About
Two committees, convened by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, are working together to coordinate, plan and support faith-based involvement in AIDS 2012:
Global Reference Group
- Dr Beverley Haddad
- CHART (South Africa)
- Beryl Backyavathy Logan
- UELCI (India)
- Joanne van der Schee
- Prisma (The Netherlands)
- Enoch Magala
- WCC Youth Commission (Uganda)
- Rev. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl
- ELCA (USA)
- Astrid Berner-Rodoreda
- Bread for the World (Germany)
- Muyideen Kolawole Oreoluwa
- Save Our World (Nigeria)
- Pernessa Seele
- The Balm in Gilead (USA)
- Rev. Msgr. Robert Vitillo
- Caritas Internationalis (Switzerland)
- Rev. Canon Ezekiel Olusegun Babatunde
- Christian Council of Nigeria
- Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer
- United Church of Christ (USA)
- Jared (Jed) Hoffman
- World Vision (USA)
- Dr Asavari Herwadkar
- INERELA+ Asia Pacific, Asian Interfaith Network on HIV and AIDS, India Interfaith Coalition on HIV and AIDS (India)
- Jan Bjarne Sødal
- Christian Council of Norway
- Dr. Iqbal Karbanee
- Islamic Relief (South Africa/Zimbabwe)
- Karen Plater
- Presbyterian Church (Canada)
- Georgina Caswell
- GNP+
- Sally Smith
- UNAIDS (Switzerland)
- Ruth Foley
- EAA (Switzerland)
- Sara Speicher
- EAA (UK)
- Anne-Laure Jan
- EAA (Switzerland)
Local Host Committee
- Hazel Jean James
- Richmond Interfaith Council
- Jonathan Amgot
- Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty (CIFA)
- Ulysses W. Burley III
- ELCA
- Dr. Shannon Senefeld
- Catholic Relief Services
- Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer
- United Church of Christ (USA)
- Dr. Pauline Muchina
- UNAIDS (USA)
- Gertie Williams
- The Balm in Gilead
- Rev. Makeba D’Abreu
- The Balm in Gilead
- Imam Dr. Abdul-Malik Ali
- Masjidut-Taqwa (Trenton, NJ)
- Rev. Edwin Sanders
- Metropolitan Interdenominational Church (Nashville, TN)
- Jeff Jordan
- Catholic Medical Mission Board
- Gloria Ekpo
- World Vision (USA)
Pre-Conference Sponsors
International Co-Sponsors
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
Lead International Sponsor
http://www.e-alliance.ch
The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) is an international network of churches and church-related organizations committed to helping member organizations and partners strengthen their capacity and engagement to help us all be more effective in speaking out and acting for justice and peace.
INERELA+
INERELA+ is an international, interfaith network of religious leaders – both lay and ordained, women and men – living with or personally affected by HIV. INERELA+ looks to empower its members to use their positions of respect within their faith communities in a way that breaks silence, challenges stigma and provides delivery of evidenced-based prevention, care and treatment services.
Religions for Peace
Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world’s great religions dedicated to promoting peace.
Asian Interfaith Network on AIDS
ainaasia@yahoo.com
The Asian Interfaith Network on AIDS (AINA) connects and supports Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS. AINA’s objectives are to establish, strengthen, and promote country-level interfaith HIV/AIDS networks, build the capacity of FBOs to respond to the epidemic, and create a supportive environment for faith-based responses to HIV/AIDS.
National Co-Sponsors
The Balm in Gilead
Lead National Sponsor
http://www.balmingilead.org
The mission of The Balm In Gilead is to prevent diseases and to improve the health status of people of the African Diaspora by providing support to faith institutions in areas of program design, implementation and evaluation which strengthens their capacity to deliver programs and services that contribute to the elimination of health disparities.
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Rooted in the healing ministry of Jesus, Catholic Medical Mission Board works collaboratively to provide quality healthcare programs and services, without discrimination, to people in need around the world.
American Jewish World Service
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is an international development organization motivated by Judaism’s imperative to pursue justice. AJWS is dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease among the people of the developing world regardless of race, religion or nationality.
