Launched in October 2003 by global tolerance limited, adamandeveit.net provides a means for secular society to relate to religion in a unique and thought-provoking way.
It promotes the belief, from a non-religious perspective, that the values shared by each of the nine major faiths have universal significance, and it is important to encourage mutual respect and understanding between faith groups.
Continued »Alien Invasion is a project resulting in the production of a series of short films, all written, directed and edited by young Londoners from immigrant communities. The films all explore issues of immigration and contemporary identity and were conceived and shot in just one week. They were premiered at the Mile End Genesis cinema on Thursday 11th August 2005. The screening was exactly 100 years to the day that the Aliens Act was passed.
Continued »Diversity and Dialogue and the British Museum worked in partnership on a two-part project over the summer of 2005. The British Museum houses a huge range of artefacts from different faiths and cultures all over the world.
Continued »We involved girls from one Roman Catholic, one Muslim and one secular school in the campaign for girls' education. We brought students from the three schools down to the Labour Party conference, to quiz ministers on girls' access to education in the developing world. Education was used as a common cause for the students to unite around.
Continued »This year City Gateway engaged with over 1,000 young people from Tower Hamlets. They describe their project as 'a community hub for progression', and are focused on getting young people back into training, work or full time education. They have three projects: Import, Engage and Export, each of which provide training courses, skill development workshops, job preparation and forums for engaging and motivating young people.
Continued »Conflict and Change is a community mediation organisation that runs programmes in local schools and youth centres focusing on the development of non-violent communication and conflict resolution skills. Our overall aim is to enable children, young people and the adults who work with them, both inside and outside the school environment, to develop the skills required for sustaining healthy and positive relationships.
Continued »The Council for Christians and Jews brings together Christian and Jewish communities to combat prejudice and discrimination and to promote understanding and reconciliation.
Although particularly focused on the history and dynamic of Jewish/Christian relations it also uses its experience to explore other dialogues, for example with the Muslim community.
Continued »The inter-faith schools photography project involves 60 students from five faith schools in London and is running for one year. The Students are learning photography skills from professionals and using what they learn to take pictures – individually and collaboratively across the faith groups – portraying their own lives.
Their images will become a touring exhibition available to other schools as an educational tool with an accompanying resource pack for exploring themes of faith, integration, assimilation, identity, community, tolerance and multi-culturalism.
Continued »Encompass promotes understanding and tolerance between young people of different faiths, cultures and backgrounds by means of challenging adventure programs. Encompass takes diverse groups of young people out of environments familiar to them and puts them in challenging new ones: environments where they need to work together to achieve shared objectives. As they do this, they learn to trust each other, and with this trust comes the confidence to talk about the issues at hand: stereotypes, identity and conflict.
Continued »Faithlink is a dialogue group set up to give young people the space and opportunity to discuss issues related to religion that are of interest and important to them. It is aimed primarily at young adults and attracts a number of students from nearby universities in central London. It is affiliated to the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP).
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