A member of the Uniting Church National Assembly Relations with Other Faiths Working Group, Wilma Viswanathan, has been selected to be an Ambassador for the upcoming Parliament of World Religions, taking place in Melbourne from 3-9 December this year.
The Ambassador role is a select opportunity offered by the Parliament to individuals who possess inherent leadership qualities; commitment to the interfaith movement, excellent communication skills and connectedness to their own communities. Wilma Viswanathan has demonstrated these qualifications through her many involvements in interfaith relations over the years. She has served on the UCA National Assembly Working Group on Relations with Other Faiths from the early nineties, is a member of the Women's Interfaith Network and is the Secretary of the World Conference on Religion and Peace in NSW. Wilma worked for the National Council of Churches in Australia for fifteen years, was an elder of Paddington Uniting Church, and was one of the keynote speakers at the Women's programme of the International Conference of Christians and Jews in Jerusalem in June 2008.
Wilma will be one of 200 Ambassadors at the Parliament of the World’s Religions representing over 20 countries. The Ambassadors’ role will be to document their experience in creative ways which will then serve to communicate the Parliament experience to others – live from the Parliament and post-Parliament testimony. Ambassadors will also be honoured at the special networking event on-site.