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The President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge – Advancing Interfaith Cooperation and Community Service in Higher Education
The President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, an initiative inviting institutions of higher education to commit to a year of interfaith and community service programming on campus. This programming might take the form of diverse campus groups working together to implement a specific year-long service project. It might also involve students from a college or University partnering with local religious groups to tackle a specific community challenge together.
Australian Intercultural Society
The Australian Intercultural Society (AIS) promotes interreligious and cross-cultural relations, harmony and social inclusion in the diverse multi-faith, multicultural communities in Australia, acting as a catalyst for social and policy change. The main avenue for this is through educational awareness, development of social policy and social interaction
Connecting Cultures delivers training on religious and cultural diversity with a specialization in Arab, Muslim and American cultures.
The Hollings Center promotes dialogue between the United States and Turkey, the nations of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia, and other countries with predominantly Muslim populations in order to open channels of communication, deepen cross-cultural understanding, expand people-to-people contacts, and generate new thinking on important international issues. The Center convenes conferences, typically in Istanbul, involving opinion leaders and experts in a variety of fields, and provides small grants and fellowships to selected program participants for collaborative projects that build on conference recommendations. The Center was established as an NGO through legislation enacted in 2004 and 2005 by the U.S. Congress, particularly through the efforts of Senator Ernest F. Hollings; its official name is the International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue.
Boston University – Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs is a center for research, publication, and education on one of the most important questions in the contemporary world: How does culture affect economic and political developments world-wide? Specifically, how does religion impact international affairs? Since its inception in 1985, CURA has sought to discover, trace, and analyze the connection between culture, economics, politics, and globalization. It has conducted research projects on every continent except Australia, and these projects have resulted in publications that have become major points of reference on their topics.
The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC)
The CRDC engages in practice, education, and research concerning peacebuilding in conflicts where religion and culture play a significant role in both destructive conflict and peacebuilding. CRDC specializes in entrepreneurial engagement with partners, students, and supporters, who share the goal of promoting emerging networks of indigenous and global peacebuilders, mobilizing support for them, and creating linkages between peacebuilders, citizen diplomats, and policy makers.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
“The Center’s mission is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West and enhance understanding of Muslims in the West. The geographic scope and coverage of the center includes the breadth of the Muslim world, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, as well as Europe and America”.
The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding is a part of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. ACMCU offers a Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies: Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations.
The Student Interfaith Peace Project – University of Denver
The Student Interfaith Peace Project was born from recognition of the growing gaps in the world between the major Abrahamic religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Our goal is to help young people of many cultures and faith backgrounds learn to listen, dialogue, and solve conflicts with individuals who differ from them in a variety of ways.
SIPP brings together youth with very diverse backgrounds to create an international network of young peacemakers. By providing education, skill building, peacemaking, and communication tools, and knowledge of other religions, of history and world views, SIPP enables young people to forge life-long relationships that will help them lead coming generations with a broader base of understanding.
United States Institute of Peace – Education and Training Center
Certificate Course in Interfaith Conflict Resolution
Course text (also available in Arabic)
This course is designed to enhance the peacemaking capacities of individuals and faith-based organizations by focusing on objectives, methods, and best practices of interfaith dialogue, a form of religious peacemaking increasingly recognized for its relevance to 21st Century conflict. The course applies general principles of faith-based peacemaking to two case studies, highlighting interfaith peacemaking efforts between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, as well as the role that various faith communities played in helping to bring an end to the 36-year internal armed conflict in Guatemala.
“Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world’s great religions dedicated to promoting peace”. This organization is active throughout the world and hosts an assembly every 5 years which brings together representatives from many major faiths.
International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
This organization’s mission is to “address identity-based conflicts that exceed the reach of traditional diplomacy by incorporating religion as part as part of the solution”. It focuses on acting as a liaison between politics and religion, and sends inter-religious groups to conflict areas throughout the world.
Interfaith Encounter Association
“The Interfaith Encounter Association is dedicated to promoting peace in the Middle East through interfaith dialogue and cross-cultural study.” The group is committed to using religion as a solution to problems, rather than as a source of them.
The United Religions Initiative was born out of an interfaith service held to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter. The organization places a strong emphasis on “cooperation circles”. “Cooperation circles” are groups developed in a specific community, composed of people from various religions, and committed to together solving the particular problems faced by their community.
