International Day of Peace, Hobart

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Religions for Peace Tasmania will be celebrating the UN International Day of Peace with an interfaith gathering entitled: A Mosaic of Light: The Colour of Peace.

The gathering will be held at UTAS Multifaith Centre, downstairs in the TUU Building (off the carpark), Churchill Ave, Sandy Bay Campus, from 2-4pm on Sunday 21 September 2014.

Religions for Peace Tasmania is co-sponsoring the UN International Day of Peace with an interfaith gathering entitled: A Mosaic of Light: The Colour of Peace.

The gathering will be held at UTAS Multifaith Centre, downstairs in the TUU Building (off the carpark), Churchill Ave, Sandy Bay Campus, from 2-4pm on Sunday 21 September 2014.

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The Uniting Church in Australia is helping us by sponsoring Spoken Word Artist, Dr Mariam Chaalan, to come and share her Slam Poetry with us.

Mariam is a Sydney-based poet who has fallen in love with spoken word and its capacity for social change and self-expression.

A doctor by day, Mariam spends her spare time volunteering for humanitarian causes and setting up her own non-for-profit charity. She believes poetry and story-telling can be an effective tool for people to express themselves and turn hardship into positivity.

A budding artist in the Sydney spoken word scene, Mariam is a member of “Creative Doctors”, has had her poetry featured at Bankstown Poetry Slam and performs regularly within the Sydney spoken word scene. Mariam Chalaan is a breath of fresh air, her words are necessary and her stories are transcendent; she is a voice worth listening to.

Miriam Chaalan – Slam Poetry

Mariam comes from a multifaith background herself as her father is Muslim and her mother is Christian.

We would also like to invite anyone in Hobart interested to participate in the program with Mariam to join us. We are looking specially for young people interested in sharing their thoughts in spoken or sung form (especially original work) of their explorations of faith â?” especially following either of two themes: how their faith helps them to create peace in themselves and their world or the oneness of the human story.

If you know of anyone who fits the bill, we extend an invitation participate.

We will also have a section for the more venerable of us to have a go, as well! We have one volunteer who is 72 and still exploring faith.

However, there will be a time allowance, which interested participants are welcome to talk to Terry about.

In case of inclement weather, please book through sussfam – at – bigpond.com or 6272 6521 and provide an email address so we can advise you of a change of venue if necessary.

We are fortunate in being able to offer this program because we are being sponsored by UTAS Multifaith Chaplaincy, Uniting Church in Australia (Uniting through Faith) and Religions for Peace (Tasmania Branch).