Kell Kearns and Cynthia Lukas, documentarians, have notified us about their new GANDHI documentary that is in the works.  A longer description is available for further details about the film and their commentators, which also appears on their website. (CLICK HERE)  Event information is below.

From Cynthia Lukas:

“In a nutshell, GANDHI has taken a quantum leap forward, now
that we have just interviewed Narayan Desai, son of Gandhi’s
personal secretary and the author of a four-volume biography of
Gandhiji. He lived his first 21 years in Gandhi’s ashrams and had
much interaction with him. We just interviewed him in Birmingham,
Alabama, where he was featured at a retreat for U.S. peacemakers
on Gandhian nonviolence. We feel so fortunate to have interviewed
Mr. Desai of India for four hours and gotten his memories of Gandhi
on film, as he is 88! This is quite historic, as he has never been
interviewed like this for such a film.

In June, we will be interviewing another grandson of Gandhi, having
already interviewed Arun, Founder of the Worldwide Gandhi Education Institute and Co-Founder of the Seasons for Nonviolence. This grandson will be Rajmohan Gandhi, a research professor at the University of Illinois, who has written another excellent biography of the Mahatma.

Stay tuned for more updates…

Local event April 20, 21, 22 – “Gandhi Katha” with Narayan Desai, sponsored by the Hindu, Jain Community.  FLYER CLICK.

This was shared by the Christian Science community – it is 2 minutes and was inspired by the work of the Arizona Interfaith Movement and its GOLDEN RULE mission.  We’ve been asked to invite comments online, too!  Enjoy – here is the LINK.

Send other examples to Anne@azifm.org – thank you.

In the featured picture are the Honorees with AIFM staff and Board members who presented the Awards.  From left to right starting bottom row are:  Laura Romero, St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic, Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, Coca Romero, St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic,  Joan Lincoln.  Top Row from the left:  AIFM President Eldred Spain, AIFM Business Mgr. Anne Taylor, Bishop Minerva Carcano, Warren Brown, David Lincoln, David Engelman, AIFM Secretary Beverly George, AIFM Executive Director Paul Eppinger. Not pictured, Ambassador Mussie Hailu from Ethiopia.

We’d like to share some of the highlights with you…

• We had an engaging Faith Fair at our 5:30 Reception where many people asked questions and got a little clearer understanding of about 17 different faith traditions as they visited their booths
• We had over 500 in attendance and some traveled from San Francisco, New York and many places in between!
• We began with interfaith prayers from a variety of faith traditions:  Jewish, Muslim, Soka Gakkai International Buddhist, Unification and American Indian
• The short videos Larry Fultz of Precious Memories Productions told the Honoree’s stories in an inspiring and powerful way.
• Sirgun Kaur brought a spiritual light to the room with her music, “Bless the Good”
• We ended with a powerful “call to action” with Zephryn Conte and Renee Morgan Brooks singing LIVE THE GOLDEN RULE, then an L.D.S. Benediction

PICTURES LINK – these are all our pictures to ENJOY!  You are welcome to use these pictures in your newsletters, bulletins about this event, or to have prints made.

OUR HUGE GRATITUDE

A special thanks to Dr. Jerry Campbell, President of Claremont-Lincoln University in Claremont, CA, and Rev. Mary Brown, the Philanthropy Director of Odyssey Networks in New York City for coming so far to join us!

To our GENEROUS SPONSORS:
Joan and David Lincoln – Interfaith Sponsor
Pivotal Foundation – Building Bridges Sponsor
Eldred, Carolyn Spain; Odyssey Networks; John and Dee Whiteman – Supporting Sponsors
The Arizona Republic; AZ OIC; Foundation for Senior Living; Eric Ossowski, MD – Friends Sponsors

For our DOOR PRIZES:
Bashas’ Markets Gift Cards
Dr. Honora Norton, Michael Elert for Target Gift Cards
Dr. Paul and Mrs. Sybil Eppinger for donating a Holiday Inn Spa Gift Certificate
RA Sushi Bar and Restaurant Gift Cards
Sweet Republic Gift Certificates

THANKS EVERYONE!!  See you next year!

New book — Now Available!!

- A first time publication that includes 22 different Faith Traditions.

• - 365-day Interfaith reflections, plus space for reader response to each week’s topic.
• -  A topic per week for 52 weeks with a different faith tradition speaking through their scriptures, messages, and prayers. 
• - Building bridges of understanding, respect, without watering down our own faith, or proselytizing others to our concepts. 

- Endorsed by His Holiness; The Dalai Lama, Dr. Michael Kinnamon, CEO of the National Council of Churches; and other Faith Leaders.

• - Dramatic Savings for volume orders
• - Available for religious instutitions, schools, bookstores and more
• -Treat yourself to your own copy and pre-order now.  
• - For more information and ordering this book, contact Nancy at 602-261-6705 or Nancy@azifm.org OR now you may visit our STORE and order the book on-line.  CLICK HERE. 

Worship Services Resources:  PowerPoint for Screen viewing / Printing for Programs – CLICK HERE, please.

- Order form for mail-in orders – CLICK HERE, please.

 Pictured, many of the book contributors. 

Link to all the pictures – CLICK.

THANK YOU - each of the 22 different faith traditions for your incredible help!

Baha’i, Christian Science, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Community of Christ, Hare Krishna, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Protestant Christianity, Religious Science, Religous Society of Friends (Quakers), Roman Catholicism, Scientology, Seventh Day Adventist, SGI Buddhism, Sikhism, Sufism, Tibetan Buddhism, Unification,  Unitarian Universalism, Unity. 

May the Golden Rule be a shining light for our GLOBALIZED WORLD, and may PEACE PREVAIL. 

View and Print the Golden Rule Scroll here!

“Preserving and Projecting Memory – A Day of Holocaust Reflection and Commemoration” with Dr. Lawrence Baron, Professor of Modern Jewish History, San Diego State University.

Date:  Sunday, April 15, 2012

Place:  Temple Beth Sholom of the East Valley, 3400 North Dobson Road, Chandler, AZ  85224

Time:

10 AM – “Not in Kansas Anymore:  Review Holocaust Movies for Younger Audiences

1 PM – “Yom Ha’Shoah Commemoration Service, Keynote Dr. Lawrence Baron:  ”The Dynamics of Decency:  Why Righteous Gentiles Rescued Jews.”

Flyer CLICK

Sponsors:  Arizona Interfaith Movement and others

Contact:  Dr. Marc Krell, TBS-EV Religious School Director, 480-897-3636, ext. 204 or rsdirector@tbsev.org

Please see the latest Arizona Republic article from Feb. 24.

Posted Feb. 21:  Arizona Interfaith Movement, along with about 60 other Non-Profit Organizations, like ASU, Child Abuse Prevention, D-Backs, The Cardinals, The Suns and many more are very concerned about the passage of House Bill 2313 that would repeal most Specialty license plates, including the “Live the Golden Rule” license plate.

Besides the blessings of a funding source, isn’t it great to see the messages these plates provide on our Arizona streets and highways? Please help us by sending a message to your legislator that would put a more reasonable solution in the works instead.

Resources
House Bill 2313 Summary
Read the Bill
Read THE AZ REPUBLIC News Story
AZ Legislative website

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!