Nuclear Prayer Day: Jonathan Granoff's Analysis
Jonathan Granoff was featured on Muslim Network TV discussing Nuclear Prayer Day and shared his perspective on the current threat of nuclear weapons.
Watch on External Website“Advancing Security and Sustainability at the G7 Hiroshima Summit” - Montage
In advance of the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, The G7 Research Group, Soka University, Soka Gakkai International, and the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation sponsored an international conference at Soka University in Tokyo to discuss nuclear threats, climate risks, and global health.
9th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs: Purnaka L. de Silva
The 2023 Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs was held on January 23, 2023. IAMC International Advisory Council member Purnaka L. de Silva was a speaker on the "Key Learnings" panel of the event.
View9th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs: Prof. Dr. Azza Karam
The 2023 Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs was held on January 23, 2023. IAMC International Advisory Council member Prof. Dr. Azza Karam moderated a panel on “Framing Human Security as Shared Security for People and the Planet.”
View9th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs: Audrey E. Kitagawa
The 2023 Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs was held on January 23, 2023. IAMC Founder and President Audrey E. Kitagawa moderated the "Key Learnings" panel of the event.
ViewAll Faiths Seminary 2022 Graduation, Ordination, and Celebration
IAMC Founder/President Audrey E. Kitagawa was the keynote speaker at the 2022 Graduation, Ordination, and Celebration of All Faiths Seminary International on August 12, 2022
Watch on External WebsiteRotary E-Club of World Peace Address
Jonathan Granoff addressed the Rotary E-Club of World Peace on June 14, 2022. "Ask yourself every day: Is my love alive, true, generous, and open? How can I bring love into action?' he asks.
Watch on External Website"A Whole Niu World: Indigenous Epistemology Rising!"
Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer presented a program entitled "A Whole Niu World: Indigenous Epistemology Rising!" to the School of Conservation Biology and Environmental Science at the University of Hawai'i Hilo.
WatchRealistic Human Security: Principles & Policies for the Planet
Humanity faces critical challenges for which national responses are too narrow. New levels of cooperation are required for success. Every person is impacted by issues relating to the climate, biodiversity, nuclear weapons, the health of the oceans, equitable sustainable development, wildlife trafficking and pandemics, for example. Join world-renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall and global security expert Jonathan Granoff in a candid conversation about the role of individuals and states in obtaining Human Security.
WatchPacific Theological College
The Pacific Theological College was established in 1961 with the support of 20 founding churches. It is the first regional ecumenical instiution of the Pacific, known for creating quality leaders. PTC is the first in the region to emphasize contextualization and indigenization of theology and education.
WatchDeclaration of Interdependence
Celebration of the signing of the "Declaration of Interdependence" authored by Ashok Gangadean, Margaret Gest Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College and Founder of the Global Dialogue Institute. Delegates - Kurt Johnson author of newly released The Coming Interspiritual Age; Ron Friedman, Co-Founder of Vistar Foundation, dedicated to Collective Evolutionary Consciousness; Dena Merriam, Founder The Global Peace Initiative of Women.
Watch((1776 Now))™ ~ Our Unfinished American R-Evolution
(( Now's the ((time)). What our Forefathers and Mothers initiated in ((1776)), we now have the responsibility to ((see through)) to full ((Maturation)). What is at stake, is nothing less than our ((Democracy)). What is assailing it, is something we are all participating in blindly while we become ever more divided. It's time now to stop pointing fingers, and take a ((Brave)) unprecedented ((Step Back)), and See what we are REALLY up against here. Until we do, we will continue to crumble under our own weight, and ((We The People)), ((One Nation Under Source)) will remain out of reach. Join us on this Journey, as our fiduciary responsibility as ((citizens)) to uphold the ((Constitution)) and Save ((America)). This is ((Urgent)) and ((Now's The Time)).
WatchPoem by: Rev. Dr. Upolu Luma Vaai
For many years the Pacific people have interpreted reality through the eyes of the dominant culture. It is time for the Pacific people to Reright and Rewrite their story.
