theosophical Society and Rev. Diane Marama Winder, Interfaith and Interspiritual Minister, Sephira Institute (NZ) and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary (New York). Those attending are invited to draw an outline of the hand of another person of a different faith attending the event and express words of interfaith harmony on a large poster. A photo of the poster will be sent to hundreds of employees and staff at Auckland International Airport, a gateway to visitors from around the world to New Zealand, ‘the land of the long white cloud.’ Light refreshments will be served. In the spirit of Maori koha, a donation is appreciated.

Indonesian Youth Celebrates UN World Interfaith Harmony Week Indonesian Youth Striving for Global Peace Harmony Source: http://www.officialwire.com/news/indonesian-youth-celebrates-un-world-interfaith-harmony-week/ New York, New York (United States) (OFFICIAL WIRE) February 4, 2013 Jakarta – Under the auspices of UNDPI-Affiliate Anand Ashram Foundation Indonesia, youth from different sections and elements of society got together on the 1st of February to begin a week long celebration of the World Interfaith Harmony Week, initiated by the Jordan Prince Ghazi and unanimously adopted by all UN member states. “Our theme this year,” explained Dr Wayan Sayoga, the foundation chairman, “is ‘Indonesian Youth Striving for Global Harmony’. This is well received by our NGO Colleagues, among others Indonesian Women’s Association for Global Peace (IWAG-P), Islamic Movement for Non-Violence (IMN), Centre for Vedic & Dharmic Studies, National Integration Movement (NIM), One Earth Integral Education Foundation, and One Earth School (OES).” Joehanes Budiman representing the National Integration Movement (NIM) pointed out, “For centuries we have lived on the archipelago in complete peace and harmony. We are determined to keep it that way.” Maya Safira Muchtar, Inspirer of IWAG-Peace added, “With their dynamism, youth are the natural agents of change. With their participation in events like this, we are sure that there will be no more religious conflicts and violations of human rights in Indonesia and elsewhere on the planet.” Ni Luh Sukmawati representing the Center for Vedic and Dharmic Studies, and Muslihah Razak of Indonesian Movement for Non-Violence (IMN) both referred to the findings of prestigious Setara Institute, “There have been 371 violations of religious freedom during 2012. The figures are disheartening, but the participation of youth in events like this brings us some hope.” “The celebrations this year,” said Dr Sayoga, “actually began on September 21st last year, when Anand Ashram unveiled the Global Harmony Monument in Ubud Bali, attended by government officials and representatives of several religions, like Dr Musdah Mulia, Father Franz Magnis, Ida Pedanda Sebali, the Gianyar Regent, the Prince of Ubud, and many others. (http://www.charterforglobalharmony.org/) “The monument is now an Ubud Landmark, visited daily by many. We are committed to promoting World or Global Interfaith Harmony, this is also Anand Ashram’s mission, from Inner Peace to Global Harmony by promoting Communal Love. This is the only way to realize our vision of One Earth One Sky and One Humankind. This year, we are celebrating the event in several major cities like Jakarta, Ciawi, Yogyakarta, and on the isle of Bali.” Chairman of Indonesian Tourist Guide Association Sang Putu Subaya; Head of Gianyar Department of Tourism Ari Brahmanta; Founder of Gandhi Puri Ashram Indra Udayana; and Acharya Premananda of the State Hindu University; attending the event in Ubud, Bali, appreciated Anand Ashram’s initiative and fully supported the cause. “The Yogyakarta Chapter of Anand Ashram,” said Dr Suriastini in a meet with the press, “is extending the World Interfaith Harmony Event to another dimension, that is the empowerment of youth and women. Also in conjunction with the 1 Billion Rising Appeal for Women Empowerment on Feb 14th, we have organized empowerment workshops in the Wirogunan Prison and elsewhere.” In Ciawi West Java, the One Earth Retreat Center where the event was held, Zeembry the Anand Ashram Jakarta’s coordinator explained, “We have organized a movie show on the theme of interfaith harmony, and several other activities during the week.” “We would also celebrate the event in Monas and Marunda – Jakarta Sunday Morning (Feb 3)” he added. Dr Wayan Sayoga mentioned, “Something like 700 people getting together to celebrate Interfaith Harmony on the 1st day, and several hundreds more to join in the ensuing days until the end of the week, this is very promising!”

