President’s message JAINA Message
President’s
Jai Jinendra!
America and Community Funding: Present and Future’ on November 7th. A special edition of Jain Digest devoted to Jain Education in North America was launched during the convention.
Hope you had a great start to the year 2021. On behalf of the JAINA Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, I wish you and your family a very Happy and a Peaceful Year ahead and pray for everyone’s well-being. With your support, we hope to continue imbibing and spreading the Jain way of life by various means to the Jains of North America and the world. On behalf of the JAINA Convention Committee 2021, I invite you to the first-ever virtual & global Convention of JAINA which will be held from July 1-6, 2021. Please register at: https://www.jainaconvention.org Here are glimpses of achievements and on-going projects from October 2020 to January 2021.
October 2020
The JAINA Education Committee announced a unique opportunity of weekly virtual Workshop Sessions for Children in North America to learn about Jain fundamentals and their practical application in day to day life. This workshop is designed for youth in response to the requests received by the JAINA Education Committee.
November 2020 JAINA Academic Liaison Committee and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside organized the first Annual Jain Academic Convention, ‘Jain Studies in North
On November 28th JAINA Academic Liaison Committee organized a very informative presentation by Dr. Abhay Firodia from Pune, India about a mammoth state-of-the-art museum of Jain philosophy, history, architecture, and culture near Pune. He also talked about their plans to promote Jain studies through ISJS. The Sadharmik Bhakti Fund committee under the leadership of Dr Jayesh Shah launched an initiative to raise funds to help sadharmik families in India, who are experiencing dire financial conditions made worse by COVID-19.
On November 7th and November 21st, JAINA hosted an inspirational play about Sheth Jagdusha to raise funds for the Sadharmik Fund. With an overwhelming response from the community, $630,000 was raised; well exceeding the goal of $500,000. JAINA has collaborated with several credible and reputable non-profit organizations in India to distribute these funds effectively. 5