WatchUpolu L. Vaai, eDARE Caribbean & American Panelist (Sat 31 October 2020)
“The economic, ecological, and health crisis threatening Pacific livelihoods derives from a pathological old narrative of “Onefication”. We have been taught in mainstream education … to think in terms of compartmentalized categories. This compartmentalized framing has encouraged us to view life through split categories to achieve either one answer or one truth.”
WatchSpiritual World with Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer 日本語訳下にあります
Dr. Aluli Meyer shares that experiences in our spiritual realm are very intimate. She elaborates on some of her experiences on many islands in Hawaiʻi. These experiences come and we are students to these lessons that we learn from the trans-spatial world of mystery of the unknown of our ancestral connections.
WatchLiving in Harmony with Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer 日本語訳下にあります
Dr. Aluli Meyer discusses harmony and how can we attain it. We are experiencing our own evolution through conflict and this is how we wake up. In this chaotic world we have the birthing of our own collective consciousness. The first medicine is forgiveness and Aloha and Pono are at the center of forgiveness. She shares about her relationship with her sister and through their conflict there is now forgiveness and harmony. She explains further that Aloha is the primal source of our collective emergence.
WatchNohona Hawaii - A Hawaiian Way of Living with Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer日本語訳下にあります
Dr. Meyer shares about Nohona Hawaiʻi. Nohona Hawaiʻi is a Hawaiian way of life. The essence of living a Hawaiian way is love of land and serve people and at the center of that is Aloha. She expands upon this topic and shares that the spirit of Hawaiʻi is alive and real.
WatchAloha & Pono with Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer 日本語訳下にあります
Exploring Aloha and Pono: Aloha is the intelligence with which we meet life. It was in our culture from thousands of years ago that Aloha is our true intelligence. Pono for us is that complementarity to Aloha. For me, Pono is a synonym for Truth.
WatchIRI Indonesia Animation Video (English subtitles)
Introducing the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative country program in Indonesia
WatchIRI Peru Animation Video (English subtitles)
Introducing the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative country program in Peru
WatchIRI DRC Animation Video (English subtitles)
Introducing the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative country program in DRC
WatchIRI Colombia animation - ENG subtitles
Introducing the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative country program in Colombia.
WatchWorld Unity Week Genuine Human Security: From the Personal to the Global with Jonathan Granoff and Maria Espinosa
A conversation on Genuine Human Security between Maria Espinosa, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense of Ecuador, and former President of the United Nations General Assembly 73rd Session. Maria is an Ecuadorian poet, scholar, diplomat, and politician. Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, is a member of the Advisory Council of the IAMC. He is an attorney, author and international advocate emphasizing the legal, spiritual and ethical dimensions of peace and security. Jonathan and Maria discuss genuine human security and how it begins in the heart of individuals, because the relations between nations are really the relations between people.
WatchHumanism, Human Security, and Human Survival: Roger Kimmel Smith interviews Jonathan Granoff
Roger Kimmel Smith interviews Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, a leading Non-Governmental Organization advocating for nuclear disarmament and peace. Jonathan Granoff was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
WatchScience Meets Spirituality with Sadhvi Bhagawatiji and Dr. Bruce Lipton (March 2018)
Parmath Niketan -- In this question-and-answer session, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji and renowned scientist Dr. Bruce Lipton share their profound wisdom about transformation of cells in our body through yoga, and beautifully explains the connection between science and spirituality.
WatchFrom Hollywood to Holy Woods | Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati | TED Talk
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati shares the story of growing up in Hollywood, graduating from Stanford then having a spiritual awakening on the Ganges River while on a backpacking trip to India. She provides the powerful insights and simple lessons that have transformed her life from pieces to peace. Formation of the WASH alliance.
WatchKeynote speech on Religion and Women, Peace and Security by Azza Karam
Prof. Dr. Azza Karam’s perspective on working inside the UN on religion and women’s issues. A history of her career at the UN and what she saw and learned.
WatchA Narrative of Love: Dr. Azza Karam on Religion, Dialogue and Love
Spirit of Humanity Forum. A Narrative of Love is a series of conversations with thought-leaders and spiritual teachers about their understanding of the significance of love in our personal and public lives hosted by Dr. Scherto Gill - In this conversation Dr. Scherto Gill talks with Prof. Azza Karam, Ph.D. Secretary General, Religion for Peace.