For the entire week, every day, messages of interfaith harmony such as the attached picture are being sent through Face Book, Twitter, Google+ etc - and the response has been GREAT! They are much liked and retweeted, retagged, reshared with thousands on daily basis

Date: 2 March 2013 (Saturday) Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm Venue: Peace Embassy, Malaysia No. 12, Japan Utara, Section 52,46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Program 2.30pm Registration 3.00pm Welcome by President 3.10pm Multi-religious Invocation 3.30pm UN Sec Gen Address 3.40pm Peace Ceremony 4.00pm Refreshment/networking

One in the series of events leading to the Global Interfaith Harmony Week in Indonesia: UNVEILING OF THE GLOBAL HARMONY MONUMENT IN UBUD, which has now become an Ubud Landmark visited by many on daily basis

? Peace Love Harmony from Kuta-Bali ? In Support of UN The World Interfaith Harmony Week 2013, Anand Ashram Foundation (affiliated with United Nations since 2006) conducted a prayer meeting at Ground Zero Legian Bali on Saturday-Feb 2nd, 2013. This activity actually has been conducting since 2007 every two weeks on Saturday. Its background is Bali was bombed on 2002 & 2005. The victims of Bali bombings were killed by a bunch of fanatics, criminals. Through this activity, we invite all people to change completely the image of Ground Zero and rename into Ground for Peace, Love & Harmony. People of different faiths pray in their own languages and according to their beliefs, their religions. And, then the meeting is closed with some uplifting songs - song of love, peace, harmony and friendship amongst nations - songs that celebrates pluralism, multiculturalism, and finally lead us beyond all kind of isms. Global Interfaith Harmony is the goal. Now... let's sing together and spread the spirit of Peace, Love & Harmony "BROTHERS BROTHERS GIVE ME GIVE ME YOUR HANDS SISTERS SISTERS GIVE ME GIVE ME YOUR HEART EVENTHOUGH WE ARE DIFFERENT WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY LET US WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY YOU ARE CHRISTIAN YOU ARE MOSLEEM YOU ARE HINDUS YOU ARE BUDDHIS TOGETHER WE LIVE ON ONE EARTH WITH PEACE LOVE AND HARMONY YOU’RE AMERICAN EUROPEAN, AUSTRALIAN, ASIAN, AFRICAN TOGETHER WE LIVE UNDER ONE SKY UNITED IN DIVERSITY"

Om Sai Ram: The Manhattan Sai Baba Center, www.manhattansaicenter.org, is pleased to welcome you to our program on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 30 E. 31st Street, NY, NY (inside Madison Avenue Baptist Church - Corner of Madison Avenue and E. 31st Street). Card Making Seva from 5.45 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. (We need to make 200 cards for Valentine Day Seva on 2/9/13 @ Goldwater Hospital). Our program is from 6.30 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. and will include: 6.30 p.m. to 7.25 p.m. INTERFAITH Program on 'PEACE, UNITY AND COMMUNITY" Coordinated by Guru Dileepji and Sister Faith Hollander. Participants are Sisters Lizett Jafri, Yotsna Lalji, Bhavna Agarwal and Brothers Ed Loriot, Saikrishna Bhardwaj and Amrit Thapa. All are SAI Devotees from Different Faiths. Each of the 6 members will read a quote from a different faith and speak about what it means for them. This will be followed by a study circle and interfaith devotional singing. 7.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Interfaith Devotional Singing 8.00 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. Closing Prayers.

In honor of the UN-established World Interfaith Harmony Week, the first week of each February , the Euphrates Fellows will dialogue via Skype with an Iraqi Shia Muslim living in London, UK to learn more about Islam. Community members are welcome and encouraged to join this informational Skype session.

