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An initiative dedicated to assembling global thought leaders to find sustainable solutions to the major challenges plaguing our world today

ABOUT

The Centre for Responsible Leadership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to assembling global thought leaders to find concrete solutions to the major challenges plaguing our world today.

We seek to foster a new atmosphere for finding solutions at the United Nations annually, while also hosting additional events throughout North America and Europe.

Are you a responsible leader?

Are your decisions:

Based on the future or the present?

Made out of conviction or convenience?

Constructive or destructive?

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL

Responsible leaders make decisions in the best interests of the future and not only the present, injecting the question of sustainability into all that they do. READ MORE >>

CONVICTION NOT CONVENIENCE

Responsible leaders need to act with conviction and not out of convenience. In a complex and overly politicized world, leaders must be able to make the right decision, even if it is the difficult one. READ MORE >>

CONSTRUCTIVE NOT DESTRUCTIVE

Real responsible leadership is constructive not destructive, elevating the surrounding people, places and communities. It is our goal to build a new world without destroying the old. READ MORE >>

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This is a unique time to reflect and re-tool our efforts. CRL has decided to launch a Virtual/Digital Impact Hub to convene regular online gatherings under the title of ,\"Responsible Dialogues\"; on the subjects/themes that are most critical.

We believe in the indomitable spirit of the human enterprise and know that when we put our heads together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish, \"Together We Can\"!

We can maximize our outreach and have more people commit to being a Responsible Leader, foster an era of Responsible Leadership till one day it is in our DNA and we all can be Responsible Leaders - Make Decisions based upon the Future, not just the Present, with Conviction not just Convenience and that they are Constructive, certainly not Destructive!

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How did things go so far off the rails?

Partisanship is as old as the Republic, and yet for most of our history, the process found a way to get some things done instead of just chasing its tail. In the past on the Hill, there were partisan fights daily, but there were also more results.

It is in pondering this question that we have launched The Civility Project — a new initiative by the Centre for Responsible Leadership, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to assembling global thought leaders to find concrete solutions to the major challenges plaguing our world today. This issue was first introduced to CRL on the \"Restoring Civility to Public Discourse” panel with Sen. Joe Lieberman and Amb. Nancy Brinker at the United Nations in 2019.

We need your help. We don’t want this to be another Washington cliché that starts with a press release and a panel discussion before fading into the rubble of status quo.

What steps can we put into motion that motivate not necessarily nonpartisanship or even bipartisanship, but responsible partisanship and civil debate? As the oldest democracy in the world, we cherish our differences. They can spur us to listen to each other, to engage each other, and to build structures more enduring than any single viewpoint would engender in a vacuum.

Join the discussion.

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The Centre for Responsible Leadership hosted the inaugural Responsible Leaders Summit at the United Nations in New York on May 1st, 2019.

Eminent leaders from across business, finance, religion, politics, media, and the environment will participate in high-level workshops to develop actionable commitments that will address how to bring more effective leadership to solving some of the world’s greatest challenges.

Wednesday, May 1

Welcome & Introductions:

9.00am - Summit Master of Ceremonies:

David Gregory - Renowned Journalist and Former Moderator, NBC's Meet the Press

Welcome Remarks:

9:15am – 9:30am - HE Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa - Secretary General, The Muslim World League;

Chairman, Responsible Leaders Summit

Bawa Jain - Secretary General, The World Council of Religious Leaders; Secretary General, Responsible Leaders Summit

Moderator:

Robert Bazell - Professor, Yale University; Former Chief Science and Health Correspondent, NBC News

9:45am – 10:35am - Solution Session 1: Restoring Civility to Public Discourse

In an age of increasingly divisive rhetoric, it is imperative for everyone to restore the civility in public discourse. If we are to build and safeguard an environment conducive to collaboration and reasonable decision-making, it cannot be based on name-calling, browbeating, threats and/or embarrassments. To meet our current and future challenges head-on and leave a world that our children can enjoy and thrive in, we need to preserve the space for rational debate, respectful disagreement and constructive compromise. But how do we do that when the flamethrowers consistently are the loudest voices?

