Dear Friends:

Greetings.

The Centre for New Humanities and Compassion Studies, Xavier University Bhubaneswar, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi and Loyola Institute for Peace and International Relations, Kochi started an initiative in October 2020. Entitled "Virtues in Movement: Mobilising Our Conscience", it is now in the fourth month. 

The first stage of the initiative is a video collection. The videos are NOT an attempt to just capture people deeds for the Common Good but importantly directed at "recovering" the internal and external processes that led to taking those actions. That we felt would be a great learning resource particularly for young people. We have paused the video collection till March 2021. It will continue after that. The second stage is running a number of "virtual gatherings". We call it the "Virtual Campfire". Our first virtual campfire is on the 30th and 31st of January 2021. This email is to alert you to that gathering. The second information brochure on the programme is attached for your kind attention. Please do have a look. (Also, as web links.) We will send the final one on the 21st of Jan. (The third stage of the initiative will involve the co-creation of "self-evolving" structured learning programmes on "Mobilising Our Conscience". Please look out for our announcements on this.)

If time permits, please do visit the website for the fledgeling VIM Network: VIM (Virtues in Movement) Network website here. 
Or, you can visit specific pages in relation to the Virtual Campfire I here:
  • Background
  • Programme (2nd of 3 Information Brochures)
  • Raising Concerns (by young people and students - reflections, songs, music, poetry, video clips, etc)
  • Heart to Heart (Exchanges with Artists and Filmmakers -- 2 documentaries have been lined up this time. Please see them to be able to participate in this session.
  • Critical Conversations (between and with public intellectuals, teachers, activists and community elders)
Hope you will find time to attend at least some sessions.  We also hope that you can alert/encourage your students and network members to join in the campfire gathering.

Warm Regards,
Nat

Please Note:
These web pages are on a bona fide web service provider (wix.com). Some persons have alerted me to a warning message they get when they tried to access the pages. The site and pages are safe (as others tell me). But I leave it entirely to your discretion to access the web pages and the web site.