WatchKombit: The Cooperative
This documentary film by Found Object tells the story of how the Smallholder Farmers Alliance in Haiti came into being through an innovative partnership with global outdoors brand Timberland.
WatchKa'm-t'em: A Journey Toward Healing
California Indigenous students from Humboldt State University developed this video production to highlight messages from Ka'm-t'em: A Journey Toward Healing.
WatchA Dialogue on Matters That Matter with The Right Honourable Kim Campbell and Jonathan Granoff
American Bar Association International Law Section 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting Keynote featuring Jonathan Granoff and the Right Honourable Kim Campbell who has served Canada as Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Attorney General and Minister of Defense.
Watch2015 WISE Prize for Education laureate-Dr. Sakena Yacoobi
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Founder and Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has been named the 2015 WISE Prize for Education Laureate.
WatchASU GSV Summit Speech
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Founder and Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning and recipient of the 2016 McGraw Prize in Education speaks at the ASU Global Silicon Valley Summit.
WatchHow I Stopped The Taliban From Shutting Down My School
When the Taliban closed all the girls’ schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of women and men.
WatchFireside Chat Friday - Series #3 Jonathan Granoff
Voices youth member Haneen Khalid, interviews Voices founding member, Jonathan Granoff for our Instagram Live Fireside Chat Friday Series.
WatchLessons From A Smallholder Farming Revolution in Haiti
The Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) has developed a new sustainable agroforestry model that helps to feed and reforest a renewed Haiti by supporting smallholder farmers to become more productive and profitable, while at the same time helping to restore the environment through organic practices and tree planting.
WatchNative Pulse: Giving Mother Earth a Rest
On this episode of Native Pulse, we are honored to be joined by Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Board Chair, Dr. Henrietta Mann, (Cheyenne) & President, Christopher Peters (Puhlik-lah/Karuk) as they discuss the impact of Giving Mother Earth a Rest during COVID-19 and the implications of doing so within our communities, grassroots efforts, spirituality, and daily lives.
WatchA Conversation with Dr. Monica Sharma and Audrey Kitagawa
Audrey Kitagawa and International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation Advisor Dr. Monica Sharma discuss Dr. Sharma’s book, Radical Transformational Leadership, and her philosophical and spiritual approach to her works.
WatchRadical Transformational Leadership - Our Perspective
Radical Transformational Leadership is about becoming the change agent the world needs today, through a type of leadership that can transform societal patterns to create a world that works for everyone. It is based on the three human attributes of compassion, dignity and equity.
WatchProsperity and Wellbeing – Beyond Money and GDP
In this program Hazel Henderson explores with Dr. Monica Sharma, author of Radical Transformational Leadership (2018). How the worship of money and the fetishism of measuring national progress by GDP-growth can be clarified.
Watch on External WebsiteTimberland Case Study: Supply Chain Mutuality with Blockchain
Atlanta McIlwraith, Senior Manager, Community Engagement and Communications, Timberland, and Hugh Locke, President and Cofounder, Smallholder Farmers Alliance, and President, Impact Farming
WatchThe Man of the Trees: A Pioneer Environmentalist’s Vision for the Future
Hugh and Paul will share stories from the life of an extraordinary pioneer of the environmentalist movement, Richard St. Barbe Baker. One hundred years ago, Baker foresaw and warned the world about the emerging environmental crisis—and offered solutions that are only now being appreciated and applied. Baker’s work as a forester and conservationist paralleled his activities as an early member of the Baha’i Faith, a faith that provided inspiration for his ceaseless efforts to conserve and restore the world’s forests.
WatchEmpowering Our Personal and Professional Journeys
In this program Hazel Henderson explores with Dr. Monica Sharma, author of Radical Transformational Leadership (2018) her personal story growing up in India. How she practiced medicine there and grew to understand the importance for human health of looking at her patients' life circumstances and their environments. Dr. Sharma became a leader in many United Nations health initiatives and her leadership style can inspire and empower many others.
Watch on External WebsiteAhimsa Conversation # 28 Monica Sharma
Ahimsa is made possible by the innate capacity of human beings to care beyond the self. Dr. Monica Sharma has developed a process for enabling people to tap into this capability. She did this over three decades of work in diverse contexts across the world.
