Building Bridges 2011-2012
Youth ♦ Stewardship ♦ Compassion ♦ Service
Four distinctive sessions on community issues in Marin County from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturdays, Sept. 2011 through January 2012.
Each session began with presentations from a faith perspective, continued with presentations from community organizations followed by roundtable discussions, and culminated in a plan for the community’s future.
All sessions held in the Creekside Room at Dominican University of California (campus map). Campus address: 50 Acacia Ave., San Rafael, CA (google map).
Marin Youth, Our Realities: Report
Sept. 24, 2011 9 am – 4 pm
Faith Perspectives
• Swami Vedananda, Vedanta Society: Youth and Hinduism
• Sheikh Jamal Granick, International Association of Sufism: Islam’s Perspective
Organizations
• Felecia Gaston, Phoenix Project of Marin
• Dana Callihan, Youth Leadership Institute
• Marin County Youth Commissioner
• Andrea Perleson, Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity
Sacred Music: Sufi Tradition, Taneen Sufi Music Ensemble
Stewardship: Report
Oct. 29, 2011 9 am – 4 pm
Faith Perspectives
• Sherna Deamer, Bahai Faith and Ecology
• David Escobar, Indigenous Perspective on Ecology and Faith
Organizations
• Betsy Bikle, Marin Conservation League
• MAE McNeil, Keeping the Bees That Keep Us
Sacred Music: Traditional Indigenous Song, David Escobar
Compassion: Report
Nov. 12, 2011 9 am- 4 pm
Faith Perspectives
• Seido Lee de Barros, Compassion and the Buddhist point of view
• Father Richard Helmer, Rector, The Way of Compassion in Christianity
Organizations
• Rev. Paul Gaffney, Chaplian, Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy
• Mary O’Mara, Warm Wishes
• Zara Babitzke, Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity
Sacred Music: An offering by Stephen Iverson
Service: Report
Jan. 21, 2012 9 am – 4 pm
Faith Perspectives
• Sr. Elizabeth Padilla, Brahma Kumaris and Service
• Rabbi Jane Litman, Judaism and Service
Organizations
• Diane Linn, Ritter Center
• Andy Fyne, Marin AIDS Project
• Arife Ellen Hammerle, Ph. D., Community Healing Centers
Sacred Music: Heart of Service Through Music, Sr. Elizabeth Padilla
