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Shanta Premawardhana

Team Leader

Shanta Premawardhana is president of OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership. Prior to OMNIA, he served as the Director for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also the Associate General Secretary for Interfaith Relations at the National Council of Churches, USA. While serving as pastor of Ellis Avenue Church in Chicago, he engaged in community organizing work in the Southside of Chicago. He is an emeritus trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, National Council of Churches, USA, and Common Cause Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Shanta Premawardhana is president of OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership. Prior to OMNIA, he served as the Director for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also the Associate General Secretary for Interfaith Relations at the National Council of Churches, USA. While serving as pastor of Ellis Avenue Church in Chicago, he engaged in community organizing work in the Southside of Chicago. He is an emeritus trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, National Council of Churches, USA, and Common Cause Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

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Virtual IP Team Training

The next cohort for Virutal Interfaith Peacemaker Team training will begin on Saturday, May 1, 2021. The group will meet for two hours each Saturday and will go on for seven weeks. The calendar may need to be adjusted as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted in the countries where OMNIA works.

The purpose of the training is to buid Interfaith Peacemaker Teams, either virtually or in local contexts where the trainees live.

It includes skills in interfaith dialogue and collaboration, getting clarity around self-interest, building power through one-on-one relationships building, and strategically engaging in actions on urgent, relevant and winnable issues of justice and peace that arise from the ground.

The cohort will be limited to the first 20 participants. Please sign up below.

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