Moderator: David Gregory

Panelists:

Ambassador Nancy Brinker - Founder, Susan G. Komen; Ambassador to Hungary and U.S. Chief of Protocol

Senator Joseph Lieberman - Senior Counsel, Kasowitz Benson Torres; Former United States Senator (CT) and Vice Presidential Nominee

Adam Sharp - President & CEO, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences (The Emmy Awards); Former Head of News, Government & Elections, Twitter

10:45 am – 11:35am - Solution Session 2: Addressing Economic Inequality

The divide between the rich and the poor has widened dramatically in the United States over the past few decades, with no remedy in sight. The situation is much the same in many other developed and developing countries. In a world with so much wealth, responsible leaders must do much more to lift up the most vulnerable individuals and nations. How do we advance trade and social protection policies that provide real economic gains to the poorest and most marginalized communities?

Moderator: David Gregory

Panelists:

Lauren Bush Lauren - Founder and CEO, FEED Projects

Maurice Lévy - Chairman, Publicis Groupe

Franz Paasche - Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Communications, PayPal

Jessica Rosenworcel - Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

11:45am – 12:35pm - Solution Session 3: Safeguarding Our Planet

As living beings, we depend on clean water. Development requires energy. Urban areas require infrastructure, sanitation and other essentials. And environmental disregard threatens all of these. How do we meet our present needs to provide basic service, adequate housing and opportunities for jobs and industry, while embedding environmental protection and sustainability practices so that we are not jeopardizing the future?

Panelist:

Ken Berlin - President & CEO, The Climate Reality Project

Bjørn Kjærand Haugland - CEO, Norway 203040; Former Chief Sustainability Officer, DNV GL Group

Noel Kinder - Chief Sustainability Officer, Nike

12:45pm – 2:30pm - Delegates Dining Room - Lunch & Networking

Award Presentation: 2019 Responsible Leadership Award for Excellence in Sustainability

Christian Rynning-Tønnesen - CEO, Statkraft

Special Address

HE Dr. Ali Rashid Abdulla Al Nuaimi - Chairman, World Council of Muslim Communities; Former Foreign Minister, United Arab Emirates

Monsignor Khaled Akasheh - Secretary of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims and Bureau Chief for Islam at the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

HE Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa - Secretary General, The Muslim World League

Swami Avdheshananda Giri Maharaj - Chairman of Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha (India)

Rabbi David Rosen - International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)

Venerable Shi Ming Yi - Abbot of Foo Hai Chan Monastery (Singapore)

Moderator: Cindi Leive - Former Editor-in-Chief, Glamour Magazine and SELF Magazine

Panelists:

Jimmie Briggs - Writer; Member, New York City Commission on Gender Equity; Community & Partnerships Lead, The Goldin Institute

Claudia Chan - CEO & Founder of S.H.E. GLOBL

Cecile Richards - National women's rights advocate, Former President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Neera Tanden - President, Center for American Progress

Moderator: Paula Faris - Anchor and Senior National Correspondent, ABC News; Host, Journeys Of Faith Podcast

4:35pm – 4:45pm - Special Presentation: UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and The Muslim World League

Ninette Kelley - Director, New York Office, UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Anne-Marie Grey - Executive Director & CEO, USA for UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

HE Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa - Secretary General, Muslim World League

2:35pm – 3:35pm - Solution Session 4: Uniting the Faithful

Faith should be a unifying factor among the peoples of the world. However, it is all too often misused to divide. We need to use the commonalities of our great religions to promote the shared values of faith and education, and a shared appreciation of each of our unique religious heritages. How do we eliminate the breeding ground for groups like Da’esh (ISIS) in the Middle East, the Ku Klux Klan in the United States or neo-Nazis in Europe? And how do we leverage interfaith understanding into real solutions for our communities?

3:45pm – 4:35pm - Solution Session 5: Ensuring Gender Equality

Gender equality is a fundamental human right. And the empowerment of women and girls is fundamental to building a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Even as laws around the world are becoming increasingly more progressive, true gender equality is being hampered by the unacceptably high level of women and girls who experience physical and sexual violence. And all too often, women and girls find that in practice they are denied equal access to education, health care, decent work and political and economic opportunities. How do we unleash their full potential?

4:45pm – 5:00pm - Closing Remarks

HE Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa

Bawa Jain

The Responsible Leaders Summit Awards Dinner: The Harvard Club

7:30 - 10:15pm

Reception Begins

Dinner, Awards, and Entertainment Program

Special guests and entertainers to be announced

The 2019 Responsible Leadership Award for Truth in Media will be presented to:

Ann Curry

Award-winning journalist and photojournalist, and former NBC News Network anchor and international correspondent.

