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Emerging Leaders

The Emerging Leaders Network inspires, equips, and connects interfaith leaders to build on our nation’s key strength of religious diversity.

Emerging Leaders

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About Emerging Leaders

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We connect and support young professionals dedicated to building on America’s foundational strength of religious diversity.

Who’s in the network?

Interfaith America’s Emerging Leaders Network is composed of more than two thousand diverse, multifaceted, innovative, and motivated individuals, who influence how healthcare, business, non-profits, religious communities, government, and other sectors engage with religious diversity.

What opportunities are available for the network?

Interfaith America’s Emerging Leaders have access to network of incredible individuals and can connect with them through mentorship opportunities, Social Media (Facebook and LinkedIn groups), local gatherings, and an annual national convening. There are also exclusive grant opportunities such as the Building Interfaith America Grants and fellowships such as the Interfaith Innovation and Sacred Journey Fellowships.

How can I join the network?

Young professionals can join Interfaith America’s Emerging Leaders Network by completing an online training INTF 1101 Interfaith Foundations for Emerging Leaders and registering here.

Grants & Fellowships for Emerging Leaders

RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship

Deepen your understanding of religious expression and develop journalism skills specific to covering religion, faith, and spirituality.

Sacred Journey Fellowship

The Sacred Journey Fellowship offers coaching, a cohort experience, and workshops to interfaith leaders who seek to bridge deep divisions.

Interfaith Innovation Fellowship

Deepen your interfaith leadership skills by joining a select cohort of peers for a yearlong fellowship, and completing a project using principles of interfaith cooperation to directly respond to a need you’ve identified within your community.

Building Interfaith America Emerging Leader Grant

Identify a need or opportunity in your community, propose a project to address it, and leverage the strength of interfaith cooperation to achieve your goal.

Featured Emerging Leaders Resources

Interfaith at Work

Build relationships with other professionals interested in promoting interfaith cooperation in your field.

Interfaith Foundations for Emerging Leaders

Orientation to the vision, knowledge, and skills that we use to bring about the realization of a truly Interfaith America.

Professional Applications of Interfaith Skill Sets and Competencies

Better understand the exciting ways in which interfaith skill sets and competencies are applicable in professional settings.

Become an Emerging Leader

The Emerging Leaders Network inspires, equips, and connects interfaith leaders to build on our nation’s key strength of religious diversity.

The Emerging Leaders Network inspires me to carry out projects I’d only dreamed of. We learn from and inspire each other.

— MELANIE YOUNG, FOUNDER OF INFINITE MINDS TUTORING

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

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