Sharing Blessings at Iftar in California to Sacred Connection Event in Ohio to PWR Preparations
The FEZANA Interfaith Activities Committee reports on current interfaith events with Zoroastrian participation below:
Zoroastrian Association of California:
A diverse group of spiritual, cultural, and political leaders from around the world came together to celebrate Iftar, organized by American Muslim & Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council and Combat Anti-Semitism Movement.
Mobed Zarrir Bhandara, Head Priest of the Zoroastrian Association of California, was invited among other guests likeambassadors of various countries, UN officials, and several US Congress Democratic and Republic legislators.
The Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. It was also an opportunity to bring together people of all faiths and ethnicities to celebrate in a spirit of peace, tolerance, and mutual understanding.
Zoroastrian Association of KY, OH, & IN:
EquaSion hosts monthly Sacred Connections events to promote literacy of our community’s different religious faiths. New this year, each host will share its tradition’s teachings related to social problems and concerns for humanity. To see the recordings of past programs, please go to https://www.equasion.org/programs/sacred-connections/
The next Sacred Connection is highlighting Zoroastrianism with a focus on Ecology. Dr. Jimmy Antia, a member and also the Treasurer of ZAKOI, will be speaking at this Sacred Connections Event on Sunday, May 30th, 2 pm. To register, please go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtdu-opzgsEtJ5qdy8kasCxfckCvvY47dl
To register for/attend future events coming up, or listen to the past recorded events on Racial Justice hosted by EquaSion, please go to https://www.equasion.org/a-mighty-stream-an-interfaith-initiative-for-racial-justice/
ZAKOI is an active religious group that participates in local interfaith activities in the areas of religious activities, racial justice, and climate action. Bakhtavar Desai, President, ZAKOI, is on the Programming Committee of A Mighty Stream, a Program of EquaSion, which focuses on Interfaith work to bring Racial Justice in local communities. She is also Co-Chair of the Sacred Connections Program Committee. Bakhtavar and Fred Desai are members part of an Impact Team called Faith Communities Go Green (FCGG), which is an initiative of Green Umbrella, Cincinnati, OH. To learn more about the work of FCGG, go tohttps://greenumbrella.org/Events To attend events hosted by Green Umbrella, go tohttps://greenumbrella.org/Events
REQUEST:
The FEZANA Interfaith Committee requests ALL the Zoroastrian Associations/Groups in North America, to please let us know of your activities and involvement in your local/state/national regions in the various interfaith activities happening where you live. You may send us your reports of such activities regularly to Bakhtavar at bfdesai@aol.com, so we can share your stories with our fellow Zoroastrians in NA.
The upcoming Parliament of the World’s Religions:
FEZANA will be participating in the 8th Parliament of World’s Religions.
FEZANA invites you to register (see Early Bird registration info below) and participate in the
8th Parliament of the World’s Religions, hosted for the first time virtually, this year on 17-18 October, 2021. The theme of this parliament is “Opening our Hearts to the World: Compassion in Action.”
Program types may include but are not limited to any of the following:
- Panel discussion
- Lecture or oral presentation
- Academic paper
- Seminar
- Religious or spiritual observance
- Workshop
- Training session
- Art, music, and performances
- Film
Regular programs will be 45 minutes in length.
Three programs we’d like to focus on submitting on behalf of FEZANA are:
- Panel Discussion on Zoroastrian Perspective on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
- Music Performances (vocal and instrumental)
- Religious Ceremony or Observance (e.g. Navjote ceremony, Muktad observance/ceremony, jashan ceremony)
If you’d like to participate as a speaker, performer, or be a part of the creative team for programs submitted by FEZANA, or if you would like to lead the production of a program, please contact us with your interest as soon as possible, but latest by 11th May, 2021. We highly encourage the youth of our NA Zoroastrian community to actively engage themselves in this parliament.
If you want to submit your independent proposal for a program or an event independently, please go through all the information at https://parliamentofreligions.org/webform/2021-program-proposal-form
You can take advantage of the Early Bird registration of $50/person ending on 31st May 2021 (versus the regular registration of $90/person) by registering at https://parliamentofreligions.org/webform/2021-parliament-worlds-religions-registration
Looking forward to receiving your positive responses for participation in the parliament, in some capacity, as soon as possible, or by 11th May, 2021 at the latest.
Contact Bakhtavar Desai bfdesai@aol.com or Homi Gandhi homidgandhi@gmail.com
— Submitted by Bakhtavar Desai & Homi D. Gandhi, Co-Chairs, FEZANA Interfaith Activities Committee
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