About FIDELA

The Organizing Committee of the Second Interreligious Forum of the Americas (FIDELA) is composed of representatives of the co-organizers: Prof. Azza Karam, Dr. Karen Hernandez, and Thomas Keppen of Religions for Peace (RfP); Elias Szcztnicki, of RfP and the Latin American and Caribbean Council of Religious Leaders (LACCRL); Prof W. Cole Durham, Jr., President of the G20 Interfaith Forum Association (IF20); Prof. Katherine Marshall, Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University, and Executive Director, World Faiths Development Dialogue; Prof. Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University (ICLRS); and Swami Mahayogananda, Interreligious Council of Southern California (ICSoCal).  In addition, several religious denominations, faith-based organizations and academic centers whose work relates to hemispheric agendas have provided support.