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Beyond Our Differences: Documentary Showing (includes food) on campus‏

MentorLink's Free Movie Night "Beyond our Difference" which will include food is fast approaching! It will be held on Tuesday 
Jan.28 from 6-8:30pm (food starts at 5:15pm) at the Global Lounge (Deadline to register is Jan.26). More information about 
MentorLink's movie night, student discussion on conflict & reconciliation, and panel night with a former Supreme Court judge 
and mediator of 30 years, a conflict transformation scholar/practitioner, and an arbitrator can be found at 
www.ionapacific.ca/studentleadership<http
 
The documentary discusses the following topics:
 
1. The Positive Role of Religion
2. Religion Used Negatively
3. Afghanistan
4. Human Rights
5. Non-Violence Movements
6. Israel & Palestine
7. Father Kieran Creagh
 
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"Beyond Our Differences" features world leaders from government, academia, religious traditions, and civil rights including 
Karen Armstrong, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Chief Rabbi David Rosen, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Farida 
Vahedi (Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is), Ela Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter), the top aid to Martin Luther King 
Jr., Professor Noam Chomsky, Mohammad Khatami, among many others that explores the positive role of faith in the world today 
and the fundamental unity of the world's religions. Where do world leaders and the biggest thinkers of our time in politics, 
religion, culture, arts and science weigh in on these issues? In what context do faith and religion play principal roles in 
inspiring our collective peoples toward a more peaceful and compassionate humanity? More information about the documentary 
can be found at http://www.beyondourdifferences.com/about.html
 
Come out for a relaxing evening of watching a documentary and having a short discussion with other students about your 
thoughts on conflict & reconciliation!
 
E-mail mentorlink@ionapacific.ca or call 604-822-0245 for more information!

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