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TORONTO AND
AREA
EVENTS
Toronto
EXPLORING WORLD
RELGIONS
Explore 11 World Religions In One Great
Week!
July 11 - 17,
2010
 - Buddhist - Christian - Hindu Islam - Jewish -
Native
- Rastafarian - Sikh - Taoist - Wiccan -
Zoroastrian
- Meditate with Buddhist Monks - Explore a
Fantastic Hindu Temple
- Observe Native Spiritual Practices
- Share in a Sikh Langar
Meal
- Talk with an Muslim Imam - Visit a Zoroastrian
Temple
- Join in a Wiccan Celebration - Attend Jewish
Shabbat
$515 CDN before April 15, 2010 ~ $565 CDN after
April 15, 2010
$75.00 deposit per person at time of registration.
Full payment by June 15, 2010
Price
includes: ALL meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), ALL
restaurants, ALL site visits by chartered bus, ALL donations
to faith groups, ALL entry fees, ALL class materials, course
book and three instructors.
Location:
University of Toronto
Multi-Faith Centre, 569 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Ontario
To
Register: 519-822-0099 or
encounter@worldreligions.ca
List
of accommodation options available on
request.
Presented By:
Encounter World Religions Centre, People Places
Practices Philosophies
www.worldreligions.ca
Discover The World’s Religions From Informational
And Experiential
Perspectives:
Classes: “Learn about founders, history, sacred
texts, and primary beliefs
Site
Visits: Board a bus to visit the people and places that make
up the North American
mosaic, hear from practitioners and religious
leaders, ask questions, tour sacred buildings, eat traditional
food and participate in or observe diverse rituals and
practices.”
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Toronto
UNIVERSAL WORSHIP OFFERS A GRIEF THERAPY SUPPORT
GROUP IN TORONTO THIS SUMMER
Events will be offered once a month!
Our first event will be Thursday July 15, 2010
The second one will be Thursday August 5, 2010
These events will be held once a month.
Sutton Place Hotel, 955 Bay street (corner of
Wellesley and Bay Street) Time 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Cost $15.00
per person Please rsvp if you are attending Tea and cookies
will be served
 “This
service is also available for people out of town.
Grief
is a natural reaction, often manifesting itself in bewildering
cluster of ordinary human emotions in response to any
significant loss. Grief in our society is suppressed and often
can lead to break downs in physical and emotional health. This
can be avoided by working with a therapist or a grief support
group to help heal the losses from the past.
Grieving people need: empathy; to be with somebody
who understands their pain; community support; and education
that grief is a healthy response to loss.
The
evening will be concluded with a mini interfaith service and
guided meditation.
Please pass this along if you know somebody that
could use this service. Thank you for helping our community
heal
What
we will cover: We will look at a healthy response to grief
Understanding the many faces of loss Becoming aware of the
five phases of grief Steps to help move through the steps How
to move out of the crisis mode This event is open to all who
have had any significant loss. This could include: Bankruptcy,
Divorce and all other break ups, Loss of health,
Loss of a job, A death of a loved one, Loss
of dreams how we thought our life was going to evolve, Loss of
a pet And any other loss you may personally have experienced.”
To learn more contact Dr. Alex Gellman
905 639 4878 www.alexgellman.com
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Toronto
AWAKENING THE
DREAMER
Where
on Earth are we going? And what can we do about it?
“Pre Registration is Required
To register
contact Theodore Tsaousidis: email: theodore@sittingatthegate.ca
Phone: (647)
439-1985
Workshop Date:Saturday, July 17th-18th,
2010
Cost: Saturday $60.00 (or PWYC) 9:30 to
5:30 PM
Sunday $30.00 (or PWYC) 9:30 to 12:30
PM
Please arrive at 9:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday to
sign in
401 Richmond St West Suite
#384
Map: www.401richmond.net/contact/map.cfm
http://awakeningthedreamer.org
“The Awakening the Dreamer Changing the Dream
Symposium is a profound inquiry into a bold vision: to bring
forth an:
environmentally sustainable, spiritually
fulfilling, and
socially just human presence on Earth. If you are
ready to explore what this vision means for you, with the
opportunity to create an inspiring future, we invite you to
attend.”
