Project Name/Idea:
College Interfaith Dialogue
Project Name: College Interfaith Dialogue
Your Name: Nirav Shah
Team Members: Nirav Shah – primary goals is to find students who want to carry this kind of activity forward
1. What Vision2020 Gap are you filling?
Expand. Through dialogue, college students can be exposed to Jain ideas.
2. What problem are you solving?
Lack of dialogue and shared experience among people of faith leads to division
3. Why are you solving it?
We live in a diverse world in which we will interact with many different kinds of people. Being able to dialogue is the key to maintaining harmony.
4. What is your solution?
Establish program like MIT’s Addir Fellows (web.mit.edu/dsl/addir/)
5. Who is your target audience? Where is it applicable?
Students at colleges and universities. Chaplains boards at the same.
6. Has a related problem been solved? Where? By Who? Can you partner with someone?
Yes, programs like Eboo Patel’s Interfaith Youth Core and Seeds of Peace take similar approaches and should be partnered with.
7. Resources Needed
nPeople / Volunteers:
Students
nConsultants / Suppliers / Services: (Example: Web, publishing, brochure, etc.)
nFinancial: How much $ you will require
8. What type of talent do you need? Do you have the right team? Are you the right leader?
Student leaders who are willing to start and engage in dialogue programs with other student faith leaders at their schools
I am graduating soon and so will have difficulty carrying this forward in an active way on my campus. I am actively trying to find someone to lead the effort.
9. How will you create awareness and promote the project?
Article (with accompanying presentation) about my experiences in Jain Digest
10. How will get the funding?
11. What are the first 100 day, 200 day, 300 day milestones? How will the product be sustained?
100 days – Complete article and presentation
Kellogg Leadership Conference Peer Comments
| Good to expand Jain teachings and ideas, limited effectiveness needs to be expanded |
| Student education & enhancement of their own knowledge before they can communicate with others in their college will be important |
| Very Good, global impact |
| I like the idea; only way to go mainstream. Model is ready and can be affiliated with other societies and groups like vegan, vegetarian, etc. |
| Interfaith dialogue will help to build understanding about other religions, create unity |
| College students have more open mind; correct strategic target |
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| Youths in interfaith, too narrow |
| Communicating Jain beliefs to others; Invite others on Jain temple tours in India |
| Good way for students to learn about other religions; Suggest a visit to the local Jain temple and hold a dialogue there |
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| Great concept; How do you enroll graduating class into other Jain activities? |
| Youth is where our focus should be; Limited scope |
| Students starting to believe in Anekantvad; Education in Anekantvad |
| Great idea, can be combined with other youth projects or interfaith project |
| Help youths to be tolerant of each other; No infrastructure |
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| Get more universities to participate and create some forum intercollegiately |
| Will make our students adults of faith; Maintain religion given student life |
| Absolutely, more needs to be done; Jains should come out with public statements about their community stand on violence like Virginia Tech shooting, etc. |
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