The Center for Multifaith Education:

Encouraging Dialogue and Action

In a world where religion is often associated with hatred, fear, and division, the Center for Multifaith Education brings people together for religious dialogue and engagement that foster illumination, understanding and compassion.

Drawing people from a wide spectrum of religious traditions, the Center gives participants - both devout and secular - an opportunity to learn with dynamic teachers, engage sacred texts, discuss challenging issues, and experience the thriving ritual life in New York City. Working with groups including attorneys and judges, healthcare professionals, business executives, women, and young leaders, the Center sponsors forums where leaders gain insight into a range of religious perspectives and reach out across traditional boundaries to turn ethical convictions into social action.

In addition to the many ways in which the Center draws participants into face-to-face encounters, the Center recognizes the power of television, radio and the Internet to educate and inspire millions. As part of the center, Auburn Media works to promote a variety of passionate and articulate religious voices in the media, and to help producers and directors better engage the new challenges that diversity presents.

Director

Rabbi Justus N. Baird

Center for Multifaith Education Advisory Board Members

Dr. Charles Amjad-Ali 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Chair of Justice and Christian Community, Luther Seminary,

St. Paul, MN

Mr. Edward Bergman

Executive Director, Miracle Corners of the World Inc. Northport, NY

Dr. Renee Cherow-O’Leary

Assistant Professor of English Education, Columbia University/Teachers College,

New York, NY

Ms. Blu Greenberg

Founder, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, New York, NY

Rev. Mark Hallinan, S.J.

Assistant for Social Ministries to the Provincial of the New York Province of the

Society of Jesus, New York, NY

Rev. William Harter

Falling Springs Presbyterian Church, Chambersburg, PA

Dr. Obery Hendricks

Past President, Payne Theological Seminary, Wilburforce, OH

Dr. Dale Irvin,

Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Dean, and Professor of World Christianity, New York Theological Seminary, New York, NY

Ms. Younghee Kim-Wait

Wellness educator and life coach, New York, NY

Dr. Paul Knitter

Professor of Theology at Xavier University, Cinncinati, OH

Rev. Mark Larrimore 

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Eugene Lang College/ New School University, New York, NY

Dr. Leo Lefebure

Assistant Professor of Theology, Fordham University, New York, NY

Dr. Howard Lesnick 

Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Jeanette Ludwig 

Professor of French Linguistics and Comparative Religion, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Dr. Otto Maduro

Professor of Latin American Christianity and World Christianity, Drew University Theological School, Madison, NJ

Ms. Barbara Moss

Senior Risk Manager, Regulatory Affairs, General Electric Company, New York, NY

Ms. Pavina Nadjibulla,

Program Specialist on Human Rights, Peace and Security, General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, New York, NY

Ms. Sonia Omelepu

Mission Education Coordinator, Office of Anglican and Global Relations, Episcopal Church Center, New York, NY

Ms. Geeta Patel

Documenatary filmmaker, The Kashmir Project, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Carol Rittner,

Distinguished Professor of Holocaust and Genocide, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, NJ

Dr. Sara Sayeed

Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, CUNY/Baruch College,

Ms. Laxmi Shah

International Mahavir Jain Mission

Ms. Rajinderjit K. Singh

Founding board member, Long Island Multifaith Forum, and executive member of Mata Sahib Kaur Gurudwara, Glen Cove, NY

Rabbi Amy Small

Senior Rabbi, Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Hatikvah, Chatham, New Jersey

Rabbi Mychal Springer

Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY

Dr. Diane Steinman,

Executive Director, New York Chapter, American Jewish Committee, New York, NY

Ms. Rima Vesely Flad

Deputy Director, Exodus Transitional Community

Dr. Burt Vizotsky

Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary

Dr. Arvind Vora

Executive Director, Long Island Multifaith Forum, Long Island, NY

Dr. David Wellman,

Depaul University, Chicago, IL