Dear ILS delegate, Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada This is an introductory email to this initiative. At this time of variegated challenges connected to the COVID 19 pandemic, the GBC Strategic Planning Team will offer whatever support we can to the worldwide devotee community. Our site: https://gbcstrategicplanningteam.com/ We will collect content from anywhere in ISKCON (and beyond) and will share: 1. Ideas on how to productively engage in Krishna consciousness while being confined at home, and also on how to engage children and teenagers. 2. Ideas on how to associate with each other in various ways while not leaving your place. 3. Best practices adopted in various ISKCON communities in the world to take care of the devotees and protect each other. 4. Ideas on how to do outreach from home. 5. Useful information on the virus and on ways to prevent infection and the spreading of infection. 6. Reminders of standards of safety - individual and collective. 7. Analysis of developments in areas such as economy, geopolitics, security, etc. 8. Anything else that could be useful to the devotees. We request you to kindly give attention to these postings and share them with as many of your contacts as possible (through email, websites, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) - or at least please share what you find particularly relevant. We also encourage you to suggest information and resources that you wish to see distributed. Here are a few of the links that you can view. Please visit the website (link below) for the other interesting and informative articles offered by the GBC Strategic Planning Team in collaboration with other notable sources: The GBC Chair, HH Ramai Maharaja, addresses the global ISKCON community: https://youtu.be/PqZd2EcF1gU A followup message from the GBC Chairman address to the global community: https://youtu.be/9jEpbt_Zoz0 Krsna Conscious engagement for children: https://gbcstrategicplanningteam.com/2020/03/online-krishna-conscious-engagement-for-children-2/ Over 60?: https://gbcstrategicplanningteam.com/2020/04/are-you-over-60-have-a-quick-listen-to-vraja-vihari-das/ Write us at: contact@gbcstrategicplanningteam.com And specifically for prayers' requests - for devotees infected: prayers@gbcstrategicplanningteam.com Please visit: https://gbcstrategicplanningteam.com/ Your servants at the GBC Strategic Planning Team |