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Aayush Soni
Aayush hails from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh(MP), India. He hold a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, India. He has ~ 2 years of corporate experience, currently works with Lowe’s India (a US based company) as an Associate Software Engineer. During Covid pandemic, Aayush has performed research and suggested multiple platforms & solutions for career of youth as well as educators to study/work with limited resources. For students that practiced coding but didn’t had any laptop to test, provided a solution that offered them to write & execute code in mobile. Has also contributed in motivating and directing youth for competitive exams and career guidance. Through creative presentations, attracted viewers to understand newer technologies and help them understand the benefits one can get. On his 22nd birthday, started a new initiative "G-VAN", focusing on Climate Change and Environmental sustainability. As his interest drives, volunteered in Medical camps, Cloth Distribution camp and many more
Country:
India
IARF Chapter:
India Chapter
IARF Member Organisation:
RFYN
George M Williams
George M. Williams is a retired historian of religions, having spent a lifetime studying religions that liberate. He has written and made videos about the Hindu Renaissance, religion in modern Japan, and religion in Hawaii.
Country:
USA
IARF Chapter:
US Chapter
IARF Member Organisation:
Kanenuiakea
Peter le Poole
Retired foreign service officer, worked over 40 years at Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies. Member of (Dutch Chapter of) IARF since 2014.
Country:
Nederland
IARF Chapter:
Dutch Chapter
John L Young
Graduate of Meadville-Lombard Seminary 1971 Senior Minister at: Bloomington, IN UU; Paramus, NJ UU; Sacramento, CA UU; Jacksonville, FL UU (Emeritus) Retired since 2009 Active in social justice efforts in San Francisco, Ca, with the UU Society of San Francisco between 2010 - 2022 Member of UU Church of Marin, San Rafael, Ca since 2023 Active US Chapter IARF since 1972 President US Chapter IARF since 2022 Council member IARF since 2022
Country:
USA
IARF Chapter:
US Chapter
Bob Carroll
I am a Modern Orthodox Rabbi, and former university chaplain. Also a former IT consultant and project manager for Fortune 500 companies. I have spent some years doing doctoral work in comparative mysticism which is what initially drew me to interfaith work. Military veteran. Currently serving as a Council Member of IARF and Board Chair of the Interfaith Encounter Association, based in Jerusalem.
Country:
Israel and the USA
IARF Member Organisation:
Interfaith Encounter Association
Esther Suter
Rev. Dr. Suter is an ordained minister in the Swiss Reformed Church, with a diverse background spanning various roles and engagements. She has served as a pastor, university hospital chaplain, and volunteer pastor in a disadvantaged area of Manhattan, New York. Her passion for ecumenism and interfaith dialogue led her to focus on Peace and Reconciliation, particularly through her involvement in partnership programs between the Federation of Swiss Reformed Churches and Presbyterian Churches in South Korea. Throughout her career, Rev. Dr. Suter has embarked on significant journeys to Latin America and Africa, undertaking projects such as establishing a shelter for street children in Santiago de Chile during a military dictatorship. She has also been an active participant in various United Nations World Conferences of Women and served as a delegate for the World Council of Churches. Her commitment to women's rights and human rights has led her to engage with organizations like the International Association of Liberal Religious Women and the International Association for Religious Freedom, where she serves as an NGO representative at the United Nations. In 2018, Rev. Dr. Suter co-founded Swiss Interfaith Women, a member of the International Association of Liberal Religious Women. Under her leadership, they organized an interfaith and intercultural Youth Camp focused on religion, art, and peace for young women. Additionally, she has made notable contributions during the COVID-19 lockdown by promoting her Doctoral Thesis in Systematic Theology on Fritz Buri's existential understanding. Rev. Dr. Suter's diverse interests encompass women's rights, feminist theology, ecumenism, interreligious dialogue, nuclear disarmament, peace advocacy, language proficiency (German, French, English, Spanish, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Chinese), and Chinese medicine.
Country:
Switzerland
IARF Member Organisation:
International Association of Liberal Religious Women
Krisztina Sándor
krisztina-sandor
Country:
Románia
Ruzbeh Vistasp Hodiwala
Ruzbeh has been active in the field of Religious Harmony and Human Rights since 2013. He attended the 34th World Congress of the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) held in London in 2014 as a Zoroastrian representative and IV Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan in 2013, besides other national and international interfaith conferences. He has served as a a committee member of the International Association for Religious Freedom's - London Chapter and regularly represents the Zoroastrian community at various interfaith forums.
Country:
United Kingdom
IARF Chapter:
British Chapter
IARF Member Organisation:
World Zarathushti Cultural Foundation
Souru Tanino
Soul (Soru) TANINO was born and raised in Ittoen, Kyoto in 1992. After graduating from Otani University, he served in the secretariat of the Religions for Peace Japan for three years, where he was involved in various issues (climate change, refugees, reconciliation education, disaster recovery, etc.) occurring in Japan and around the world on the basis of religious cooperation. He then worked for one year at Sunmesse Nichinan Corporation in Miyazaki Prefecture, a park which is themed on ”the place where forming connections with the life of being accepted by the Earth”, before returning to Ittoen in 2019. He is serving in the secretary's office at Ittoen HQ.
Country:
日本
IARF Member Organisation:
Ittoen
Rev. Yukinobu Sahara
Yukinobu Sahara was born in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. He began serving for Rissho Kosei-kai as a staff member in 1993. He served as an area staff in Hokkaido from 1999, then ordained as the Minister of Muroran Dharma Center in 2010. He was assigned to the Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan in 2016 and was appointed as the Secretary General next year. Since December 2021, he has been serving as Deputy Director of the External Relations Group, General Affairs Department of Rissho Kosei-kai.
Country:
Japan
IARF Member Organisation:
Rissho Kosei-kai
G Harrison Kingsley
IC member and minister Unitarian Christian Church, chennai-7,India
Country:
India
IARF Chapter:
India Chapter
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