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含羞草视频’s Interfaith Symposium is an annual invitation to build community, foster collaboration, and create a more caring world through learning about religious\/spiritual\/worldview diversity, participating in enriching dialogue, and networking with exceptional interfaith leaders. As the most ethnically diverse campus in the Midwest, 含羞草视频 embraces students with a variety of religious beliefs and worldviews. Join us for this opportunity to learn about building partnerships across differences and how to face the future with hope and determination.<\/p>\n

The 2027 Interfaith Symposium will be held in March 2027. Check back for updates!<\/h4>\n
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2026 Interfaith Symposium<\/h2>\n

Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves<\/h4>\n

Keynote Speaker: Rev. Jen Bailey<\/h4>\n

Held: Wednesday, March 25, 2026<\/h4>\n
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Watch a Recording of the 2026 Interfaith Symposium Keynote<\/a><\/p>\n
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$\"\"$ Rev. Jen Bailey is an ordained minister and national leader in the multi-faith movement for interfaith understanding and justice. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, a Nashville-based philanthropic foundation investing in the leadership of young people and the vitality of the natural environment. In this role, she is guiding the Fund through a bold, values-driven transformation toward liberation-oriented philanthropy that connects local action with systemic change.<\/p>\n
A national faith leader and local community builder, Rev. Bailey is also the Founder and Executive Director Emerita of Faith Matters Network, a Womanist-led organization equipping community organizers, faith leaders, and activists with resources for connection, spiritual sustainability, and accompaniment. Through her leadership at Faith Matters Network and as a Co-Founder of The People\u2019s Supper, she has helped host more than 2,000 dinners across 135 communities nationwide, bringing people together to strengthen relationships across lines of difference and to heal the divides in our civic and spiritual life.<\/p>\n
An Ashoka Fellow, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Rev. Bailey earned degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School. An ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Bailey also serves on the boards of The Fetzer Institute, Jessie Ball duPont Fund, and The Healing Trust.<\/p>\n

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THANK YOU 2026 SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS!<\/h2>\n
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Visionary Sponsors<\/h3>\n
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WF Fund<\/h4>\n
Diane and Paul Jacobson<\/h4>\n
Dr. Martha Stortz<\/h4>\n
Doug H. Scott and Grace Schroeder Scott<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2026 Interfaith Symposium Host Committee Members<\/h2>\n
Ted Chen, <\/strong>Vice President for Equity, Culture, and Learning, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies<\/div>\n
Anne Doepner<\/strong>, Senior Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, MN Vikings<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Nancy El-Hibri<\/strong>, Augsburg Parent and Benefactor, El-Hibri Foundation Trustee
\nMonica Ibarra,<\/strong> Mayo Clinic Enterprise Office of Belonging<\/span>
\nDr. Diane Jacobson<\/strong>, Regent, 含羞草视频 and Professor Emeritus, Luther Seminary
\nElder Suzanne Kelly<\/strong>, CEO, MN Council of Churches<\/span>
\nAnant Rambachan<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus of Religion, St. Olaf College
\nRabbi Adam Stock Spilker<\/strong>, Mount Zion
\nDr. Martha Stortz<\/strong>, Professor Emerita, 含羞草视频<\/div>\n
Myat T. Tun<\/strong>, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, M Health Fairview<\/span><\/div>\n
Dilnaz Waraich<\/strong>, President, WF Fund, Inspired Generosity<\/span>
\nJoffrey Wilson<\/strong>, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Mortenson<\/div>\n
Alla Young<\/strong>, Associate Manager, Business Continuity \u2013 Enterprise Risk & Compliance, Best Buy<\/span><\/div>\n
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2025 Interfaith Symposium:<\/h2>\n
Revolutionary Love is the Call of Our Times<\/p>\n
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Keynote Speaker: Valarie Kaur<\/p>\n
Held February 27, 2025<\/p>\n
Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project<\/a>. Valarie became an activist when a Sikh father and family friend was the first person murdered in hate violence in the aftermath of 9\/11. Since then, Valarie has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. Her work ignited a national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Today, the Revolutionary Love Project is seeding networked communities of practice across the country to build the beloved community. A daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, Valarie lifts up her vision for America in her acclaimed TED Talk and #1 LA Times Bestseller See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love<\/a>. In Fall 2022, Valarie was honored at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, recognizing her as a prophetic leader whose work is healing America. She is also the author of newly released Sage Warrior<\/a> and children’s book World of Wonder.<\/a><\/p>\n
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Photos from the 2025 Interfaith Symposium<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n
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