Reverend Fred Davie is a Senior Advisor for Racial Equity at Interfaith America, where he executes programming with a primary focus on the intersection of race and religion. He is also a minister in the Presbytery of New York City, and recently served as the Executive Vice President at Union Theological Seminary.Hear Rev. Davie address these vital questions:
- Why does Interfaith America consider religious diversity a foundational American strength?
- Why should religion be front and center in conversations about both diversity and social change?
- How does religious diversity help build better institutions and a better civil society?
You will be inspired to engage in ongoing discussions of …
- The need for a positive conversation about religious pluralism.
- How our diversity conversation should be more focused on highlighting the contributions that America’s varied communities bring to our potluck nation rather than continually centering tension and oppression.
- How religion is a force that inspires many and is a bridge of cooperation between our diversity and the largest contributor to our civil society.
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Deborah Levine founded the American Diversity Report in 2006. She is a Forbes Magazine top "Trailblazer" and award-winning author of 20 books. Her published articles span decades including: American Journal of Community Psychology, Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, The Bermuda Magazine, The Harvard Divinity School Bulletin.
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