The 2019 Responsible Leadership Award for Engaged Leadership will be presented to:

Alex Gorsky

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson & Johnson

The 2019 Responsible Leadership Award for A Lifetime of Achievement will be presented to:

Rabbi Arthur Schneier

President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation; Senior Rabbi Park East Synagogue

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Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker

Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary and U.S. Chief of Protocol

Founder, Susan G. Komen

Dr. Cheryl Fishbein

Chair, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)

President, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC)

David Harris

Chief Executive Officer, American Jewish Committee (AJC)

Honorable Patricia de Stacy Harrison

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs

President and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Maurice Lévy

Chairman of the Board, Publicis Groupe

Senator Joseph Lieberman

Senior Counsel, Kasowitz Benson Torres

Former United States Senator (CT) and Vice Presidential Nominee

Rabbi David Rosen, CBE

International Director of Interreligious Affairs, American Jewish Committee (AJC)

Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama

Adam Sharp

President & CEO, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences (The Emmy Awards)

Former Head of News, Government & Elections, Twitter

Fred S. Teng

President, America China Public Affairs Institute

Frances Townsend

Executive Vice President, MacAndrews & Forbes

Former Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush

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Dear Responsible Leaders,

Welcoming you to the new Digital Hub, we ask you if you are concerned about the growing vacuum of Responsible Leadership? We are and that was our motivation to create the The Centre for Responsible Leadership - CRL.

We have witnessed the rapid deterioration of Civility and the incidents of the 6th January when the symbol of Democracy not only to the USA but the World was desecrated. Surely, this must never be allowed to happen ever again. The very values we espouse and cherish are under assault. What has distinguished the USA, is our firm belief that if you are willing to put in the hard work, you can realize the American Dream. This Has been our creed since our founding and people from every corner of the world have come here and shaped America to be the beacon of Hope for All!

The past year has been like no other time in recent memory. This is a unique time to reflect and re-tool our efforts. I am excited to share that CRL has tied up with Countable, www.countable.com and decided to launch a Virtual/Digital Impact Hub to convene regular online gatherings under the title of ,\"Responsible Dialogues\"; on the subjects/themes that are most critical.

The CRL is a secure and private platform for all who wish to engage on the issues most critical to their communities and indeed the world. Our vision is to build our Virtual platform to be actively engaged in Networking and Community Building, Action and Engagement, developing Position Papers, Mentorship, Online Content - Explainers and News.

The CRL is founded on the core principle of building strategic alliances and partnerships, for we fully understand that no one, however big they are, can do it alone, but \"Together We Can\"!

We are keen to hear your feedback and thoughts on the efforts to re-tool and launch the Virtual/Digital Impact Hub. How can we maximize our outreach and have more and more people commit to being a Responsible Leader, foster an era of Responsible Leadership till one day it is in our DNA and we all can be Responsible Leaders - Make Decisions based upon the Future, not just the Present, with Conviction not just Convenience and that they are Constructive, certainly not Destructive!

Who are we to judge, you evaluate for yourself and see if you are a Responsible Leader!

The CRL is a Non Partisan platform, but we welcome Partisanship as that helps a healthy debate that can help us make the best decisions for the sake of the largest number of people and our planet and surely we can be Partisan Responsibly! Similarly, we respect activism as we strive towards Centrist Activism.

Adversity, such as we have encountered this past year, helps build our Character and it is in such times that unique Leadership manifests - Can we dare to be such Leaders!

We believe in the indomitable spirit of the human enterprise and know that when we put our heads together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish,\"Together We Can\", so let us strive to help contribute wherever we can to transform the world to be what we wish to see!

Let us together build nested communities on the issues most critical to us and seek actionable solutions to achieve our fullest potential so that indeed our fragile World can be a safe place for our children and our children's children to thrive as Responsible Leaders!

The CRL Platform is yours as much as ours, so let us use it to the fullest.

Responsibly Yours,

Bawa Jain

Founder-President

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To assist faith leaders in guiding their communities toward ending stigma, preventing addiction, and supporting recovery, CRL, the Clinton Foundation and Johns Hopkins are cohosting an event to kick off their combined work to help combat the crisis.

