The Dunedin City Council, with assistance from the Dunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group, are organizing a local forum for religious faith community representatives, council representatives and other interested parties to discuss a proposed national statement on religious diversity. We are writing to invite your faith community to be represented at our Dunedin meeting.
When: | Thursday 9th November 2006 |
Time: | 5:30 to 7:30pm |
Where: | The Octagon Club (8 the Octagon next to the Craft Bar) |
Refreshments Food to be provided
The proposed national statement is intended to promote interfaith understanding and religious tolerance, and it is therefore proposed that forums to discuss it be on an interfaith basis.
The Race Relations Commissioner, Joris de Bres, in conjunction with Professor Paul Morris of Victoria University and Rohan Jaduram of the Human Rights Commission and the Ministry for Social Development are coordinating the organization of these discussions nationwide. Please find below the latest edition of the "Draft Principles of Religious Diversity" as at 18th October 2006.
After our local meeting, responses from all around our land will be analysed and presented to a national interfaith forum in Hamilton in mid-February, and then presented to government for consideration.
For more information please feel free to contact:
Michael Laufiso - Ph 474 3513; 0272461039 or email: mlaufiso@dcc.govt.nz
Greg Hughson - Ph 4798497; 0272121048 email greg.hughson@otago.ac.nz
Please RSVP to Michael Laufiso by 2 November 2006