Chief Arvol Looking Horse's invitation to join us for FORUM2021 |
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FORUM2021 Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth
Presented by the Temple of Understanding in collaboration with Marble Collegiate Church
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Online Thursday September 9, 2021 10am - 2pm ET
FORUM2021 explores the ancient, respectful and regenerative ways of farming practices and our spiritual relationship to food by focusing on the Earth as an interconnected web of life. A moral and spiritual voice is essential in the transition away from the industrialized, fossil fuel and chemical intensive, global agriculture system which is degrading our Earth, contributing to the climate crisis and to the extinction of species, as well as creating severe health issues for all living beings.
FORUM2021 is a call to all spiritual and religious leaders and activists for a return to local, biodiverse organic food systems which regenerate soil, water and biodiversity while providing healthy sustenance for all.
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Opening Prayer & Welcome
19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle for the Great Sioux Nation.
Welcome from the Temple of Understanding: Chris Wang, TOU Board Member
Welcome to the FORUM2021: Dr. Michael Bos, Senior Minister, Marble Collegiate Church
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Opening Keynote
Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan and serves as a Member Chief of the Onondaga Council of Chiefs and the Grand Council of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee Peoples.
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Dr. Vandana Shiva
Reclaiming Ancient Wisdom
to Protect Our Future
Founder, Navdanya Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (India) and President of Navdanya International. World-renowned environmental thinker, activist, feminist, philosopher of science, writer and science policy advocate.
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Dr. Vandana Shiva & Lyla June Dialogue
Reclaiming Ancient Wisdom
to Protect Our Future
Indigenous musician, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages.
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International Activists on Regenerative Farming Panel
Temple of Understanding Board member
Peasant Movement, KMP, Philippines
Director of Primary Sector & Renewable Natural Resources,
Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources, Mexico
Seed Saver Network, Kenya
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Scientists on the Impact of Industrialized Agriculture Dialogue
Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco, and Research Scientist at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Faith-Based Farming in the United States Panel
Interfaith Power & Light, USA
Freedom Farm Community NY
Peoples’ Farm, AZ
Jewish Farmer Network, NC
Soul Fire Farm, NY
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A Call to Urgent Action to Support Sustainable Food Systems
Denominational leader, climate activist, author and public theologian. Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.
Senior Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Divinity School, Department of Religious Studies.
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The Sacred Way
Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa elder. She is the Chair of the International Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
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Interfaith Prayer Service |
A deeply moving and inspiring Interfaith service of prayers, affirmations and contemplations offered by Indigenous and world religious leaders and sacred music by renown international artists.
Prayers and Offerings
Rev. J. Elise Brown, PhD, Imam Saffet Catovic
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Prof. Ephraim Isaac, Eda Zavala Lopez, Dame Prof. Meher Master Moos, Grandmother Mona Polacca, HE Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche, Pandit Shukla Ji, Rev. Dr. John H. Vaughn
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Sacred Music
Samir Chatterjee & Steve Gorn, Lyla June
The Marble Choir, Marble Community Gospel Choir
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Dr. Daphne Miller's invitation to join us for FORUM2021 |
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Support local farmers, Support your health, Protect the Earth |
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