Gandhi-Mandela-Freire Fellowship Programme
Self and Eco-Socio-Spiritual Transformation.
The Grounding of Peace, Reconciliation, Civic Engagement, Sustainability, Social Communication, Creative Regeneration and Engaged Spirituality in Compassion . Fostering Dialogical and Inclusive Community, Common Good and Eco-Socio-Spiritual Futures in Public and Private Spaces.
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Jointly initiated by the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, India and the Loyola Institute of Peace and International Relations, Kochi, India. The Indian Social Institute holds a Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The fellowship has been further developed, nurtured and now based at the Multiversity Platform, Loyola Extension Services, a registered charity as well as the social lab and incubation centre of Loyola College of Social Sciences (LCSS), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India. A (growing) number of like-minded institutions have offered moral support for this effort. (Note: This website belongs to the Multiversity Platform, Loyola Extension Services/LES Multiversity, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, India.)
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Highlights of the Learning Journey
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Opening/Launch
15th January 2022 (Saturday: 9.30 to 12.00 am/Indian Time)
MC: Sandra and Nirmal
Welcome
9.30 - 9.55 am
Fr. Ranjit George SJ, Director, Multiversity Platform, Loyola Extension Services (LES)
Dr. Saji Jacob, Principal, Loyola College of Social Sciences (LCSS)
Dr. Binoy Pichalakattu SJ, Director, Loyola Institute of Peace (LIPI) and International Relations (LIPI, Kochi)
Dr. Denzil Fernandez SJ, Director, Indian Social Institute (ISI, New Delhi
KeyNote Address
10.00 - 10.55 am
Prof. Anwar Fazal, Malaysia
Sashi Kumar, India
Programme Launched By Prof. Anwar Fazal and Sashi Kumar
Introduction to the GMF Fellows
11.00 - 11.15 am
Coordinated by Sandra and Nirmal
Rae, Marnie, Amalina, How Kian, Shenz, Hom, Hani, Erick and Aaron
Brief Sharing by Well Wishers
11.20 - 11. 50
Bishop Bernard (Malaysia), Salma (Malaysia), Somboon (Thailand), Prof. Hj. Zul (Malaysia), Prof. Paul Martens (USA),Johnny Ng (Malaysia), Dr. Jojo Fung (Philippines), Adrian Pereire (Malaysia), Dr. Marcus (Australia), Prof. Chainarong M. (Thailand), Prof. Dicky Sofjan (Indonesia)
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Thank You & Close
11.50 - 11.55
Dr. M. Nadarajah
Course Director
Cluster 1: 15th January - 14th April 2022 (First Session on the 5th of February)
Exploring Self and Other
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Preliminaries and Onboarding Sessions
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Month 1 : Challenging the Foundations of Our Knowledge, Practices, and Being/Setting Out of the Our Comfort Zones
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Month 2: Can Be re-Boot? Finding Pathways to Re-boot.
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Month 3: Rethinking Our Sense of Who We Are Or Where We are Heading?
Cluster 2: 25th April - 24th August 2022 (Session on 27th)
Exploring Conscience and Compassion
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Month 4: Theory and Methodology
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Month 5: Social Ecology of Suffering
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Month 6: Social Ecology of Compassion
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Month 7: 6 Models of Compassionate Practice
Cluster 3: 1st September - 5rd October 2022
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Month 8: Project on Public Compassion and for Public Good (Development and Execution), ​
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Running a Group Public Event (An Online Film Festival On Compassion?/Organised Over 6 months)
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Cluster 4: 15th January - 30th August 2022
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Root Skilling/Orientational Sessions: Reflection--Meditation--Silence--Visualising--Diary Keeping--Curating--
--Documenting--Researching--Project Development--Discussion--Dialogue--Network Building--Smart Phone Photography-Movie Making/Sustainable Designing/Counter-Narratives/'New' Language for Storytelling​​/
Award Event: 8th October 2022
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Project Sharing Event and Discussion: Public Event
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GMF Community Award (Certificate from a multi-organisation/institutional collective)
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(Note: There will be a review of the learning journey on the 7th of October.)
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