Through inspiring multimedia and dynamic group
interactions, participants of this event are motivated to
reconnect with their deep concern for our world, and are
empowered to make a difference. The full day format will allow us to include mindful reflections and
extensive interaction amongst the participants, and time to
focus on next steps for each of us. Together with the amazing
videos and wisdom speakers, many find this symposium a
transformational experience.”
“This has given me the purpose and drive to change
my life. Everyone working for, or wanting
a better world must see this.” - JS,
Concord,
CA
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Toronto
Golden Rule
Retreats!
LEARN TO FACILITATE GOLDEN RULE
RETREATS
“Scarboro Mission Centre has seen some 4,000 high
school age students come through its doors annually for the
past number of years.
 We are known city-wide for our popular Golden Rule
and World Religion retreats for
youth.
In response to a demand from the local community,
we have decided to offer Golden Rule training days for
frontline youth workers, educators, Boy and Girl Scout Leaders
and pastoral students in an effort to make our retreat work
accessible to more youth.
As such, we are offering comprehensive,
residential training for those who already work with youth in
their current jobs, or who are preparing to work with youth in
a spiritual or social justice
capacity.
Aug. 22, 7:00 p.m. — Aug. 24-1:00
p.m.
Cost: $300 for residential, $250 for commuters (cost
includes meals and snacks)
Register: Phone 416-261-7135 and send $50 two weeks prior to hold your space
to:
Scarboro Missions 2685 Kingston Road, Scarborough
ON M1M 1M4 Attention: Kathy
Murtha”
www.scarboromissions.ca
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ONTARIO
WIDE
EVENTS
GUELPH
NATURES AS INSPIRATION:
EXPLORING YOUR CREATIVE SOURCE
With Suzanne
Darley
Dates/Times:
 Friday, July 23, 2010-
7:00pm-8:30pm
Saturday, July 24, 2010- 7:30am-
8:30pm
(meal breaks
included)
Sunday, July 25, 2010- 7:30am
-12:45pm
Cost: $275 (including tax)
Where: St.
Brigid’s Villa at the Ignatius Jesuit
Centre
(5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, Ontario)
See www.wisdomuniversity.org for specifics of the course
outline for this
workshop.
“Using the lush natural environment of the St.
Ignatius Centre, we will hone our observational skill, explore
presence and temenos
as healing factors and weave our experience of
nature into several different art modalities, learning to
unveil the potency in nature and apprehend personal
meaning.
This
course is appropriate for anyone who wants to explore his/her
own creativity and learn practical ways to bring art
into one’s personal and/or professional practice. No prior
experience in art is necessary. Beginner’s mind is especially
encouraged!”
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Waterloo
EDUCATION TO GLOBALIZE THE HUMAN
MIND
ANNOUNCEMENT: weekend of August 20-22,
2010
“Spiritual
Heritage Education Network Inc. (SHEN, website:
www.spiritualeducation.org) is
a non-profit charitable organization based in Waterloo,
Ontario in Canada with the single purpose of education in the 
all-inclusive and unifying spiritual heritage of humanity to
engender global unity.
Modern science and technology has shrunk the world
to a global village, but the human mind is still out of sync
with this development. To close this gap, SHEN is proposing
all-inclusive spiritual education curricula to be integrated
in the global educational systems. This initiative is hoped to
help bridge our hearts and minds building one human family
living in the wider global community.
Towards this end, SHEN plans a series of meetings
to focus on the promotion, development and delivery of the
proposed curricula. The first meeting is timed to mark SHEN’s
10th anniversary year and is scheduled for the weekend of
August 20-22, 2010 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The title
for this event is Education to Globalize the Human Mind.
