Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Georgette Bennett founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding in 1992 to honor the human-rights work of her husband, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum. The center promotes mutual respect through practical programs that encourage interreligious dialogue and tackle prejudice in schools, workplaces, health-care settings, and areas of armed conflict. Tanenbaum has been a driving force in the growing use of religiously motivated peacemakers by secular groups. Through its Peacemakers in Action program, Tanenbaum identifies and supports exceptional individuals who work for peace in violent conflicts around the world. With Corporation support, Tanenbaum will continue to combat religious prejudice and fight for global stability.
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Project Title
For the Peacemakers in Action Network interreligious capacity building and training
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding will pilot an adapted version of the successful Nigerian interfaith peacemakers model in the Balkans, where ethnic and religious tensions remain fraught. This two-year Peacemakers in Action Network Intervention aims to empower Balkan women and youth of different faiths through capacity building and training activities offered by a Muslim Tanenbaum Peacemaker and a Christian Tanenbaum Peacemaker. Corporation funds would support workshops, training, travel, and residency costs.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Georgette Bennett founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding in 1992 to honor the human-rights work of her husband, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum. The center promotes mutual respect through practical programs that encourage interreligious dialogue and tackle prejudice in schools, workplaces, health-care settings, and areas of armed conflict. Tanenbaum has been a driving force in the growing use of religiously motivated peacemakers by secular groups. Through its Peacemakers in Action program, Tanenbaum identifies and supports exceptional individuals who work for peace in violent conflicts around the world. With Corporation support, Tanenbaum will continue to combat religious prejudice and fight for global stability.
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One-time only funding for a publication documenting the work of religiously motivated peace activists
Date
Sep. 22, 2011
Duration
12 months
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Toward a retreat on the role of religious peacemakers in conflict resolution
Date
Mar. 06, 2008
Duration
5 months
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Toward disseminating case studies on religious tolerance and conflict resolution
Date
Jun. 09, 2005
Duration
12 months