| Program Date | Program Time in Central Time Zone | Program Title (and Promo Video Links) | Speakers/ Panelists | Link | ||
| 1 | 10/16/2021 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Opening Ceremony and Plenary | Vada Dasturji Ervad Khurshed Dastoor | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRB9LKhCbew&list=PLzTLeNezAXqsPQwthWCGHsQA-prnRbsA9&index=11&ab_channel=ParliamentoftheWorld%27sReligions | |
| 2 | 10/16/2021 | 9:30pm – 10:15pm (Ervad Zerick will pray at 10:07:00 PM) | South Asia Regional Symposium – Opening Prayers | Ervad Zerick Dastoor | ||
| 3 | 10/17/2021 | 12:15am – 12:30am | South Asian Cultural Interlude III (Zoroastrian Devotional songs – Monajats sung by 7 young children) | |||
| 4 | 10/17/2021 | 1:15am – 1:30am | South Asian Cultural Interlude IV (Movie Screening: Forests and Ecology at the Doongerwadi in Mumbai) | Rashneh Pardiwala | ||
| 5 | 10/17/2021 | 1:30am-2:15am | South Asia Regional Symposium – Closing Prayers (includes a Zoroastrian Closing Prayer/thank you address) | Dolly Dastoor | ||
| 6 | 10/17/2021 | 1:15am – 1:30am | South Asian Cultural Interlude IV (Bharatnatyam dance on Vande Mataram by two young Zoroastrian girls) | Zynah and Mehrnaz Kharoliwalla (sisters) | ||
| 7 | 10/17/2021 | 9:00am – 9:45am | Bharuch: A Heritage City… Reflection of the Rich Essence of Cultural Diversity | Ms. Sujata Rao | https://youtu.be/a0y9MhoMA2c | |
| Ms. Pilloo Ginwalla | ||||||
| Ms. Rizwana Talkin Zamindar | ||||||
| 8 | 10/17/2021 | 9:00am – 9:45am | Whose Body is it Anyways | Dolly Dastoor, Canada (Moderator) | https://youtu.be/ysM8VPjx3qs | |
| Dr Pam Rajput, India | ||||||
| Penny Rankin , Canada | ||||||
| Khawar Mumtaz, Pakistan | ||||||
| Dimitra Missira, Vienna /Greece | ||||||
| 9 | 10/17/2021 | 9:00am – 9:45am | Youth for Humanity | Freyaz Shroff (Moderator) | https://youtu.be/V69HelSq_cs | |
| (Kurniv Foundation/FEZANA) | Kajal Maurya Moin Hamlani | |||||
| see promo video—> | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWOtmZohWQ | |||||
| 10 | 10/17/2021 | 9:00am – 9:45am | Zoroastrian Perspective on Prejudice | Nawaz Merchant (Lead & Moderator) | https://youtu.be/v9LtBnigC4w | |
| see promo video—> | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SgCuy3_a1h-CBWwf9wfM2QoLIEGtNiH1/view?usp=sharing | Shiraz Tata | ||||
| Sousan Abadian | ||||||
| 11 | 10/17/2021 | 10:00am – 10:45am | Poetry Recital: “The reality of today’s world and hope for the future” | Deenaz Coachbuilder | https://youtu.be/nIhLJM-FZMk | |
| 12 | 10/17/2021 | 10:00am – 10:45am | Youth for Each Other | Freyaz Shroff (Moderator) | https://youtu.be/EigfbgBGuzQ | |
| (KurNiv Foundation/FEZANA) | Nishita Chaule | |||||
| see promo video—> | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oHDG93YQk | Dilkhush Mistry | ||||
| Stephanie D’Mello | ||||||
| Akhilesh Gupta | ||||||
| 13 | 10/17/2021 | 1:00pm -1:45pm | Connection, Dialogue and Building Bridges | Freyaz Shroff (Moderator) | https://youtu.be/rbAYeosMxTM | |
| (Kurniv Foundation/FEZANA) | Tannu Singh | |||||
| Suman Mukadam | ||||||
| (Creative story telling to explain about “the gap” created due to inequitable belief systems. This would be followed by a discussion about the same.) | Ananya Mhatre | |||||
| Rakshita Singh | ||||||