Everyone interested in this endeavour is invited to
participate. “
An
information package for this event is available at our website
at the following link: www.spiritualeducation.org/Events/Info/Meet2010/Frame.htm.
Please address any questions and correspondence
to:
SHENMeet2010@spiritualeducation.org
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ONTARIO
GAIA'S COSMIC CAMP
August 6, 7,
8
 Eco-Spirituality, Meditative Arts,
and New
Cosmology
Friday 2 pm till Sunday
2 pm
12 adults only
$225 plus
accommodation
www.gaiacentre.org
“ Have you ever longed to go back to camp? Enjoy
the beauty of the Haliburton Highlands. Explore
your place in Gaia's conscious evolution through body
prayer, analogue drawing, visioning, drumming, a
candle-lit woodland labyrinth. This is camp, but with a
twist. In co-creative community, we
will explore the New Cosmology, earth-centered
spirituality, and our own emergence as
Universal Humanity.
Join with inspiring leaders
from the University of
Creation Spirituality and Wisdom University who
will share the teachings of Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, Matthew
Fox, Rumi, and others.
Maybe we'll even
have s'more(s)!”
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AGONQUIN PARK
13TH ANNUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMER
RETREAT
August 26th-29th,
2010
Registration is now
open
Registration includes accommodations in cabins, all
your meals, and full access to camp facilities.
Early Bird (ends July 31)- $200
Regular Registration (after July 31) -
$220
Children 5-12 years - $95
Children 2-4 years -
$65
Children 0-2 years -
Free
Transportation from downtown Toronto
(round trip via coach bus) -
$46/passenger
http://www.socialjustice.org/index.php?page=summer-retreat
 This year's theme:
The
collapse of financial institutions worldwide has thrown
economies into prolonged recessions or minimal growth.
Jobs have disappeared and lives suddenly and uncontrollably
altered. Government revenues have fallen with the
decline of economic activity and the loss of jobs.
Declining revenues, recent tax cuts and modest spending to
create jobs have all produced budgetary deficits. A
further assault on public sector spending is the only policy
alternative neo-liberal governments will countenance.
This will mean more public sector job cuts, wage restraint,
the contracting out and cutting of more services, and growing
inequality. The future looks as grim as the recent past
for growing numbers of citizens whose livelihood has vanished
and whose plans will depend on precarious employment and
reduced government assistance. How can we organize to
anticipate the coming cuts? How can we build coalitions
to protest cuts and the loss of democratic
controls?
This annual event brings together people from a
variety of social movements – activists from all walks of
life. You, friends and family are invited to join us for a
wonderful time of relaxation and renewal.
Here’s
how your days might be
filled:
- workshops and plenary sessions on how to build a
strong culture of activism
- free time at the waterfront
with swimming, boating and nature trails
- evenings with
music and film, story tellers and campfires
- being as
solitary or as social as you wish
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ESSAY
ISLAMIC REFORM IS ALIVE AND WELL!
By Raheel Raza
“It
was a regular day of a regular week in Toronto dealing with
irregular issues like the Niqab debate when I  received an
email Dr. Taj Hargey (Chair of MECO www.meco.org.uk) inviting me
to come to their annual conference CRITICAL THINKERS FOR ISLAMIC REFORM - The Way Forward
being
held in Oxford, U.K. from June 11 to 13, 2010.
Dr.
Hargey was very persuasive when he convinced me that there can
be no reform without equal participation of women. This lead
up to his next question about inviting me to lead mixed gender
Friday prayers on June 11, 2010. Having done this before in
Canada and New York, with full support from my family, I had
no problems but asked him why he did not get someone from UK
or Europe and he said he had looked but could not find anyone.
So on a leap of faith, I agreed. I have to admit the idea of
being in Oxford was very attractive.
