Earth Charter - Choosing our Future
Earth Charter - Choosing our Future
CJ Willie, SC PhD
Diarmuid O’Murchu
“We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a time when humanity must choose its future.” These are the opening words of the Earth Charter and certainly speak to our time and place in history. This document is an international declaration of fundamental values and principles and provides core ethical values attuned to an interdependent world. These two interactive sessions will provide an overview of the charter and the opportunity to reflect on how it might be a blueprint for what our world needs today.
Carol-Jean Willie is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, a Master’s Degree in Reading and a Ph.D. in Multicultural Education. She has extensive experience working cross-culturally throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She served two terms of office as the NGO representative at the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation prior to her current ministries as the program director for an environmental center and her work internationally in the areas of teacher training, cultural diversity and sustainability.