Joint Religious Leadership Coordination for G8 & G20 Summits

On May 17, 2012, the Joint Religious Leadership Coordination for the G8 and G20 Summits (JRLCS) gathered representative organizations and delegations from G8 and G20 member communities for a closed meeting at the Berkley Center. The session extended a long history of religious and interreligious organizations using the occasion of global summits to articulate shared moral concerns and articulate policy recommendations. It took place in advance of the 38th G8 Summit at Camp David (May 18-19) and the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico (June 16-17). 

Issues for discussion at the Berkley Center meeting included the Deauville Partnership (regarding governance reforms in light of the Arab Spring), global health, food security, and an array of economic concerns. It resulted in a joint declaration.

>>Full Text of Joint Declaration

Photographs of the event from The Mosque Cares:  

 

Interview and Resources from Odyssey Networks:

>>Video of Rev. Bud Heckman on the JRLCS

>>Link to Historic “G” Summit Statements:

>>For more information on the meeting and the JLRCS, contact Bud Heckman.

>>Knowledge Resources on previous religious leadership summits

 

Participants:

Naeem Baig, Islamic Circle of North America

Thomas Banchoff, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

Marilyn Boesch, Focolare Movement

Rev. Gary Cook, Bread for the World

Richard Cizik, New Evangelical Partnership

Anuttama Dasa, International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Sarah Dreier, The Episcopal Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Mohamed Elsanousi, Islamic Society of North America

Homi Gandhi, Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America

Sara Hildebrand, Millennium Kids

Judith Hertz, Union for Reform Judaism

Rev. Bud Heckman, Religions for Peace USA

Zul Kassamali, Association of Progressive Muslims

Aura Kanegis, American Friends Service Committee

Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

Rt. Rev. Yoshinobu Miyake, Konko Church of Izuo

Rev. Masafumi Nakanishi, New York Center of the International Shinto Foundation

Imam W. Deen Mohammed II, The Mosque Cares

Imam Elam Muhammed, The Mosque Cares

Carl Murrell, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States

Imam Talib Shareef, Masjid Muhammad

Sherrie Steiner, Salvation Army

Arvind Vora, Federation of Jain Associations in North America

 

Hosts:

Thomas Banchoff, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs

 

Additional Signers:

Clare Chapman, National Council of Churches, USA

Imam Yahya Hendi, Clergy Beyond Borders

Kathryn Lohre, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rabbi David Saperstein, Union for Reform Judaism’s Religious Action Center

H. Scott Matheney, Elmhurst College

 

International Interlocutors:

Protobpresbyter Nicolas Antolinez, Interreligious Council of Mexico

Mr. Elias Szczytnicki, Administrator for the G20 Religious Leaders’ Summit

 

Other Links:

SCUPE Article on the JRLCS

Posted on May 17, 2012 @ 12:00 PM By DC Summit Statement
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