I
immediately got a phone call from The Independent newspaper in
London to interview me. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-woman-to-lead-friday-prayers-in-uk-1996228.html
I
arrived at London, Heathrow on the
morning of June 10 and Dr. Hargey picked me up and drove me
straight to BBC London where they interviewed me for the news
that evening. UK media picked up
the story right away and my phone rang non-stop asking if they
could cover the event. I was a bit uncomfortable with the
media attention since that was not my intention in being here,
but thankfully Dr. Hargey handled the PR part skillfully.
I was
put up at a picturesque B & B in Abbingdon which a taxi
driver told me was one of the oldest towns in UK. The B & B
is next to the River Thames – quite the spiritually inspiring
location for some deep meditation and reflection in
preparation for the prayer on
Friday.
Friday dawned as an unusually beautiful day in
Oxford, with the sun shining
brightly and a lovely breeze from the river. I went for an
early morning walk and saw swans on the river as a sign that
all is okay. It was a great start to a historical day. I as
driven to the hall at Oxford where MECO regularly holds Friday
prayers by John, an elderly non-Muslim retired army gentleman
who is a regular at MECO Qur’an seminars and prayers.
MECO
is called the home of egalitarian, enlightened and erudite
Islam. Two years ago when MECO had invited Dr. Amina Wadud to
lead prayers, there were protesters outside the hall. This
time there were none. However half a dozen camera crews made
it hard to focus on the purpose. From the way the organizers
handled this event and welcomed me, I could sense they were
pioneers of many groundbreaking events.
Despite having led prayers before, I was nervous as
I had never met any of the congregation before. I didn’t quite
see the crowd as we were just in time so I was escorted
straight to the prayer area by one of the volunteers. I took a
deep breath and took my place. It was very empowering and
inspiring. There was pin drop silence until the call to
prayer. After that it was like a dream. Among the congregants
were men and women from UK, USA, Turkey, Malaysia, Netherlands,
Iraq,
Switzerland and one
man from Saudi. Two young girls came to me in tears afterwards
and said …
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IN MEMORIAM
SHEIK ABDUL BUKHARI,
CO-DIRECTOR OF THE JERUSALEM
PEACEMAKERS
By: Bettina Gray, Chair of the North American
Interfaith Network
“I
received the sad news today that a respected peace maker in
Jerusalem, Sheik Abdul
Bukhari met an untimely death on May 31st. Sheikh Bukhari was the
co-director of the Jerusalem Peacemakers and  founding member
of the Abrahamic Reunion group of religious leaders. He was a
unique spiritual leader who dedicated his life promoting
peace, harmony and unity in Jerusalem, in the Middle East and the world. This article
about his life and legacy was published in the Jerusalem
Post.
www.jpost.com/Israel/
Article.aspx?id=177302
I was
fortunate to cut an interview with him this December in
Melbourne,
Australia at the
Parliament of the World Religions.
You
can see it at http://spiritual-resources.net.
(scroll down the page to see the interview with Sheik
Bukhari.)
In
one segment of the interview his cell phone goes off and he
quickly grabs it and tosses it off camera. He
was obviously embarrassed. Though I usually edit these
out, I kept the segment in to illustrate that while he was a
Sheik and spiritual leader he very much lived in the modern
world and dealt with modern
problems.
Also
while there you can view the latest show added to the website,
an interview with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim from Yale.
They speak on religion and ecology and a spiritual
connection to reverence for life -- translated into
action.”
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RESOURCES
AWAKENING TIDINGS
A Digest on Sustainability, Justice and
Fulfillment
This
new Digest selects items of significance in the areas of
environmental sustainability,
social justice, and  spiritual
fulfillment in Canada, the USA and Globally. Although inspired by the Pachamama Alliance,
the Awakening the Dreamer, Changing
the Dream Symposium, and the Interfaith Unity News,
this is an independent offering, and any selections and
opinions expressed are solely those of its Publisher and
Editor, Leslie Mezei. The format follows that of Delicious, a free social
bookmarking service, www.delicious.com and eventually
Resources of ongoing interest will be archived there. The
system of key "tags" makes the retrieval of relevant
information very easy.
