Freedom of Religion or Belief Training
Welcome to LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE, an interactive media-based training series to equip students and professionals to support freedom of religion or belief (FoRB).
We filmed African leaders, lawyers, advocates, and scholars as they shared their research experience and insights. Then, we interwove throughout the interviews the dramatic story of a young Nigerian woman and her family who overcome religious prejudice and experience the benefits of religious freedom in their workplace and community.
LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE TRAILER
COURSE OUTCOMES
- Improve understanding of human rights and religious freedom.
- Foster respect for differing beliefs, traditions, and world-views.
- Assess stereotypes that may influence behavior in the workplace.
- Overcome religious-based regulations that stifle innovation.
- Encourage equality, diversity, inclusion and multi-faith living.
- Educate, empower, and equip influencers to promote religious liberty.
- Recognize how FoRB affects peace building, gender equality, and business.
"We cannot ignore that in order to flourish, people have to be able to address their deepest questions of existence and meaning, both privately and in community with others."
-Barrister Gloria Mabeiam Ballason
Course Curriculum
Our Training
Through four episodes, which are each only four minutes long, the eCourse explores FoRB and how it contributes to peaceful and stable societies, empowers women, and encourages business and innovation. Discussion questions and curriculum accompany these docudramas. Our goal, through the eCourse, is to educate, empower, and equip influencers about the benefits of religious freedom so they are better positioned to advance FoRB in their immediate environments and further afield.
What We're About
Many organizations already do a great job documenting and publicizing the tragic cases of religious discrimination and persecution around the world. While our series acknowledges these human rights violations, our focus is to draw attention to what is not being talked about enough - the many positive benefits of the universal right of freedom of religion, belief and conscience.
In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was unanimously adopted by all member states of the United Nations. Article 18 states:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
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