WatchTree Currency and the Smallholder Impact Farming Revolution
Hugh Locke, President & Co-Founder of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance in Haiti has found a way to turn trees into a form of currency that has helped thousands of smallholder farmers in Haiti to finance their way out of extreme poverty while at the same time combatting climate change, contributing to improved food security and empowering women.
WatchMulti-Faith Actions: The Tipping Point for 'Peace'
This presentation addresses key questions that include: What do we mean when we speak of “religions” in the nexus of peace, human rights and security? How has the United Nations, engaged ‘religions’ in its own peace efforts? What are the implications of this on the work of the UN of religious institutions?
WatchEco Justice for All
The Temple of Understanding hosted a conversation on Facebook with Prof. Dr. Azza Karam, secretary general of Religions for Peace and she discusses the interconnectedness between human rights and a thriving ecosystem.
Watch on External WebsiteNative Pulse: Uncle Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
In this episode of Native Pulse, Uncle Angaangaq and Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples President, Christopher Peters discuss the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples. Uncle shares with us the devastating impacts of climate change on his homelands and people in Greenland.
WatchThe Role of Women in Peace
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D. discusses the nature of the feminine in society, and how embracing and focusing the positive aspects of that nature have the power to bring people together and manifest beneficial changes at home and world-wide.
WatchMenstruation & the Divine Worshipable Shakti
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D. shared important insights about Menstrual Hygiene Management - perhaps one of the most-important and least-discussed health issues facing so many women across India and around the world and an important element in so many of the United Nations' sustainable development goals.
WatchSave The Girl Child
Sadhviji Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D. shares on International Save the Girl Child Day the importance of honoring girls and woman. She discusses the unique, incomparable, essential contributions of girls and women.
WatchIndigenous Peoples and Climate Change: A Time for Action
Seventh Generation Fund's Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: A Time For Action addresses the urgency of Mother Earth’s changing climate and provides an opportunity to learn how philanthropy can amplify its support for Indigenous responses to climate change.
WatchWoolf Institute - An Episode from the COVID-19 Chronicles
In this episode, Dr. Ed Kessler from the Woolfe Institute, speaks with Professor Azza Karam. Azza is the Secretary General of Religions for Peace in New York, USA.
WatchGSI President Jonathan Granoff and Dr. Jane Goodall for UN Peace Day 2020
This inspiring conversation covers the importance of pursuing peace globally and locally, and how to continue to motivate action on this issue every single day, especially during these difficult times of COVID-19 and in the face of so much unrest around the world.
Watch on External WebsiteWater is Life - Indigenous Perspectives on Water
Seventh Generation Fund presents a video on Indigenous peoples sharing their perspectives on the importance of water in their lives and for the Earth.
WatchA World of Faith: Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Chinmay Pandya
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Chinmay Pandya, Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, and Michel Nehme discuss the impact of COVID-19 in India, the different intersections of faith and culture, and the development of interfaith relations.
WatchAddress to the Scottish General Synod - First Non-Christian
As part of the presentation from the Committee for Relations with People of Other Faiths, Synod was addressed by Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Director-General and Chief Imam of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society.
Watch on External WebsiteA World of Faith: Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Cole Durham and Jim Christie
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Cole Durham, Jim Christie, and Harvard student Michel Nehme discuss the politics of the G20 Interfaith Forum
WatchA World of Faith: Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Elizabeta Kitanovic and Merete Bilde
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Michel Nehme and Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi invite Elizabeta Kitanovic from the Conference on European Churches and Merete Bilde of the European Union External Action Service
WatchA World of Faith: Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Chief Rabbi David Rosen
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Michel Nehme and Sayed Razawi are joined by Chief Rabbi David Rosen, former Chief Rabbi of Ireland and current International President of Religions for Peace.
WatchA World of Faith: Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Chief Rabbi Dweck
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Rabbi Joseph Dweck, and Harvard student Michel Nehme discuss what coronavirus has meant for religion.
WatchA World of Faith: Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi and Primus Mark Strange
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Michel Nehme and Syed Ali Abbas Razawi sit down with Bishop Mark Strange to discuss the long term impacts on religious expression and participation of the pandemic; navigating the fraught road to re-opening; and the importance of faith in personal, communal, and political realms.