Overview

The Clinton Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Centre for Responsible Leadership, please consider this invitation to join a very select group of faith leaders to serve as a member of the Executive Committee for a comprehensive effort of education and action to address the opioid crisis. This program will foster a dialogue between faith and science and the common ground that they share. The dialogue, which will start in 2021 with a virtual discussion series, will culminate with the creation of a consensus statement that outlines the role of faith leaders in addressing the overdose crisis and actionable steps for faith leaders and their congregations to bring hope and healing to lives touched by addiction.

More than 71,000 Americans died from drug overdose in 2019 and more than two-thirds of these deaths were attributed to opioids. Since COVID-19’s onset, overdose deaths have accelerated across the country and are on track to vastly exceed the number of deaths recorded last year. More than 20 million Americans have a substance use disorder and only ten percent receive treatment. Stigma — at the individual, family, and societal levels — is seen as a primary barrier to treatment and recovery from substance use disorders.

In congregational settings, stigma often manifests as a moral failing or lack of faith. This harmful view of addiction and mental illness prevents faith leaders and their congregations from being true to their charge as ambassadors of healing and reconciliation.

Despite these and other challenges, millions of Americans find recovery from substance use disorders and lead full lives. Research illustrates community connection and a vibrant spirituality — which congregations provide — are key foundations for sustaining continuous, long-term recovery. Many individuals who struggle with substance use disorders, as well as those in recovery, are active members of congregations yet hide this part of their identity because of stigma. Nevertheless, our health stories are our faith stories, and our faith stories are our health stories.

Public health officials have long recognized that faith-based organizations can serve as natural community helpers to bring residents — including underserved and hard-to-reach populations — together with stakeholders who can broaden the reach of prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction programs. Faith leaders are a trusted source of support and information that influence attitudes and practices in their communities. In addition, faith leaders have a unique ability to educate and mobilize their communities to address the stigma that all too often blocks access to supportive resources. Yet faith leaders are not often equipped to respond to a substance use crisis due to lack of knowledge or formal training on addiction and familiarity with evidence-based treatment and recovery resources available to assist.

In April 2018, the Clinton Foundation’s Opioid Response Network launched the “Empowering Faith Leaders Program” to equip diverse faith leaders from across the U.S. with knowledge, skills, resources, and confidence to effectively address substance use disorders in their local communities. The program convenes faith leaders from across faith traditions for discussions, lectures and training about the opioid epidemic and evidence- informed strategies for prevention, treatment and recovery, and introduces faith leaders to local resources including prevention organizations, treatment providers, and recovery programs. The program mobilizes faith leaders to plan and execute a community-based engagement project to raise awareness about addiction, reduce stigma, and share lifesaving resources. The Opioid Response Network has worked with over 100 faith leaders in Houston, Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Jacksonville, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia. Now, the Clinton Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and The Centre for Responsible Leadership — with your guidance, participation, leadership — are excited to combine resources to overcome the opioid crisis by engaging community leaders and fostering this important dialogue about faith and science.

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H.E. Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa

Secretary General, The Muslim World League

Chairman, Centre for Responsible Leadership

HE Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa received his higher education from the University of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he earned a master’s degree and a PhD in Comparative Judicial Studies (Constitutional Law).

Dr. Al-Issa has held many prestigious public offices. He worked as a judge in the Ministry of Justice until he reached the highest rank of Chief Appellate Judge. He was then appointed Vice-President of the Court of Grievances, during which time he also worked as an acting Advisor at the Royal Court.

His Excellency was appointed Minister of Justice in 2009 and a royal decree was issued, appointing him to serve as an Advisor at the Royal Court.

Dr. Al-Issa has since travelled extensively throughout the United States and Europe, meeting with dignitaries and parliamentarians from the fields of justice, law and human rights.

He currently supervises the Intellectual Warfare Center, an international center affiliated with the Ministry of Defense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, dedicated to combatting extremist and terrorist ideology.

Dr. Al-Issa assumed his role as Secretary-General of the Muslim World League in August 2016 and has been actively engaged in presenting the true image of Islam, its tolerant principles, around the world. He is committed to promoting religious and intellectual awareness among Muslim minorities and works tirelessly to disseminate the values of justice, tolerance and peace.

