Board of Directors

G.L. Hodge, Chair
Providence Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto,
Vice Chair
Glide Memorial Church

Nick Andrade, Treasurer
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Betsy Dodd, Secretary
Calvary Presbyterian Church

Fr. Arturo Albano
St. Mary's Cathedral

Fatih Ates
Pacifica Institute

Sr.Sukanya Belsare
Brahma Kumaris

P.J. Cherrin
Mission Minyan

Richard H. Harris, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Rev. Maggi Henderson
Old First Presbyterian Church

Major Cheryl Kinnamon
The Salvation Army

Rev. Ronald Kobata
Buddhist Church of SF

The Rev. Andy Lobban
Grace Cathedral

Mario Paz
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center

Robert T. Phillips
The Baha'i Community in San Francisco

Rabbi Lawrence Raphael
Congregation Sherith Israel

Kaushik Roy
Shanti Project

Rita R. Semel, Past Chair
Congregation Emanu-El

Rev. Floyd Trammell
First Friendship Institutional Baptist Church

Dr. Sally Wei
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation

Fr. Kenneth Westray
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

SF Faith Leaders Denounce 
Anti-Muslim Hate Speech
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December 11, 2015

 

People of faith and the religious beliefs they profess share much in common - the desire for a peaceful world, respect for one another and the commitment to strive collaboratively to advance social justice and philanthropy for the common good.

 

Current attempts to isolate and demonize our Muslim sisters and brothers violate our common beliefs, indeed our American ideals, and cannot and must not be allowed to prevail.

 

Freedom of religion is a basic tenet of our Constitution, a legacy entrusted to us by our country's founders. Just as the early settlers came to America to find freedom to practice their religion, so too should that inalienable right be ensured for those who seek to freely express their religious beliefs today.

 

G.L. Hodge Chair, San Francisco Interfaith Council

Rita R. Semel, Past Chair, San Francisco Interfaith Council

Michael G. Pappas, Executive Director, San Francisco Interfaith Council

San Francisco Interfaith Council Board of Directors

 

Resident Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin, San Francisco Muslim Community Center

Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California

Fatih Ferdi Ates, Director, Pacifica Institute - SF & East Bay

Rev. Dr. John A. Buehrens, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Universalist Society of SF

Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco

Sister Chandru Desai, Director, Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center

Rev. Elizabeth Ekdale, Lead Pastor, St. Mark's Lutheran Church

Maha Elgenaidi, Chief Executive Officer, Islamic Networks Group (ING)

Rev. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J., President, University of San Francisco

Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

Iftekhar Hai, President, United Muslims of America Interfaith Alliance

Mark W. Holmerud, Bishop, Sierra Pacific Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Rev. Calvin Jones, Jr., Senior Pastor, Providence Baptist Church

Rabbi Doug Kahn, Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council

The Rev. Victor Kazanjian, Jr., Executive Director, United Religions Initiative

Rev. Ronald Kobata, Resident Minister, Buddhist Church of San Francisco

Rev. Dr. James McCray, Jr., Executive Director, Tabernacle Community Development Corp.

Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto, Pastor, Glide Memorial Church

Robert T. Phillips, The Baha'i Community in San Francisco

Rabbi Lawrence Raphael, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Sherith Israel 

Rabbi Beth Singer, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El

Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El

Swami Tattwamayananda, Minister, Vedanta Society of Northern California

Bishop Robert Turley, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Rev. John Weems, Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church

The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean, Grace Cathedral

 

For additional information, please contact Michael G. Pappas at (415) 425-9631.


 

www.sfinterfaithcouncil.org