Center for Religious Tolerance
The Center for Religious Tolerance believes that the “global future depends on our ability to live and work harmoniously across racial, ethnic, religious, cultural and national boundaries.” The organization works on many projects to ensure that this goal is realized. Once such project is titled Abrahamic Reunion, which brings together Jews, Christians, Muslims and Druze in Israel and Palestine to foster understanding and respect between the groups.
The Arizona Interfaith movement’s mission is to build bridges of understanding, respect, and support among diverse people of faith through education, dialogue, service, and the implementation of the Golden Rule. We believe that every religion has some form of the Golden Rule that it teaches its members to live by.
Bahá’is, National Spiritual Assembly of – Canada
Canadian Baha’is, in large cities and small towns, and from every conceivable background are dedicated to the creation of a worldwide society built on principles of justice and unity, characterized by the elimination of racial and religious prejudice, and the equality of women and men – where diversity is celebrated and the arts, sciences and a love of learning is encouraged.
Bahá’is, National Spiritual Assembly of – United States
The National Spiritual Assembly oversees the administrative affairs of the Baha’is of the United States and provides guidance for their spiritual and moral development. The Assembly oversees a publishing trust and several periodicals, including The American Baha’i newspaper; Brilliant Star, a magazine for children; and World Order, a quarterly journal of opinion and ideas. The Assembly also operates retreat and conference centers in California, Michigan, Maine and South Carolina.
Center For Interfaith Relations
“The Center for Interfaith Relations (CIR) was established in 1985 by a group of civic leaders representing several faith groups to promote interfaith understanding. It was initially known as the Cathedral Heritage Foundation and was based in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption. Over the years CIR has gained a broad reputation for excellence in interfaith work and has served as a model for other communities in the United States and around the world.
Today, one of the primary ways CIR achieves its mission is through its yearly Festival of Faiths. This is a multi-day celebration centering on a theme and created by and for all faith groups in our city. It has grown dramatically over the years and now reaches thousands in Kentucky and around the world.”
“Since 1999, The Chaplaincy Institute has been preparing people for professional ministry. In a society as diverse as ours, chaplains must be prepared to minister to people of all faith traditions. The Chaplaincy Institute is responding to this vital need by training ministers to give spiritual care to everyone who needs it.”
“Our students study each of the major faith traditions, including sacred texts, rituals and worship, historical perspectives, and mystical aspects of the tradition. Our curriculum is experiential, including attending services of the faith traditions and participating in aspects of each tradition’s music, arts, prayer and meditation.”
Council for Parliament of World’s Religions
“The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world.
“Over the years, the Council has initiated dialogues and nurtured relationships among people of difference. In doing so the Council has provided a framework for expressing many visions of a just, peaceful and sustainable future. In the process, religious and spiritual communities have discovered a shared commitment to ethical principles.”
CreativeFilms provides access to film clips, interviews, speakers, music and photos relating to interfaith dialogue efforts.
CRES: Center for Religious Experience and Study
“CRES envisions the greater Kansas City area as a model community honoring interfaith relationships where interfaith relationships are honored as a way of deepening one’s own tradition and spirituality, and where the wisdom of the many religions successfully addresses the environmental, personal, and social crises of our often fragmented, desacralized world.”
“The work of CRES is to promote interfaith dialog and cooperation, provide insight into the problems and possibilities of global community, support and enhance goals and programs of existing Kansas City religious and educational organizations, interpret religious dimensions of American and international culture enrich and refresh the life of the individual, and deepen awareness of our participation in the natural environment.”
“Edgar Cayce Canada is a non-profit, membership-driven, educational organization governed by a Canadian Board of Directors. Edgar Cayce Canada promotes educational opportunities through the sponsorship of conferences, workshops, lectures and retreats across Canada, as well as through the establishment and nurturing of spiritual growth study groups.”
Edmonton Interfaith Centre/Ed & Action
“Established in 1995, our centre was founded by people of good will from many faiths who realized that only by working together could we create a community dedicated to friendship, harmony and understanding. Members of our centre are drawn from fourteen different faith traditions. We are united in celebration of the diversity found in our city, province and country.”
