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Prof.SarahPessinEmilandEvaHechtChairinJudaicStudies
(aninterfaithrela:onship-buildingappointment)ProfessorofPhilosophy&JudaicStudies
UniversityofDenverSeptember2016
*Note:Youmightfinditeasiertopurchaseanappthatimportsholidaydatesdirectlyintoyourcalendar(check“holidays”inyourappreview)….Besuretheappworkswithyouropera:ngsystemandwithyourOutlookcalendar,andthatitgivesyoutheop:onofchoosingreligiousholidaysasopposedtohundredsofna:onalholidays
AStep-by-StepGuidetoTransformingyourDaily-UseOutlookWorkCalendarintoyourInterfaithCalendar*(i.e.:Pleasedon’tpretendyou’llregularlybecheckingaseparateinterfaithcalendar!)
Downloadableversionat:hWp://www.du.edu/ahss/cjs
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Transformingyouractualonlineworkcalendarintoyourinterfaithcalendar…
Goal:Tointegrate8religious/culturalcalendarsintoyourregular,dailyOutlookcalendar.
Tobesure,thisisnotidealastherearemorethan8religions/cultures.Weare,however,star:ngwiththese8becausemakingastartisbeWerthandoingnothing,andthese8calendarsaretheeasiesttoaddtoOutlookbasedonOutlook’scurrent(2016)formatwhich1) has5‘internal’religiouscalendars,and2) requiresthatanyotheruploadedreligious/
culturalcalendarbeintheformatofan‘.ics’file;currently,Iwasonlyabletofind3addi:onalreligiouscalendarsin‘.ics’format.
Basedontheseparameters,andfullyawarethatthesitua:onisnotideal,wewillstartbyaddingthese8calendarstoyourdailyworkcalendar.
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Togetstarted,clickon‘AddCalendar’atthetopofthepage…
Next,clickon‘HolidayCalendar’inthepull-downmenu…
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A‘HolidayCalendars’listwillappearontheright-hand-sideofyourscreen.Thisincludesna:onalcalendarsfromaroundtheworld,aswellas5holidaycalendars;clickonthe5holidaycalendars(theyareinalphabe:calorder)
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A‘HolidayCalendars’listwillappearontheright-hand-sideofyourscreen.Thisincludesna:onalcalendarsfromaroundtheworld,aswellas5holidaycalendars;clickonthe5holidaycalendars(theyareinalphabe:calorder)
•Chris:anReligiousHolidays
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A‘HolidayCalendars’listwillappearontheright-hand-sideofyourscreen.Thisincludesna:onalcalendarsfromaroundtheworld,aswellas5holidaycalendars;clickonthe5holidaycalendars(theyareinalphabe:calorder)
•Chris:anReligiousHolidays•HolySee(Va:canCity)
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A‘HolidayCalendars’listwillappearontheright-hand-sideofyourscreen.Thisincludesna:onalcalendarsfromaroundtheworld,aswellas5holidaycalendars;clickonthe5holidaycalendars(theyareinalphabe:calorder)
•Chris:anReligiousHolidays•HolySee(Va:canCity)•Islamic(Shia)ReligiousHolidays•Islamic(Sunni)ReligiousHolidays•JewishReligiousHolidays
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Akeryouselectall5,hit“Save”atthetopofthebox.
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Wearenowdoneaddingthe5“built-in”Outlookreligiousholidaycalendarsintoyourcalendar.Theholidaysassociatedwithall5ofthesereligions/cultureswillnowautoma:callypopulateyourmaincalendar(ascanbeseenonthescreen-thedifferentdatesarecolor-codedtothedifferentreligiouscalendars…)
Wearenowreadytoimport3morereligiouscalendarsintoOutlook…
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GotoCalendarLabs.comandclicktotheiCalCalendar,ReligiousCalendarpage.Thedirectlinkis:www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar-holidays.phpAtthetopofthepage,thereareanumberofna:onalcalendarsforcountriesaroundtheglobe;thisisnotwhatwewillbeusing…
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Scrolldowntothelowerpartofthepagetofindthe6ReligiousHolidayCalendars…
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Becausewealready‘have’theChris:an,Islamic,andJewishcalendarsfromourearlierOutlookstep,let’sjustdownloadthefilesforBuddhistFesLvals,HinduFesLvals,andSikhFesLvals…ClickDownloadandthe.icsfilewillgotoyourdesktop.(DuringthedownloaditmightaskyouifyouwanttoaddthecalendartoyouriCalendarorothercomputercalendar;choose‘yes’or‘no’-forourpurposesitdoesn’tmaWerasthemaingoalistogetthefilesontoyourdesktoptouploadintoOultook).
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Nowthatthesethree.icsfilesareonyourdesktop,returntoOutlookandcreate3addi:onalcalendarsunder“Othercalendars”onthelek-hand-side.
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Clickonthe“+”sign,andtypeinaboxcalled‘Buddhist’(itwillgiveyouaboxtofillin);whendone,hitEnter.
Nowthatthesethree.icsfilesareonyourdesktop,returntoOutlookandcreate3addi:onalcalendarsunder“Othercalendars”onthelek-hand-side.
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Next,clickonthe“+”signagain,andtypeinaboxcalled‘Sikh’(itwillgiveyouaboxtofillin);whendone,hitEnter.
Nowthatthesethree.icsfilesareonyourdesktop,returntoOutlookandcreate3addi:onalcalendarsunder“Othercalendars”onthelek-hand-side.