To
try this free e-mail offering, contact leslie@barberry.ca
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RESOURCE
TEACHINGS OF THE TREE PEOPLE
– VIDEO & NEW CURRICULUM MATERIALS
AVAILABLE
“Nationally acclaimed artist and Skokomish tribal leader Gerald Bruce
Miller spoke of the sacred teachings of the natural
world to anyone who would listen. This gentle and generous
film is the parting gift of a great teacher, artist, and
orator.
 Official Selection: National Geographic All Roads Film
Festival
Best Feature Documentary Nominee:
American Indian Film
Festival
"Well researched and
superbly produced, this documentary is truly successful in
sharing native reality and environmental knowledge with many
people." -Donald L.
Fixico, Distinguished Foundation Professor of History,
Arizona State University
"3
and a half stars - this insightful documentary is highly
recommended." - Video Librarian
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your classroom.”
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NEWS
NEWS - TORONTO
ORPHAN WALK A GROWING
SUCCESS
By Habeeb Alli www.namf.ca
“Walk-for-a-cause has become a hit for Charities.
The third annual Orphan Walk organized in the summer by the
North American Muslim Foundation, an NGO for 36
years, attracted on the sunny and windy Saturday  morning
of May 29th 2010 some 100 walkers from all walks of life. They
happily walked with families and friends raising awareness
about the plight of those 30,000 children that die daily out
of poverty, who suffer thanks to the indifference by those who
can make a difference. NAMF sponsors such orphans in many
countries and you can see profiles of these online at www.namf.ca
The
walkers this year raised almost $4,000 through their
sponsorships from friends, families and businesses, with
the most raised by Sawbera Khan for the third year. Fragrant
prizes went to the three top fundraisers. T-shirts and
sizzling BBQ were the bonus for registrants and the police
were pleasantly at hand to guide the group down from
Scarborough Civic Centre all the way down Midland
Ave into Finch and unto NAMF
lawns.
Mention must be made of some friends who came all
the way from Brampton and
downtown Toronto as well as the
presence, among others, of the Hon MP Rob Oliphant and in
a wheel chair the founder Kabir Farouqui. Speeches and poetry
scattered showers of inspiration to the jubilant
walkers. Shuttle service at both ends was made available
for drivers.
The
fun of walking is simple; however, when done out of altruistic
reasons it becomes spiritual. It's the giving that builds the
soul like walking builds the
muscles.”
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NEWS – WINNIPEG
2010
WORLD RELIGIONS SUMMIT
CONCLUDES
June 23,
2010
The
Rev Dr. Karen Hamilton, Chair, 2010 Interfaith
Partnership
“WINNIPEG, MB- After three intensely packed days,
80 senior leaders of eight world religions and faith based
organizations from more than 20 countries, together with 13
youth delegates, spoke with one united voice to deliver a
strong and simple message to governments: honour your
commitments to the poor and vulnerable of the world -
especially children.
Senator Romeo Dallaire, The Rev Dr. Andre Karamaga
(General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of  Churches),
His Holiness Aram I (Catholicos of Cilicia), The Rev. Jim
Wallis (founder of Sojourners), John McArthur (Millennium
Promise), as well as a representative of the Archbishop of
Canterbury were found on the long list of distinguished guests
and speakers from six continents and eight faith traditions.
The Anishinabe Nation opened the Summit
with the lighting of a sacred fire and then joined other
leaders at the discussion table.
The representatives of Aboriginal, Bahai, Buddhist,
Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Shinto and Sikh religious
traditions convened in Winnipeg and found great
oneness of spirit in the face of profound global challenges.
The statement, developed in consensus and
unanimously endorsed by the leaders, calls upon political
leaders to honour their commitments as expressed in the UN's
decade-old Millennium Development Goals: keep promises of
poverty reduction - especially on behalf of children, act on
climate change in concrete ways, and military budgets to
non-violent peace building activities. (See complete statement
here.)