The centre holds bi-monthly meetings, interfaith dialogues, education programs, and multi-faith religious services.
“Fellowship in Prayer is a non-profit private operating foundation. We publish SACRED JOURNEY, a multi-faith journal through which readers can explore the spiritual insights and experiences of religious leaders and practitioners around the world. We sponsor and support programs for adults and youth that promote prayer, meditation and service to foster a more just and peaceful world community. We connect people to pray together, exchange ideas and lend each other spiritual support through a global network via the internet.”
“Global Ministries University offers contemporary interfaith and nondenominational ministry and theology degrees and certificate programs completely online that are ideal for ministry training and ordination. Global Ministries University is an online international contemporary theological learning platform which is inclusive, supportive of creative thinking, and honors the sacred in all religions and spiritual traditions.”
“Rooted in the Sikh tradition and the universal teachings of its Gurus, Gobind Sadan, “God’s House Without Walls,” is an international interfaith community currently with centers in India, and in the U.S., which has grown out of Baba Virsa Singh ji’s vision for world peace..”
Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Inst.
“As a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, the Mission of Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute is to promote Christian unity and interreligious dialogue in North America.”
Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute promotes these goals through study and research in the interreligious movement, expertise on ecumenical and interreligious issues, publication of the journal Ecumenical Trends, and co-sponsorship of the biennial Northeast Ecumenical Institute at Graymoor.
Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council
The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council is “growing a sustainable, pervasive culture of knowledge, respect, appreciation, and trust amongst people of all faiths and religious traditions in the greater Kansas City community.”
“The Hartley Film Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivation, support and distribution of the best documentaries and audio meditations on world religions and spirituality.
Hartley supports established filmmakers traveling the world to document stories that further global and interfaith understanding. The Foundation strives to reach the widest possible audience with its quality films, and sells on its Web site and at major conferences those award-winning documentaries that fulfill Hartley’s mission and message.”
Horizon Interfaith Communication Media Council
“Horizon is a non-profit, democratic organization of representatives from many religions and faith groups across the GTA. Our main purpose is to produce and air TV programs of our members’ faiths and interfaith topics on Rogers Community Television, whose generosity and assistance has been fundamental to our success.”
Institute on Religion and Public Policy
“The Institute on Religion and Public Policy is an international, inter-religious non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring freedom of religion as the foundation for security, stability, and democracy. The Institute works globally to promote fundamental rights, and religious freedom in particular, with government policy-makers, religious leaders, business executives, academics, non-governmental organizations and others. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, The Institute encourages and assists in the effective and cooperative advancement of religious freedom throughout the world.”
Interfaith Action Inc.
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Interfaith Association of Central Ohio
The Interfaith Association of Central Ohio works “to create an interreligious community based on understanding, friendship and trust; to educate adherents and the public about customs and practices of faith traditions; to provide interfaith public worship and ceremonies expressing local and global concerns, and to promote social justice, peace and human dignity.”
Interfaith Center at the Presidio
“The Interfaith Center at the Presidio has an historic commitment to healing and peacemaking within, between, and among religious and spiritual traditions. The Center’s mission is to welcome, serve, and celebrate the diverse faith traditions and spiritual wisdom of the Bay Area.”
Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. DC
“Created in 1978, the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC) brings together eleven historic faith communities to promote dialogue, understanding and a sense of community among persons of diverse faiths and to work cooperatively for social and economic justice in metropolitan Washington.”
Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond
“The Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond (ICGR) is an organization of 19 different religious denominations in the city of Richmond and surrounding counties. The member congregations within these faith groups bring together diverse doctrinal, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The uniqueness of the Interfaith Council is its ability to cherish this rich diversity and at the same time to celebrate the unity of all these faiths by addressing basic human needs through cooperative community service.
This group, due to the many diverse traditions of its members, does not worship together or involve itself in specialized political concerns of component denominations. In this way, the integrity of each denomination is preserved while working to enhance the sensitivity of groups toward one another and to identify and eliminate prejudice where it is found.”
The Interfaith Network works to “sponsor, support and promote interfaith activities and programs that foster cooperation, understanding, social interaction and individual spiritual growth among people of all faiths.”
