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Beth Katz is Founder and Executive Director of Project Interfaith. Beth gotbitten by the interfaith bug in college, where she first got involved in interfaithwork as the co-founder of a student interfaith group. Her passion for creating aworld where people of all faiths, beliefs, and cultures are valued and includedled her to come back to her hometown of Omaha after graduate school to startProject Interfaith. Beth frequently presents on Project Interfaith’s mission andwork at local, national, and international events including at the Istanbul Forumof the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the Annual Meeting of theAmerican Academy of Religion, and at the 2009 Parliament of the World’sReligions. She is a 2011 fellow of the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship for SocialEntrepeneurship.
About Project Interfaith:
Beth Katz on Digital Business Hour
Project Interfaith, a non-profit based in Omaha, Nebraska, growsunderstanding, respect and relationships among people of all faiths, beliefs andcultures through a diverse array of face-to-face and multimedia programmingand products. We strive to create a community and world where people of allfaiths, beliefs and cultures are valued, included and protected. As such, we seekto serve as a leader and resource on interfaith relations and religious andcultural diversity. Our work has been recognized by a variety of institutions atlocal, national and international levels. These include the White House, the U.S.State Department, the UN Alliance of Civilizations, and Harvard University’sPluralism Project, which has called our work “among the most innovative in thecountry.” Project Interfaith also was noted for our groundbreaking use of socialmedia to foster understanding and dialogue by Georgetown University’s BerkleyCenter for Religion, Peace and World Affairs in its May 2010 report BridgingBabel: New Social Media and Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding.
Good intro to Project Interfaith. Thanks to Craig for the info and to Beth Katz for the humanitarian efforts. What is DIGITAL BUSINESS HOUR? That sounds good. Thanks for the new resource.