As a proponent of constructive dialogue with followers of different faiths, civilizations and cultures, Dr. Al-Issa visited the Vatican in September 2017 to meet Pope Francis and the late Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Chairman of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. In April 2018, Cardinal Tauran, in turn, visited the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and signed an historic cooperation agreement which included joint programs to enhance communication and bridge gaps.

Dr. Al-Issa continues to meet with senior leaders of politics, religion, science, thought and culture, discussing ways of constructive cooperation in combating extremism and immunizing communities of different religions and cultures against the dangers of extremism.

He frequently lectures at international events and delivered a keynote speech on behalf of Muslims at the International Summit on Religion in Kyoto, Japan, presided over by the chief priest of the Tendai Buddhist sect in August 2017. He also spoke on behalf of Muslims at the 39th Meeting for Friendship Among People in the Italian city of Rimini in August 2018.

Dr. Al-Issa is the recipient of numerous domestic and international awards, including:

A. The Galileo International Award of 2018, awarded by the Galileo Foundation in Florence, Italy for his international achievements and pioneering leadership in promoting religious and cultural peace and harmony

B. The Moderation Prize of 2018, awarded by HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Governor of Makkah Region and Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, for his distinguished and outstanding efforts in promoting moderation

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In April 2019, American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Muslim World League (MWL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) witnessed and supported by the Centre for Responsible Leadership. The first point of agreement in the MOU was a joint visit to AuschwitzBirkenau to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nazi-German camp’s liberation.

On January 23, 2020, dozens of Muslim dignitaries from Saudi Arabia and a score of other countries, led by the MWL’s Secretary General, H.E. Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, joined AJC leaders, including AJC CEO David Harris, AJC President Harriet Schleifer, AJC Director of International Interreligious Affairs Rabbi David Rosen, Secretary-General of the Centre for Responsible Leadership Bawa Jain, and other senior leaders, in a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The media was there in droves to cover what was the most senior Muslim delegation ever to visit a Nazi concentration camp. Coverage ranged from The New York Times to The Washington Post, from BBC to CNN, from Al-Arabia to Arab News. This comprehensive report lists the international media coverage of the visit in detail.

The delegation stood to bear witness of the horrors that took place at Auschwitz. One of the most moving sights took place in Birkenau (aka Auschwitz II), when the MWL delegation held a prayer and memorial service near the gas chambers and crematoria.

The delegation also traveled to Warsaw to visit the Polin Museum of the History of Jews of Poland, the Tatarska Street Mosque, and the Nozyk synagogue, at which H.E. Dr. Al-Issa addressed a large group in the sanctuary, and then gathered in the Royal Castle for an interfaith and festive Shabbat dinner.

Guests at the Shabbat dinner included the Catholic Primate of Poland and leaders of other Christian communities, the Polish Foreign Minister, the Speaker of the Senate, the Polish President’s Secretary of State, the ambassadors of Australia, Canada, and Germany, and the Chief Rabbi of Poland and other local Jewish representatives.

Coverage of the event - New York Jewish Week

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Bawa Jain is a visionary leader in the interfaith movement throughout the world.

Mr. Jain is Founder and President of The Centre for Responsible Leadership (https://www.thecrl.org/), a non-profit organization dedicated to assembling global thought leaders to find concrete solutions to the major challenges plaguing our world today.

Mr. Jain is also the Chairman of the World Youth Peace Summit, which brings together dynamic young leaders who share the dream of peace, organizing Youth Peace Conferences and facilitating a worldwide network that links active young people, and the Secretary General of the World Council of Religious Leaders, an independent body, working to bring religious resources to support the work of the United Nations in a common quest for peace.

Mr. Jain Co-Founded the Religious Initiative of The World Economic Forum, Founded The Gandhi King Awards for Non-Violence, and launched World Council of Religious Leader's Religion One on One Initiative and is a strong proponent of Religious Diplomacy.

In addition to these activities, Mr. Jain's visionary contribution to the betterment of humanity is found in other programs that he inaugurated or has worked with , including The World Movement for Nonviolence, which fosters the practices and principles of non-violence in daily life, the Season for Nonviolence, involved in non-violence youth programs, and the Interfaith Center of New York, where he served as Vice President.

In response to the requests of UN Agencies and governments, Mr. Jain travels around the world to speak on religious diplomacy, spirituality, religion, and peace. He is published and has been the recipient of numerous awards.

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