Inter-Faith Ministries for Greater Houston
“Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston brings people of diverse faith traditions together for dialogue, collaboration and service, as a demonstration of our shared beliefs.”
“IM works with 10 communities of faith, including Bahá’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian. Together they provide the foundation upon which IM provides direct service, builds collaborative partnerships to serve seniors and refugees, and channels the faith community’s preparedness and response to disaster.”
Inter-Faith Ministries of Wichita
“In our community there are many faces. Within each face is a mixture of purpose, hope, and contentment, as well as alienation, hopelessness, and frustration. Because Inter-Faith Ministries has a desire to understand and empower the person behind the face, we call people of all faiths together to build interreligious understanding, promote justice, relieve misery and reconcile the estranged.”
“Interfaith Peace Ministries is a compassionate, supportive, and life-affirming interfaith/interspiritual collaborative ministry. Our gatherings, retreats and spiritual exploration services are dedicated to supporting those we serve based on their spiritual needs and interpretations.”
“We believe that every human being has been given their own unique interpretation of Divine processes and their own relationship to the Divine.”
“Interfaith Unity is a free publication of Interfaith and Inter-Spiritual activities, news, and resources, in Toronto, Southern Ontario, Nationally and Internationally.”
InterFaith Works of Central New York
“InterFaith Works of Central New York, through education, service and dialogue, affirms the dignity of each person and every faith community and works to create relationships and understanding among us.”
“IFYC’s work is based on three guiding ideas that draw from relevant social science data and research:
- Appreciative knowledge of diverse religious traditions and philosophical perspectives.
- Meaningful encounters between people of different faith and philosophical backgrounds.
- Common action projects between people of different backgrounds.”
International Association of Religious Freedom
“The International Association for Religious Freedom(IARF) is a UK-based charity working for freedom of religion & belief at a global level.
We have a century-plus history of encouraging interfaith dialogue & tolerance, with member groups in 25 countries, from faith traditions including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Shinto & Zoroastrianism. With member organisations, regional co-ordinators, and national chapters around the world, IARF is well placed to obtain local perspectives on religious freedom concerns and issues.”
The International Quranic Center
The International Quranic Center continues the struggle of its founder Dr. Ahmed Subhy Mansour to further a vision of moderate Islam. As an asylee from Egypt now living in the U.S., Dr. Mansour is an internationally respected and distinguished scholar of the Quran with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology and politics. Dr. Mansour’s interpretation of Islam offers a fact-based understanding of the letter and spirit of the Quran and its systematic application in a manner that enhances the values of democracy and religious tolerance.
To achieve its goals, the IQC sponsors research, convenes conferences, and disseminates the ideas of its founder, Sheikh Ahmed Suby Mansour and like-minded advocates in the U.S. and abroad. IQC will communicate these ideas through both scholarly and educational publications, Arabic and English-language websites, movies and TV productions. The Center will be in constant communication with the international media and decision makers to educate them about true Islam. IQC speaks out about misrepresentations of basic Islamic ideas by those who create hatred and misinterpret the fundamental tenets of Islam.
The IQC Board includes Muslims, Christians, and Jews. The Center welcomes enlightened members of all religions to the project of reinterpreting Islam as a religion sharing values with all of the world’s great religions and as a belief system committed to the liberal values of a democratic world.
Lakeshore Interfaith Institute of Mother’s Trust
“The Lakeshore Interfaith Institute is an outreach program of Mother’s Trust/Mother’s Place, Ramakrishna Sarada Ashram, a 501(c)3, religious order-organization and interfaith community, dedicated to interfaith study and dialogue as one of the many ways to promote understanding and compassionate forgiveness between the “World’s Great Wisdom Traditions” for the sustainability of the earth, compassionate service and the healing of all living beings. Interfaith study and dialogue honors the differences in World Faiths and the Common Ground in Human Dignity and Spirit.”
Long Island Multi-Faith Forum/LI Council of Churches
“The Long Island Council of Churches (LICC) is the coordinating body for the ecumenical work of churches throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties. For over three and one-half decades the LICC has been an effective center for the coordination, referral and assistance for low-to-moderate income Long Islanders. Through our extensive network of social support resources and our ability to mobilize the volunteer and advocacy efforts of nearly 800 faith communities, the LICC is uniquely qualified to respond to the emergency needs of the least fortunate throughout our region.”
