Where We Work

Civic Life

Engaging America’s religious diversity as an influential force in virtually every aspect of our shared civic life.

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The Building Civic Bridges Act: Americans Have an Important Opportunity

The political polarization and violence over the past year underscore the importance of bridgebuilding and dialogue.

About Faith & Civic Life

The Big Picture

Whether at the doctor, the polls, or a concert, diversity of identity and perspective is omnipresent in American life. As that diversity increases and plays an even more prominent role in our relations with others, IA is working to embed a respect-relate-cooperate paradigm across our civic landscape. From disaster relief to climate change, from refugee resettlement to election integrity, religiously diverse communities are key leaders and vital contributors to the lifeblood of America’s civic landscape. 

The Opportunity

Interfaith America turns shared values into shared action by working with religiously diverse communities around common goals. A thriving, resilient democracy must engage religious diversity for the common good. While polarization appears to dominate the nation, a majority of Americans want to live in a religiously diverse democracy — though they may lack the skills to unlock that diversity’s potential.

What We Do

Interfaith America inspires, equips, and connects faith and civic leaders to foster interfaith understanding and collaboration for the common good. We empower leaders to mobilize across differences on issues of shared concern. 

Democracy Initiatives

Interfaith Civic Pluralism Fellowship

The ICPF supports faith-based civic leaders looking for opportunities to strengthen their institutional culture of pluralism and to partner with others committed to cooperating across differences to solve common problems and strengthen civic cohesion.

Vote is Sacred

The Vote is Sacred Fellowship (VISF) is a cohort of religiously and ideologically diverse faith and civic leaders who work together to promote peaceful engagement in democratic processes before, during, and after elections.

Faith in Elections Playbook

The Faith in Elections Playbook is a comprehensive online toolkit that enables faith communities and civic organizations to support local elections in nonpartisan ways and heal community divides.

Community Service Partnerships

Interfaith America is proud to be a founding partner of the Team Up Project, alongside Catholic Charities USA, Habitat for Humanity International and YMCA of the USA. The project empowers people to build connections and work together across differences with others in their communities for the common good.

Emerging Leaders Network

Interfaith America inspires, equips, and connects interfaith leaders who influence how healthcare, business, non-profits, religious communities, government, and other sectors engage with religious diversity. Our Emerging Leaders Network is composed of more than two thousand young professionals dedicated to building on America’s foundational strength of religious diversity.

Featured Civic Life Courses

Foundations of Interfaith Leadership

A roadmap for developing (or continuing to develop) the vision, knowledge, and skills required to contribute to the realization of a truly interfaith America.

Bridgebuilder Basics

Bridgebuilder Basics explores the vision, knowledge, and skills required to effectively cross lines of difference and take common action for the common good.

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Let’s build an interfaith America, where people of all beliefs work together for the common good.

Your bridge between inspiration and action