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    Citizens’ Debt Audit for Puerto Rico
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Ecological Justice, News, What's New
    Posted Jul 3, 2018

    Citizens’ Debt Audit for Puerto Rico

    Organizers write that “Citizens debt audits have been conducted in over 18 countries, including Brazil, France and Argentina, and these audits have produced concrete results without government [...]

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    Standing Against the Muslim Ban
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Interfaith Education, Islamophobia, News, What's New
    Posted Jul 3, 2018

    Standing Against the Muslim Ban

    The Temple of Understanding joins colleagues in horror over the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the travel ban targeting Muslims. This is so outrageous that we all need to voice our objection [...]

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    World Interfaith Harmony Event in NYC, Feb. 7 2018
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Interfaith Education, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Jan 23, 2018

    World Interfaith Harmony Event in NYC, Feb. 7 2018

    World Interfaith Harmony Week is an official observance of the United Nations. It is based on the pioneering work of The Common Word initiative, which in 2007 called for Muslim and Christian [...]

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    Gender Action Plan Integrates Gender Issues into Climate Policies at COP23
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Ecological Justice, United Nations, What's New, Women's Initiatives
    Posted Nov 15, 2017

    Gender Action Plan Integrates Gender Issues into Climate Policies at COP23

    Women of Faith Speaking to Structural Change:Empowering Rural WomenThis panel will address systemic problems and solutions that impact rural women and their urban counterparts. Access to [...]

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    Hindu priests are now helping to combat child marriage in Nepal
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Child Advocacy, What's New, Women's Initiatives
    Posted Nov 12, 2017

    Hindu priests are now helping to combat child marriage in Nepal

    Imagine your birth certificate being the only thing that can stop you from becoming a child bride. A piece of paper that could change the course of your life.In Nepal, a girl's cheena, or [...]

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    New Water Justice Guides
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Human Right to Water, Reports, United Nations, What's New
    Posted Oct 4, 2017

    New Water Justice Guides

    The report highlights the impacts decades of trade agreements have had on global freshwater supplies and on the human rights  to water and sanitation. It warns of the dire consequences of a new [...]

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    Stand Up for the Earth: Affirm the Paris Agreement
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Ecological Justice, Interfaith Education, Reports
    Posted Jun 9, 2017

    Stand Up for the Earth: Affirm the Paris Agreement

    The Temple of Understanding, one of the oldest interfaith organizations in North America, stands with our many partners, the Parliament of World Religions, faith leaders of all traditions, [...]

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    Repairers of the Breach: Advancing an Interfaith Moral Agenda
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Articles, Interfaith Education, Reports, What's New
    Posted Feb 22, 2017

    Repairers of the Breach: Advancing an Interfaith Moral Agenda

    We at the Temple of Understanding are inspired by Repairers of the Breach, who are nonpartisan and in the inclusive interfaith tradition of people of faith and no faith advancing a moral agenda: [...]

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