“The Light Of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS) is a unique temple dedicated to interfaith understanding and the Light within all faiths. Individual altars represent and honor the different world religions. The vision, design and inspiration of Sri Swami Satchidananda, the LOTUS was dedicated in 1986. In the peaceful countryside of Virginia, the doors of the LOTUS are open to welcome people of all faiths.”
Greater Madison Interreligious Association
“We are individuals rooted in many different religious traditions. We have joined together in our mission to promote understanding and cooperation across religious and spiritual boundaries.”
“Rosehedge/Multifaith Works serves vulnerable men and women living with HIV/AIDS by providing housing, compassionate health care and supportive services that enhance the quality of their lives. In addition, we unite communities of compassionate care and inclusive spirituality with people living in isolation and loneliness.”
Multifaith Council of Northwest Ohio
“The MultiFaith Council of Northwest Ohio draws together diverse faiths, in mutual respect, friendship, cooperation and service. We covenant to consciously grow in the understanding and compassion that will enable us to live peaceably with all.”
Multi-Faith Saskatchewan aims to “initiate, foster and assist the development and operation of multifaith groups in the province of Saskatchewan.” It also works to “promote association, co-operation and mutual understanding among provincial single-faith organizations” and to “assist mulitfaith groups to work for a just and peaceful society.”
Neighborhood Interfaith Movement
“The Neighborhood Interfaith Movement (NIM) is a 40-year-old and growing non-sectarian coalition of over 58 religious congregations (Christian, Jewish, Unitarian, and Muslim) and faith institutions in and near Northwest Philadelphia. Unique among interfaith groups nationwide, NIM engages in direct service on behalf of the faith communities it represents.”
New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS)
The North American Interfaith Network (NAIN)
NAIN is a non-profit association of interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States: “Building Bridges of Interfaith Understanding, Cooperation and Service. NAIN is a non-profit association of interfaith organizations and agencies in Canada, Mexico and the United States.” Please click here to view its member organizations.
“NYDIS’s programs focus on all phases of the disaster lifecycle. Its services range from mitigation education to preparedness training to response and recovery initiatives. Through these programs, NYDIS strengthens the resources of faith-based agencies providing disaster services and serves the most vulnerable communities affected by disaster.”
Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual & Religious Care
“Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care (OMCSRC) is one of North America’s largest organizations dedicated to advocacy of spiritual care and the protection of religious rights.”
“The mission of Partners in Dialogue is to promote understanding and cooperation between the faith groups in South Carolina. This includes, but is not limited to, the sponsorship of educational activities which cultivate respect for the faith traditions and communities in South Carolina.”
Pluralism Project at Harvard University
“Over the past five decades, immigration has dramatically changed the religious landscape of the United States. Today, the encounter of people of different religious traditions takes place in our own cities and neighborhoods. In 1991, the Pluralism Project at Harvard University began a pioneering study of America’s changing religious landscape. Through an expanding network of affiliates, we document the contours of our multi-religious society, explore new forms of interfaith engagement, study the impact of religious diversity in civic life, and contextualize these findings within a global framework.”
Presbyterian Church USA, Office for Interfaith Relations
“The Interfaith Relations Office is a part of the Theology, Worship and Education ministry area of the PC(USA) and works in close connection with other offices and ministries of the whole church.
The office seeks to encourage the participation of Presbyterians in interfaith activities locally, nationally and internationally and to support educational initiatives to enable well-grounded engagement in interfaith conversations, community building efforts and cooperation for social justice.”
“Religions for Peace-USA is the largest representative interreligious collaboration in the United States. At RFP-USA, we seek to translate deeply held and widely shared values into concrete multi-religious action through programming initiatives with three foci:
- Championing diversity
- Building community
- Mentoring emerging leaders.”
Religious Education Association
“The Religious Education Association is an incorporation of the venerable 100 year old association (REA) of persons who have gathered semi-annually, published and taught religious education during this past century and the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education (APRRE), the group of professors, scholars and researchers who for the past 30 years have gathered annually as a guild of scholars building and sharing a body of theory and research.”