| Aayush Sharma | ||||||
| see promo video—> | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56TdLctkDs | |||||
| 14 | 10/17/2021 | 1:00pm -1:45pm | Opening Doors to the Zoroastrian Fire Temple – Redefining Notions of Sacred Architecture | Cyrus Rivetna – primary presentor | https://youtu.be/efkVmiXXZHs | |
| Katayun Kapadia – moderator | ||||||
| Kersi Shroff – co-presentor | ||||||
| Mahrukh Motafram – co-presentor | ||||||
| Neville Rustomjee – co-presentor | ||||||
| 15 | 10/17/2021 | 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Interfaith Perspective on Ecology | Moderator: Hanoz Santoke (Lead) | https://youtu.be/NOBTdjFXSaM | |
| Zoroastrian: Farzad Sunavala | ||||||
| Sikh: Esees Kaur Komal | ||||||
| Jewish: Rabbi Simonds | ||||||
| 16 | 10/17/2021 | 2:00pm – 2:45pm | ZYNA Youth Panel Discussion: | Moderator: Parshan Khosravi | https://youtu.be/4jvFU2qQNn0 | |
| (Healing Through Spirituality – How Zoroastrian Youth Have Used Their Faith To Navigate COVID-19 Next Generation) | Benaifer Sepai | |||||
| Zubin Sadri | ||||||
| Anahita Hormozdyary | ||||||
| Behnoosh Sethna | ||||||
| 17 | 10/17/2021 | 2:00pm – 2:45pm | Presentation: From the Pandemic to the Personal: A Zoroastrian Perspective on Coping with Grief | Farishta Murzban Dinshaw | https://youtu.be/rP5bf9uLrEw | |
| Dr. Anita Rao | ||||||
| see promo video—> | POWR 2021 Zoroastrian Perspective on Coping with Grief – YouTube | |||||
| 18 | 10/17/2021 | 3:00pm – 3:45pm | The Good Mind – Nurturing Nature – A Zoroastrian Perspective on Sustainable (Progressive) Development | Jerou Panthaki Ram Mohan | https://youtu.be/CJXo8jzkZHM | |
| Ervad Jehan Bagli Mobed Zarrir Bhandara Hanoz Santoke Karishma Koka | ||||||
| Hanoz Santoke | ||||||
| Ervad Zarir Bhandara | ||||||
| Karishma Koka | ||||||
| 19 | 10/17/2021 | 4:00pm – 5:30pm | Plenary 2: HOPE , Main Stage Speakers | His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR4XhUYJApg&list=PLzTLeNezAXqvKYakOi8dJ05mst-f2tds5 | |
| Swami Sarvapriyananda | ||||||
| María Fernanda Espinosa | ||||||
| His Holiness Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni Ji | ||||||
| Dr. Jean Houston | ||||||
| Zoroastrian Speaker | Zerbanoo Gifford | |||||
| Mallika Kaur | ||||||
| Zoroastrian Speaker | Karan Billimoria | |||||
| Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger | ||||||
| Noor A’wad | ||||||
| 20 | 10/17/2021 | 6:00pm – 6:45pm | Zoroastrianism & Sustainable Development | Karishma Koka, moderator | https://youtu.be/jJDLSOk41t4 | |
| (Ba-Humata & ZTFE) | Farrokh Mistree | |||||
| Khojeste P. Mistree | ||||||
| 21 | 10/17/2021 | 6:00pm – 6:45pm | Interfaith organizations to be Incubators for Intrafaith Dialogue – Part 1 | Co-Moderators: Rohinton Rivetna & Bakhtavar Desai | https://youtu.be/7OteHhNaLzE | |
| Christian: Pastor Susan Strouse, Author of book The INTRAfaith Conversation: How Do Christians Talk Among Ourselves About INTERfaith Matters? | ||||||
| see promo video—> | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wapdcOKHKcmUUxJxSq5qAaFUpO3mXCrO/view?usp=sharing | Muslim: Fatih Ferdi Ates, Director, Pacifica Institute Northern California | ||||
| Zoroastrian: Mr. Homi Gandhi | ||||||
| Jewish: Rabbi Susan Leider | ||||||
