Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable
~ Increasing harmony and understanding in the community ~

Mission		Goals
Officers		Members
History		Utah Faiths
2008 Press Releases		A World Of Faith

 Mission Statement

 “The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable is a group of faith leaders who come together to promote love, harmony and understanding among people of all faith traditions, cultures, and belief systems in the spirit of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.”

 Mailing Address:

SALT LAKE INTERFAITH ROUNDTABLE
PO BOX 112016
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84147-2016
PHONE: 801-582-0719

Officers

Goals and Objectives

1.    Facilitate interfaith respect, understanding and appreciation ~

• Sponsor an annual interfaith music celebration ~ “Tribute to the Human Spirit”

• Explore ways to address issues of religiously motivated hate and conflict in our community

• Maintain an interfaith web site with directory of faith services and helpful information

• Establish additional public relations and media contact personnel

2.  Increase understanding through interfaith dialogue ~

• Develop and implement an interfaith exchange

• Sponsor religious forums

• Establish a speakers bureau

3.    Build interfaith collaboration ~

• Sponsor joint faith community projects

4.    Maintain an Olympic legacy of continuing respect for cultural diversity, human potential, and world peace ~

• Distribute special edition book from 2002 Olympic Games,
  “A World of Faith” World Celebration Special Edition”

History

The Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games formed an Interfaith Roundtable in 1999. Its purpose was to fulfill the Olympic charter, which states that the organizing committee shall provide religious services for the athletes.   It took over a year for the original mission statement and goals to be finalized and approved by the committee itself.  Forty five faith leaders from over 22 faith communities joined together in the effort to help welcome the world to Utah from a spiritual standpoint.  A chaplaincy program committee, a faith directory committee, a legacy committee, and a media committee were formed and began the process of creating better interfaith workings than many had seen in the Salt Lake area.

Out of this work for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games came a desire to continue the dialogue, friendships, and increased understanding that had begun to form.  The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable has continued to meet and to date has written and approved it’s new mission/vision statements, bylaws, held the first election of officers, and formed subcommittees to further its goals.

Roundtable Members

Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake

Contact: Masood & Noor Ul-Hasan
   (801) 943-1935

Khadeeja Mosque
1019 W. Parkway Avenue
W. Valley City, UT 84119
   (801) 972-6555

For other locations and information, please see:
www.utahmuslims.com

In The News:

Music Seen as a Bridge

A World of Faith

Light of the World: A Celebration of Life

Current members of the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable include:

Stanford Aderibigbe
Mark Allison
Mark Alvarez
The Rev. Dr. F. Rusell Baker
Elizabeth Beall
Ernest Bebb
Michael Benedict
Brian Birch
Nicole Bissonette
blanc89@yahoo.com
Kevin Bond
The Rev. Linda Brewer
Daniel Burg
The Rev. Ivan Cendese
Roberta Chase
Forrest Cuch
Tim Dahlin
Brian Davis
Pastor France A. Davis
Susan Deal
David Derezotes
Lena Dibble
Saundra Diehl
Anna G. Dresel
Jennie Dudley
Elaine Emmi
Jan Ewing
Brian Farr
Jana Farr
The Rev. Gretchen Faulk
Kelly Fogarty
The Rev. Mike Fotheringham
Karen Gauthier
The Rev. Erin Gilmore
Tom Goldsmith
Steve Goodier
Marv Groote
Gamini Gunawardena
The Rev. Wade Halva
Maxine Hanks
Scott Hansen
Brian Hare-Diggs
Ghulam Hasnain
Debbie Highsmith
Linda Hilton
John Hinckley
The Rev. Sensei Jerry Hirano
Devan Hite
Ron Holdsworth
Monica Howa-Johnson
Libby Hunter
Dean L. Jackson
Diana Johnson
Greg Johnson
Julianne Johnson
Andy Johnston
Norm Jones
John Jonkman
Roger Keller
John Kesler
Fr Elias Koucos
Rick Lawson
Elise Lazar
Irene Link
Jeffrey Louden
Jacob Madsen
Sandra Malbon, LUT
The Rev. Caryl Marsh
The Rev. Cheryl P. Moore
Dr. John Mudd
Elijah Mwitanti
Joel Nau
Alan Naumann
The Rev. Ned Nerdin
John Nielsen
The Rev. Elizabeth O'Day
Mark Owens
Scott Parker
Jim Peterson
Michael Peterson
Marsha Pilgeram
Dean Quayle
The Rev Raggs Ragan
Susan Richey
Art Ritter
Rabbi Tracee Rosen
Jan Saeed
Naysahn Saeed
Tim Saka
Chris Sanchez
Bob Schrank
Colleen Scott
Russell Shipley
Raven Simons
Lee Smith
Chuck Spence
Sabrina Stillwell
Tom Thompson
Lama Thupten
Scott Trotter
Mark Tuttle
Etga Ugur
Masood Ul-Hasan
Noor Ul-Hasan
Srinivasan Venkateshwaran
Abbie Vianes
Cynthia Wand
Scott Weisser
Rabbi Fred Wenger
Judy Wight
Fred Woods
Suzan O. Yoshimura
Kilo Zamora, M.S.W.
Rabbi Zippel