San Fernando Valley Interfaith Council
“VIC is a unique organization providing social services to thousands each year while holding fast to its original interfaith identity through the work of the Interfaith Relations Committee and social justice advocacy work through the Social Concerns Committee.”
“The Spiritual and Religious Alliance for Hope, known as SARAH, is composed of interfaith women committed to making a difference in our communities. We recognize that collaboration is essential to creating miracles and, like a good parent empowers her children, we empower our communities to make a real difference towards peace and understanding. Our practices are dialogue, community service, panel discussions, guest speakers, and book discussions. We meet to discuss and expand our experiences of women’s spirituality in the home, community, and the world. Through these practices we learn about one another’s cultural and spiritual foundations in order to enrich our own lives, and together improve our communities.”
Scarboro Missions Interfaith Desk
“Scarboro Missions is a Canadian society of Catholic priests and laity. Motivated by the Spirit, we dedicate ourselves to the person, teaching and mission of Jesus Christ, who said: “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)”
South Coast Interfaith Council
“It is the Mission of the South Coast Interfaith Council to promote mutual understanding, respect, appreciation and cooperation among people of faith in the Greater South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach-West Orange County area through extending hospitality, offering educational opportunities, providing moral leadership, sharing in service and working for justice.”
Southern Nevada Interfaith Council
“The Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada promotes activities that encourage understanding and respect among all people, all traditions, all cultures, all philosophies, and all communities. We encourage your interest and involvement as we improve the quality of life and sense of community here in Southern Nevada.”
St. Paul Interfaith Network SPIN
“Saint Paul Interfaith Network (SPIN) is an informal network hosted by the Saint Paul Area Council of Churches (SPACC). SPIN is a member of the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) and the Twin Cities Interfaith Network. SPIN values interfaith dialogue and networking as well dialogue within faith traditions on ways to build relationships and understanding across lines of different religious traditions, theologies or values.”
“The Temple of Understanding has led the way in interfaith education and
advocacy for 50 years. We educate youth and adults both cross culturally and inter-religiously for global
citizenship and peaceful coexistence; advocate for acceptance and respect for religious
pluralism by the worlds governing bodies; and actively continue to promote justice and tolerance.”
“Thanks-Giving Square serves as a common ground, a sanctuary, where there can be a confluence of faiths and traditions in discussion of shared concern. In Dallas, Thanks-Giving Square is a central meeting place where citizens from diverse backgrounds can use thanksgiving as a way to heal divisions and enhance mutual understanding.”
“The United Church of Canada views the religious practice of all people of goodwill with respect and gratitude. We believe the Spirit of God is at work in many different faith communities. For Christians, Jesus is the way we know God. Our understanding is nonetheless limited by human imagination. God is greater still and works in our world by a mysterious Spirit that knows no distinction at the doorway of a Christian chapel; Buddhist, Hindu, or Sikh temple; Aboriginal sweat lodge, Muslim mosque, or Jewish synagogue. We work together with other Christian churches whenever possible, and among people of other religions in Canada and throughout the world on matters of justice, peace, and human dignity. Today, difference is everywhere around us and, we believe, a great cause for celebration.”
“URI (United Religions Initiative) is an internationally recognized interfaith network active in 78 countries with its global office in San Francisco, California. We cultivate and connect grassroots change-makers across religious, cultural and geographic boundaries, harnessing their collective power to take on religiously motivated violence and social, economic and environmental crises that destabilize regions and contribute to poverty.”
“Vesper Society strives to meet the social, health, educational, and spiritual needs of individuals and communities. Our commitment begins the moment we recognize a challenge. We invite diverse perspectives and insights from those with whom we work. We support the application of moral and ethical values and the opening of cross-cultural dialogue.”
“VisionTV is owned and operated by ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV: ZUM) a diversified media company uniquely devoted to the needs and interests of Canada’s multi-faith and multi-ethnic communities, as well as our country’s 14.5 million 45plus.”
“The Women’s Interfaith Institute focuses on women’s empowerment for the world’s betterment. Inspired by our foremothers, we are women supporting women of diverse faiths in generating spiritual leadership, scholarship and service. We are committed to “bringing peace to life” and to promoting pluralism, dialogue and understanding through all the gatherings, celebrations, seminars, workshops, retreats, and conferences we offer.”