| 22 | 10/17/2021 | 7:00pm – 7:45pm | Music & Dance Performances by Zoroastrians of North America | Mani Rao (Lead Coordinator) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0oAb9ynH8w | |
| Havovi Desai (flute) | ||||||
| Danesh Bhandara (dance) | ||||||
| Mani Rao (voice) | ||||||
| Freddy Bharucha (voice & piano) | ||||||
| Shanaya Patel (voice) | ||||||
| 23 | 10/17/2021 | 8:00pm – 8:45pm | Interfaith organizations to be Incubators for Intrafaith Dialogue – Part 2 | Moderator: Dr. Karishma Kavita Koka | https://youtu.be/ObWwtgVYx-I | |
| Hindu: Swamiji Ishatmananda | ||||||
| see promo video—> | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wapdcOKHKcmUUxJxSq5qAaFUpO3mXCrO/view?usp=sharing | Sikh: Ms. Jasvir Kaur | ||||
| Christian Episcopal: Rev. Margaret Roser | ||||||
| Baha’i: Carl Murrell | ||||||
| Zoroastrian: Ervad Karl Khambatta | ||||||
| 24 | 10/17/2021 | 8:00pm – 8:45pm | Poetry Recital: “Daisy, Our Earth Mother and Godmother” | Rashna Ghadialy | https://youtu.be/7PUz-Y3Uyzs | |
| 25 | 10/17/2021 | 9:00pm – 9:45pm | ME=WE Cultivating Change | Ms. Shirin Mehri (WZO) | https://youtu.be/_jrej8u6G_M | |
| Ms. Yunsun Chung-Shin (UAE) | ||||||
| Ms. Joanne Pereira (Cananda) | ||||||
| 26 | 10/17/2021 | 9:00pm – 9:45pm | Our Environment from the Zoroastrian Perspective’ (under category of Religious Ceremonie; presentation on the Zoroastrian Jashan Ceremony) | Zarrir Bhandara | https://youtu.be/OqrzOGegnMc | |
| 27 | 10/18/2021 | 9:00am – 9:45am | The Waters of Life: Zoroastrian Ecological Tenets | Mahtab Dastur (Speaker & Moderator, FEZANA) | https://youtu.be/LOsf0nQzu_A | |
| Vispi Kasad (FEZANA) | ||||||
| Kavas Kapadia (Parzor Foundation) | ||||||
| Vanishka Singh (Parzor Foundation) | ||||||
| Karishma Koka (BaHumata) | ||||||
| 28 | 10/18/2021 | 10:00am – 10:45am | Faith and Food | Freyaz Shroff | ||
| Dinshaw Tamboly | ||||||
| 29 | 10/18/2021 | 1:45pm – 2:30pm | A Zoroastrian Ritual in Performance: The Yasna Ceremony | Almut Hintze | https://youtu.be/wP4OEFMeMgY | |
| 30 | 10/18/2021 | 1:45pm – 2:30pm | Zoroastrianism & Ecology | Jimmy Antia | https://youtu.be/B64KGZyt05A | |
| Bakhtavar Desai | ||||||
| 31 | 10/18/2021 | 1:45pm – 2:30pm | Trees for Healing: Honoring Healthcare Heroes | Behram Pastakia, MD, Moderrator | https://youtu.be/n6OUq41gqsU | |
| Stephen Peterson, MD (Medstar Health) | ||||||
| see promo video—> | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4yOrBFwgEM | Gabriel Pinski (Medstar Health) | ||||
| Any one interested in implementing the idea of planting trees to honor frontline workers of the Covid 19 pandemic is welcome to write to: Behram Pastakia, behram(@)fezana.org | Hank Deardon (Planet Forest, Inc.). Aysha Ghadiali (US Forest Service) | |||||
| 32 | Models of Interfaith Engagement Across Generations. | Behram Pastakia | https://youtu.be/F6BP-zaefTY | |||
| https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ayqNlPxT2yNWxAz-XpI1Tjc3rsciEcbL/view | ||||||
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Guided by the blessings of AHURA MAZDA and the teachings of our Prophet Zarathushtra; the Federation was founded in 1987 It serves as the coordinating body for 26 Zoroastrian Associations and 14 Corresponding Groups in the United States and Canada.
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