Pluralism-local-list April 2014

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Interfaith Stories from Nigeria; Campus Spiritual Advisors Sought; Intercultural Concert at Historic Vilna Shul

by Pluralism Project Staff

Dear Greater Boston Friends, Please see below for upcoming events of interest as well as two position openings among the Spiritual Advisors of Northeastern University. - Friendship Across Religious Divides - Stories of Interfaith Leadership from Nigeria (THIS WEEK) - Interfaith - Spiritual Advisors Sought for Jewish and Hindu Communities and Northeastern University - Sandaraa Concert at Vilna Shul (May 15th) All the best, The Pluralism Project Staff __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Friendship Across Religious Divides - Stories of Interfaith Leadership from Nigeria* April 10th, 5pm - John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute (40 Leon Street, Boston, MA 02115) The Center for Spirituality, Dialogue and Service at Northeastern University invites you to a dinner dialogue (with West African Food): "Friendship Across Religious Divides -Stories of Interfaith Leadership from Nigeria" on Thursday, April 10th! The featured speakers are Pastor James Wuye and Imam Mohammad Ashafa of Nigeria's Interfaith Mediation Centre. For more information, please visit the event's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/events/280502632114824/?source=1. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Northeastern University Seeking Spiritual Advisor for the Jewish Community* This dynamic leader and teacher will serve our diverse, vibrant, and growing Jewish community and work with the wider NU community to enhance our work of interfaith understanding and cooperation, service civic engagement, and global leadership development. Ideal candidates will be ordained Rabbis or rabbinical students. CSDS would like selected candidates to meet with staff, faculty, and students as soon as possible. Please send resume, CV or inquiries to Alex Kern at a.kern(a)neu.edu AND Patrick Reyes at p.reyes(a)neu.edu and encourage qualified candidates to apply. *JOB DESCRIPTION - Spiritual Advisors (formerly "Chaplains") at Northeastern University* - Work with Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service's Executive Director and Program Managers to plan and implement dynamic programs of spirituality, dialogue and service -- bringing the religious teachings, practices, and culture(s) of the Spiritual Advisor (SA)'s specific tradition to bear on the interfaith/intercultural mission of the Center. - Design a strategy of outreach/hospitality/engagement to students, faculty, and staff within the SA's religious/spiritual tradition. - Advise student organization(s) regarding religious/spiritual/interfaith matters for the SA's specific religious/spiritual tradition (e.g. Hillel, Catholic students, Hindu students, etc.). - Keep office hours for spiritual guidance/care. - Be available as needed to meet with and serve students of all religious/spiritual traditions, and none. - Meet regularly with team of SAs for dialogue and planning. - With the Center's Executive Director, work to build bridges of communication and cooperation with the SA's specific religious/spiritual tradition locally, nationally, and globally. - Serve as a representative of the SA's religious/spiritual tradition in University forums, interfaith services, events, conferences and symposia, experiential education, service/dialogue programs, urban and foreign study trips, academic classes, etc. - Other duties as assigned. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts seeks a religious educators/leader to fill the following part-time position:* *SPIRITUAL ADVISOR (SA) FOR HINDU COMMUNITY * Spiritual Advisors are paid positions covering several classic "chaplaincy" or "campus ministry" functions but with an expanded emphasis on advancing the educational mission of the University and its Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service (see www.neu.edu/spirituallife for more information). A successful candidate will have significant experience as an educator and organizer in educational, religious, and/or nonprofit settings; excellent communication, dialogue, organizational, and conflict resolution skills; experience in interfaith work; deep knowledge and experience of one's own spiritual/religious tradition and respect for others'; a passion for working with diverse groups of students, and a commitment to developing student leaders who are interculturally adept, ethically reflective, and spiritually grounded global citizens. Each of the Spiritual Advisors is supervised by the Alexander Levering Kern, the Center's new Executive Director. Spiritual Advisors are asked to commit for at least two academic years. The Spiritual Advisor will: - Design effective outreach/hospitality/engagement approaches to students, faculty, and staff within the Spiritual Advisor's religious/spiritual tradition. - Advise student organization(s) serving the SA's specific religious/spiritual tradition (e.g. Hillel, Catholic students, Hindu students, etc.). - Work with Center Executive Director and two Program Managers (for Service and Engagement/Social Justice Program and for Education and Dialogue Programs) to plan and implement dynamic programs of spirituality, dialogue and service -- bringing the religious teachings, practices, and culture(s) of the Spiritual Advisor's specific tradition to bear on the interfaith/intercultural mission of the Center. - Meet with Northeastern community members from one's own tradition for spiritual guidance/care/counseling. - Be available as needed to meet with and serve students of all religious/spiritual traditions, and none. - Meet regularly with team of fellow Spiritual Advisors for dialogue and program planning. - With the Executive Director of the Center, work to build bridges of communication and cooperation with the Spiritual Advisor's specific religious/spiritual tradition locally, nationally, and globally. - Serve as a representative of the Spiritual Advisor's religious/spiritual tradition in University forums, interfaith services, events, conferences and symposia, experiential education, service/dialogue programs, urban and foreign study trips, academic classes, etc. - Where appropriate, coordinate services and ceremonies specific to the Spiritual Advisor's religious/spiritual tradition, or arrange for religious leadership to conduct services - Other duties as assigned. Please send resume or CV, and references to Alexander Levering Kern, a.kern(a)neu.edu, with the subject line SPIRITUAL ADVISOR APPLICATION. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Sandaraa at Vilna Shul * Thursday, May 15th, 7:30pm A new collaboration fronted by Pakistani singer Zeb Bangash ( Zeb and Haniya<http://www.zebandhaniya.com/>), this band of seven award-winning musicians from Lahore and Brooklyn weaves together the music of Eastern Europe and the Balkans with those of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and more. Hear Brooklyn based musicians Michael Winograd, Eylem Basaldi, Patrick Farrell, Yoshie Fruchter, Zoe Guigueno and Richie Barshay together with one of South Asia's most stunning voices. For more information, please visit the website of Vilna Shul, http://www.vilnashul.org/events/event/sounds_of_sandaraa. -- The Pluralism Project at Harvard University 2 Arrow Street, 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-2481 www.pluralism.org Twittter: @pluralismproj Like The Pluralism Project on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pluralism-Project-at-Harvard-University/1…>!

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