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Latino-Yankee Interfaith Celebration Sunday, February 10, from 3:00-6:00 pm at the Baha'i Temple, 5755 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles, CA “Check your stereotypes at the door if you're planning to attend the upcoming Latino-Yankee Interfaith Celebration!!” The Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions (SCCPWR) has created this pioneering event to honor our Latino Neighbors and support World Interfaith Harmony Week 2013. It is being hosted in Los Angeles, the most religiously diverse city in the world. As one of our SCCPWR co-chairs, Ruth Broyde-Sharone, says in her recent book, Minefields and Miracles: Why God and Allah Need Talk: “We are compelled by visions of interfaith harmony no less mesmerizing than the ones that captivated the imaginations of our explorer ancestors: visions of a new world, of unlimited potential, of great opportunity and spiritual wealth.” Recognizing that Latinos in Los Angeles span the full religious spectrum and are an increasingly influential cultural and political force in the city, the Latino-Yankee Interfaith Celebration aims to create an opportunity for understanding, peace, and harmony with Latinos of all religious backgrounds. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Baha'i, Sikhs, Indigenous, etc. will come together in the spirit of collaboration: "Getting to know you--Getting to know us" with local ethnic and religious communities for an afternoon of welcome, camaraderie, music, dance, sharing our stories, conversation and delicious ethnic food. Latinos make up close to 50% of the local population and although many people know that Mayor Antonio Villaraigoso was the first Latino to be elected in Los Angeles, what is not well-known is the fact that Latinos may identify as Christians, Jewish, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Baha'is, and atheists. The Latino-Yankee Celebration has been designed to build strategic interfaith bridges with these diverse communities. The inspiration for this event occurred after a delegation of ten people from Southern California attended an interfaith conference called "Universal Multicultural Dialogue" in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2012, joining together with more than 30 different communities in Guadalajara. In the effort to build community with neighbors beyond our borders SCCPWR is now exploring the possibility of Los Angeles and Guadalajara becoming interfaith sister cities. Some highlights of the Feb. 10 event: - Los Angeles Sheriff Leroy D. Baca will be receiving an award "In recognition of his inspiring contribution and dedication to interfaith understanding in Los Angeles, and to honor his "tireless efforts to bring peace and harmony to the world.” - One of the main organizers from the Guadalajara event, Gaby Franco, has been invited to the Latino-Yankee Celebration as a keynote speaker to share memorable moments from the Guadalajara conference last year. - Spanish and American local television, as well as L'Opinion, the largest Spanish language newspaper in Los Angeles will be among the media covering the event. - Award winning international performers are donating their talents to support this important initiative. -Volunteers from various communities have stepped up to help at the event, further deepening the collaborative partnerships among our communities. This Particular event is envisaged as the first of an ongoing series that hopes not only to engage with the Latino communities in Los Angeles, but also with our neighbors in Latin America. The work of the Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (SCCPWR) continues and extends the mission of the global Parliament by promoting global interfaith understanding and cooperation, as described more fully in the parliament vision and mission statements. (www. Parliamentofreligions.org)

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Latino-Yankee Interfaith Celebration Sunday, February 10, from 3:00-6:00 pm at the Baha'i Temple, 5755 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles, CA “Check your stereotypes at the door if you're planning to attend the upcoming Latino-Yankee Interfaith Celebration!!” The Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World's Religions (SCCPWR) has created this pioneering event to honor our Latino Neighbors and support World Interfaith Harmony Week 2013. It is being hosted in Los Angeles, the most religiously diverse city in the world. As one of our SCCPWR co-chairs, Ruth Broyde-Sharone, says in her recent book, Minefields and Miracles: Why God and Allah Need Talk: “We are compelled by visions of interfaith harmony no less mesmerizing than the ones that captivated the imaginations of our explorer ancestors: visions of a new world, of unlimited potential, of great opportunity and spiritual wealth.” Recognizing that Latinos in Los Angeles span the full religious spectrum and are an increasingly influential cultural and political force in the city, the Latino-Yankee Interfaith Celebration aims to create an opportunity for understanding, peace, and harmony with Latinos of all religious backgrounds. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Baha'i, Sikhs, Indigenous, etc. will come together in the spirit of collaboration: "Getting to know you--Getting to know us" with local ethnic and religious communities for an afternoon of welcome, camaraderie, music, dance, sharing our stories, conversation and delicious ethnic food. Latinos make up close to 50% of the local population and although many people know that Mayor Antonio Villaraigoso was the first Latino to be elected in Los Angeles, what is not well-known is the fact that Latinos may identify as Christians, Jewish, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Baha'is, and atheists. The Latino-Yankee Celebration has been designed to build strategic interfaith bridges with these diverse communities. The inspiration for this event occurred after a delegation of ten people from Southern California attended an interfaith conference called "Universal Multicultural Dialogue" in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2012, joining together with more than 30 different communities in Guadalajara. In the effort to build community with neighbors beyond our borders SCCPWR is now exploring the possibility of Los Angeles and Guadalajara becoming interfaith sister cities. Some highlights of the Feb. 10 event: - Los Angeles Sheriff Leroy D. Baca will be receiving an award "In recognition of his inspiring contribution and dedication to interfaith understanding in Los Angeles, and to honor his "tireless efforts to bring peace and harmony to the world.” - One of the main organizers from the Guadalajara event, Gaby Franco, has been invited to the Latino-Yankee Celebration as a keynote speaker to share memorable moments from the Guadalajara conference last year. - Spanish and American local television, as well as L'Opinion, the largest Spanish language newspaper in Los Angeles will be among the media covering the event. - Award winning international performers are donating their talents to support this important initiative. -Volunteers from various communities have stepped up to help at the event, further deepening the collaborative partnerships among our communities. This Particular event is envisaged as the first of an ongoing series that hopes not only to engage with the Latino communities in Los Angeles, but also with our neighbors in Latin America. The work of the Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (SCCPWR) continues and extends the mission of the global Parliament by promoting global interfaith understanding and cooperation, as described more fully in the parliament vision and mission statements. (www. Parliamentofreligions.org)