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Next,clickonthe“+”signagain,andtypeinaboxcalled‘Hindu’(itwillgiveyouaboxtofillin);whendone,hitEnter.
Nowthatthesethree.icsfilesareonyourdesktop,returntoOutlookandcreate3addi:onalcalendarsunder“Othercalendars”onthelek-hand-side.
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Pulldownthe“AddCalendar”menuagain;this:mechoose“FromFile”…
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• Anewwindowwillopencalled“ImportCalendar.”• Nextto“choosean.icsfile”click“BROWSE”…
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• Fromyourdesktop,choosethe‘Buddhist-Holidays.ics’file
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• Next,fromthe‘Calendar’scrolldownmenu,select“Buddhist”.
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• Then,hit‘SAVE.’• TheBuddhistcalendarisnowpartofyourOutlook
calendar.
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ThenrepeatthesesamestepsfortheHinduandSikhfilesonyourdesktop,ineachcasechoosingan.icsfilefromyourdesktop(Sikh,thenHindu),andmatchingittothecalendar:tle(SikhthenHindu).
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CongratulaLons!YourOutlookcalendaristransformed!YourOutlookcalendarshouldnowbepopulated(automa:cally)withthereligiousholidaysfrom8religions/cultures.Yournextstepistofigureouthowtousethisinterfaithinforma:onwhenyouplaneventsandmee:ngs.Thinkaboutyourofficeflow,andcomeupwithadecisivewaytoensurethattheinterfaithcalendarisbeingconsultedBEFOREyoufinalizeyourupcomingeventormee:ng.Simplyhavingaccesstothesereligiousdatesdoesnotonitsownhelpunlessyouintegratethatdataintoyourworkflow![Oneideamightbetocreateaneventschedulingchecklistforeachevent,andtohavetherelevantofficememberaddtheirsignatureanddatetotheformoncethe‘interfaithcalendarcheck’stepiscompletedfortheeventinques:on;and:ifyourofficealreadyhasaneventcheck-list,pleaseconsideradding‘CheckInterfaithCalendar’tothecheck-list].
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Q:IsitpreferabletoavoidschedulingmyeventormeeLngonanyreligiousholiday?A:Notnecessarily.Pleaseconsidertwomainfactors:1) Ifnooneinyourgroupcelebratescertainreligiousholidays,thenthere’slikelynoreasonnot
toscheduleyourmee:ngonthatreligiousholiday.2) Keepinmindthatnotallreligiousholidayswouldpreventpeoplefromthatreligionfrom
aWendingamee:ngorevent.Forexample,inthecaseofJudaism,manyJews(includingobservantandnon-observantJews)wouldbeunabletoaWendamee:ngoreventsonthetwodaysofthe‘RoshHashanah’holiday,butnosimilarissuewouldcomeupfortheholidayofHanukkah.
But:HowwillIknowwhichholidayiswhich?...
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Howtoknowwhichholidayiswhich:VisittheDU“Religious&SpiritualLife”pageforalistofholidays;itlistsmoreholidaysthantheoneswehavesuccessfullyenteredintoyourOutlook,andthelistsincludedescrip:onsofwhetheraholidaydoesordoesnothavea“SpecialWorship”elementora“restricLon”ofsomesort.Iftheholidayhasa“specialworship”or“restric:on,”it’smorelikelytobethekindofholidaythatwillpreventatleastsomemembersofagivenreligious/culturalcommunityfromaWendingeventsormee:ngsonthedayinques:on.Butthat’snotalwaystrue,soapproacheachholidayonacasebycasebasis.
hWp://www.du.edu/studentlife/religiouslife/events-ac:vi:es/calendar.html
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Q:WhathappensifinspiteofallbesteffortsmyofficeneedstoscheduleameeLngoreventonthekindofreligiousholidaythatwilllikelyexcludemembersoftheDUcommunityfromaYending?A:Lifeisnotperfect,andschedulingisnoexcep:on.Workmindfullyandwithcaretotrytoavoidcaseslikethis(includinghavingarobustsetofbestprac:cesforcheckingtheinterfaithcalendarbeforefinalizingdatesforeventsandmee:ngs).However,ifcircumstancesleadyourofficetoneedingtoscheduleaneventonareligiousholidaythatwillexcludemembersoftheDUcommunityfromaWending,considerovertlymen:oningandacknowledgingtheless-than-idealsitua:oninyourmarke:ngfortheevent.Perhapssomelanguageofthefollowingsort:“WeapologizetothosewhomightbeunabletoaYendoureventdueto[nameofholiday];schedulingandotherfactorsledustoselectthisdate,andwehopetoavoidsimilaroutcomesinthefuture.Inclusivity—includingreligiousinclusivity—isavalueweworkhardtouphold.”Thereisnoidealwaytoaddresssitua:onslikethis,butacknowledgement+apologyisbeWerthanjustignoringthatyourofficeisresponsibleforcrea:ngareligiousholidayconflict.Addinglanguagelikethelanguageabovetoyourmarke:ngandwebsite(incaseswhereyoureventconflictswiththekindofreligiousholidaythatmightpreventmembersoftheDUcommunityfrompar:cipa:ng)atleasthelpsshowthatyourofficeis(a)inthehabitofconsul:nganinterfaithcalendar,(b)awarethattheeventdatemightexcludesomemembersoftheDUcommunity,and(c)apologe:cfortheoutcome.Thishelpsmakeforamoreinclusivecommunity,evenwhenwecan’thaveidealoutcomes. 26