Rev. Dr. James Christie, Chair of the International
Continuance Committee of the Summit, said, “This was a
grand gathering of like-spirited individuals with remarkable
commitment to both holding political leaders accountable while
making their own contributions to fulfilling the UN's
Millennium Development Goals.”
Their statement, A Time for Inspired Leadership
and Action urged political leaders,
especially those of the G8 nations, to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals by listening intently to the voices of the
weak and vulnerable. The statement also calls governments to:
·
Take all necessary steps to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals and meet the 0.7% of Gross National Income
target in development assistance
·
Ensure that harmful climate change caused by
humanity does not exceed a 2 degrees Centigrade increase from
pre-industrial levels.
·
Drastically reduce military spending in favour of
overseas development assistance and permanently eliminate
nuclear weapons
The 2011 World Religions Summit will be held in
France. The full
text of the statement is at www.faithchallengeG8.com”
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NEWS – UNITED
KINGDOM
HRH PRINCE CHARLES
SPEAKS ON ISLAM AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
June
10, 2010
“The Prince of Wales delivered a speech on
‘Islam and the Environment’ at the Oxford Centre for Islamic
Studies on 9 June. ... The Prince has spent
more than 25 years working on encouraging UK minority
communities to integrate into British society and to build
good relationships between all faith communities.
The
Prince chose "Islam and the Environment” as the focus of his
speech. ... He said that all great faiths are  rooted in an
understanding of the fact that Man is a part of Nature, not
apart from Nature, and must always live within Nature’s means
and limits. He said: 'So I would like you to consider
very seriously today whether a big part of the solution to all
of our worldwide “crises” does not lie simply in more and
better technology, but in the recovery of the soul to the
mainstream of our thinking. Our science and technology
cannot do this.
Only
sacred traditions have the capacity to help this happen.’ The
Prince of Wales spoke about the great importance and respect
the Islamic faith attaches to the preservation of the
environment. He said: ‘From what I know of the Qu’ran, again
and again it describes the natural world as the handiwork of a
unitary benevolent power. It very explicitly describes
Nature as possessing an “intelligibility” and that there is
no separation between Man
and Nature, precisely because there is no
separation between the natural world and God.
It
offers a completely integrated view of the Universe where
religion and science, mind and matter are all part of one
living, conscious whole. We are, therefore, finite
beings contained by an infinitude, and each of us is a
microcosm of the whole. This suggests to me that Nature
is a knowing partner, never a mindless slave to humanity, and
we are Her tenants; God's guests for all too short a time.’
... The Prince also noted that these teachings were also
evident in Judaism and in his own faith, Christianity and were
well expressed in the writings of Islamic poets and scholars,
and Western poets like Wordsworth. He argued that there were
more commonalities between
the teachings of the great faiths on the relationship with
nature than
differences.”
READ
THE FULL ARTICLE
LISTEN TO
THE SPEECH ON YOU TUBE
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INSPIRATION
It is my belief that Interfaith is an action verb;
it is not about sedentary study or endless discussion. It is
about people of different faiths embracing mutually agreed
upon projects where their respective members can work hand in
hand together. It is within that common work for the benefit
of society in general that the participants discover their
mutual humanity, the same sacred life contained in all. They
can see that all are their brothers and sisters. They can then
begin to honour the differences of other faiths and embrace
the oneness contained within them all.
Thom Carson
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meeting and also for 8Th URI Middle East annual
conference. I am happy to inform you that during the
opening of the 8Th annual conference of United Religions
Initiative middle east I introduce the participants about the
Golden Rule as a best way to build peace and build trust in
the middle east and all the participants got a copy of the
poster and agree to endorse the Golden Rule Day in their
respective countries. The participants were from
new format
and fresh content. This new website, one year in the making!,
is much more accurately a representation of who we in URI are
- namely, the collective creation of interfaith grassroots
activities and activists such as yourselves, united around the
world for a common purpose and through common
values.