For the first time ever, prominent North American spiritual leaders belonging to the Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Native American traditions will be coming together this Sunday on October 16, at 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM EST for a historic event, Unveiling the Swastika Proclamation. You are invited to cover the event, which will also feature a new website dedicated to promoting a historically accurate and important understanding of the Swastika, an ancient and deeply sacred symbol for close to 2 billion people around the world.
Please register at https://bit.ly/oct16-swastika to attend.
Key Speakers include: Rev Dr T.K.Nakagaki, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Ven. Sagarananda Tien, Grandmother Patrica Davis, Swamini Svatmavidyananda, Balabhadra Das, James Lynch, Guruji Dileepkumar, Swami Sarveshanada
This is an important event for millions of Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and Indigenous people who live in the US and Canada and thus is an important story for your viewers.
The event is being jointly organized by two Buddhist and two Hindu organizations - Heiwa Peace and Reconciliation Foundation of New York, Buddhist Council of New York, Coalition of Hindus of North America and United States Hindu Alliance.
We live in a time of increased hate incidents against the Jewish as well as the Asian American communities. At the same time, thanks to efforts from CoHNA and various other organizations, a recent law passed by California referenced Hakenkreuz for the first time, but it was a half-fix, since it continues to associate the Swastika with Hitler’s symbol. Oregon is wrongly renaming the “Swastika Mountain” and media and academic portrayals continue to assume a connection of Swastika to Hitler. The Swastika Proclamation and the SAC are thus an important step in fixing the faulty understanding and narrative.
For more information, please contact the Swastika Awareness Coalition at understandingswastika@gmail.com
