Join us in welcoming four new members to the URI North America Leadership Council. The URI North America Leadership Council offers strategic direction for URI's work in the United States and Canada.
For more information on the North America Leadership Council, click here.
Adeola Fearon, At-Large Member
Charlotte, North Carolina
Adeola Fearon is a practitioner of Yoruba Traditonal Spirituality; an intuitive healer, artist, coach and author with a passion for empowering individuals and all humanity. Her journey has allowed her to serve as an advocate for interfaith dialogues, human services, and in various aspects of community development. She is the founder of the Charlotte Red Bench Cooperation Circle whose purpose is to grow individual and communal capacities for love, forgiveness and compassion.
Johnny Martin, At-Large Member
Tempe, Arizona
Johnny Martin is studying Religion, Public Life, and Conflict at Arizona State University. He is a convert to Islam and has been practicing Sufism since he became a Muslim in 2014. In addition to being the President and Founder of the Sun Devils Are Better Together Cooperation Circle, Johnny serves as the Director of the Arizona Interfaith Youth Movement, a subset of the Arizona Interfaith Movement.
Fatih Ferdi Ates, Vice Chair
San Francisco, California
Fatih Ates is the Executive Director of Bay Area Cultural Connections and the Pacifica Institute's San Francisco and East Bay Branches. In addition to being a board member at the San Francisco Interfaith Council Cooperation Circle, he is also associated with Bayan College at Claremont School of Theology's Muslim Leadership program. Fatih has spent the last 10 years building bridges among different cultures and faiths on the West Coast. He believes in the importance of education, intercultural dialogue and respect for one another.
Permpreet Gill, Secretary
Laveen, Arizona
Permpreet Gill graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Anthropology and Religious Studies. He is currently an alumnus of the Sun Devils Are Better Together Cooperation Circle and a You
th Coordinator for the Arizona Interfaith Movement. He is joining the Leadership Council to help connect youth throughout North America through interfaith dialogue and promoting unity.
See the North America newsletter announcement here.