WatchLecture celebrating Youm-i ‘Alī delivered for His High the Aga Khan Council, Toronto
From the Ismaili is a lecture commemorating Yawm-e-Ali, the birthday of Hazrat Ali, being given by Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto on Saturday, 1 April 2017.
WatchSayed Ali Abbas Razawi delivers 2013 Milad-un-Nabi lecture at the Ismaili Centre, London : TheIsmail
Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi delivered the 2013 annual Milad-un-Nabi lecture on “The Spirit of Pluralism in the example of the Holy Prophet”
WatchLong Lessons - Can the Religions of the Book Teach Modern France?
In this FS Club webinar by the Z/Yen Group, Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi shares to help explain what the religions of the Pope really meant. He also shares about Usury and the History of Abrahamic Learning
WatchDr. Sakena Yacoobi - Afghan Institute of Learning - COVID-19 Response
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi describes how COVID-19 has affected the people in Afghanistan and how her education organization AIL has adapted their work to respond to the pandemic.
Watch2020 Aurora Humanitarian - Dr. Sakena Yacoobi
2020 Aurora Humanitarian Dr. Sakena Yacoobi is a human rights activist and educator, and Founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL)
Watch2015 WISE Prize Laureate Dr. Sakena Yacoobi Special Address
2015 WISE Prize for Education laureate Dr. Sakena Yacoobi shares her personal motivations that led her to create the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL).
WatchDr. Sakena Yacoobi on Educating Women and Girls in Afghanistan | Independent Lens | PBS
Dr. Sakena Yacoobi has made a difference in the lives of around 8.5 million people through the operation of learning facilities in Afghanistan over the course of twenty years.
Watch on External WebsiteDr. Sakena Yacoobi - Opus Prize 2013
Sakena Yacoobi, founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning, is the winner of the 2013 Opus Prize. The Opus Prize honors unsung heroes of any faith tradition for efforts to solve today's most persistent and pressing global issues, including poverty, illiteracy, hunger, disease, and injustice.
WatchPanel Discussion: "Recovering the Sacred: Indigenous Women Expressing Freedom from Violence, Stereotypes, and Stigma."
The Seventh Generation Fund hosted a special event during the UN Commission on the Status of Women “Recovering the Sacred: Indigenous Women Expressing Freedom from Violence, Stereotypes, and Stigma”.
WatchHumble Leadership
What makes a good leader? A good leader needs not only charisma but also direction! What ensures that someone’s character, morals and ethics are likely to inspire and elevate – or, conversely, repel and extinguish?
WatchA World of Faith: Audrey Kitagawa, and Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi
From the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, Audrey Kitagawa, and Harvard student Michel Nehme discuss the philosophy undergirding interfaith dialogue.
WatchNewham Reflections: Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz talks with Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi
Newham Reflections: Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz talks with Imam Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi
WatchReimagining a Sustainable Food Economy
From the archives: In this 2011 interview, David Korten, author of "When Corporations Rule The World", shares his optimistic vision for a food system that's environmentally, ethically and economically compatible with nature.
WatchThe Annual Kofi Annan Faith Briefings - July 15, 2019
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D., Secretary-General of Global Interfaith WASH Alliance and President of Divine Shakti Foundation, speaks at the The Annual Kofi Annan Faith Briefings. Multi-Religious Perspective on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Panel 2: Discussion on good practices and evidence on actions taken by religious leaders to safeguard children’s rights. Prof. Dr. Azza Karam is the moderator of this panel.
WatchA Dialogue of Love: Interreligious Cooperation and Global Well-Being
In the Annual John Paul II Lecture on Interfaith Understanding, Professor Azza Karam, secretary general of Religions for Peace International, discusses how multi-faith alliances can further peace and well-being in our fractured world.
WatchA Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Audrey Kitagawa visited Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Kamina in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was formally welcomed by dignitaries who provided escort to schools, universities, an orphanage, and a hospital.
WatchRecovering the Sacred: Indigenous Women Expressing Freedom from Violence, Stereotypes, and Stigma
Images from the special event “Recovering the Sacred: Indigenous Women Expressing Freedom from Violence, Stereotypes, and Stigma”
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