Where We Work
Interfaith America works with hundreds of colleges across the country to develop courses, programs, and campus-wide plans.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Campuses across the country are training student leaders to facilitate interfaith dialogue and programming with an emphasis on creating sustainable change.
Interfaith America has two decades of experience as a partner to hundreds of universities with a range of affiliations including public, nonsectarian, and religious. We aim to make the vibrancy of our religious diversity a vital part of the college experience.
Throughout American history campuses have incubated social change and shaped leaders. Campuses are sites for research and scholarship, community engagement, encountering deep differences, and building habits of civic leadership. That’s why our longstanding programs are rooted in the power and promise of U.S. higher education. When students are shaped into leaders who leave college equipped with the skills and desire to engage in religious differences, our diverse democracy flourishes.
Our programs and resources build the capacity of campus educators, administrators, and students. We offer grants and other funding, learning tools, and curricula, as well as consulting and training for campuses or networks. We organize spaces (in-person and virtual) for relationship building, strategic planning, and leadership development.
Across higher education, campus leaders are grappling with complex issues of identity, polarization, conflict, and cooperation. Overlooking those issues won’t make them go away — we collaborate to help your institution plan for high-impact pluralism and bridgebuilding training for campus leaders. Our consulting engages with campuses to develop a strategic plan for engaging pluralism. Whether it’s capacity building with student leaders and campus professionals, or workshops with senior leaders, get in touch with us to tailor our programs to your needs.
The Interfaith Leadership Summit is the largest gathering of college students and educators with a commitment to American civic pluralism. At the Summit, you get to connect with hundreds of people who care about the future of our religiously diverse society as they learn to bridge divides and forge friendships across lines of difference. In this divisive time, the Summit is a welcoming environment that offers new skills to participants along with sources of inspiration that can help bring your campus together. This year, we are pleased to invite senior leaders on to join us for a special session ahead of the Summit, Sustaining Pluralism: Exploring Existing and New Models for Campus Leaders.
Let’s build an interfaith America, where people of all beliefs work together for the common good.
