OMNIA'S IMPACT
400+ OMNIA-TRAINED LEADERS IN NIGERIA
In Northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram is active, OMNIA's training helps clergy and lay religious leaders to work together to stop the growth of extremism and create economic opportunity. As a result, more than 30 small groups of Muslims and Christians are working together in effective and powerful actions towards peace.
OMNIA STANDS WITH THOSE IN THE MARGINS
OMNIA’s method is to listen to, learn from, and stand in solidarity with those in the margins. It dismantles old, dilapidated top-down theologies, ideologies and cultural narratives that collude with oppressive power structures, and builds up fresh, relevant, experimental, and liberative ground-up ways of thinking and being.
50+ OMNIA-TRAINED LEADERS IN THE U.S.
After 40 years of training hundreds of Christians for tough urban ministry, today OMNIA trains people of all faiths to build deep relationships and work together. It’s nothing like the interfaith dialogue you know. Our method is bold, deeply relational and focuses on building power, and powerful coalitions for strategic action for justice.
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Leadership Summit
October 25-27, 2017
The challenges could not be greater: climate change denial, a deportation crisis, a surge in white supremacy, economic disparity... All require bold new leadership! That's why we want YOU at our three day Leadership Summit where we will train you to become a powerful leader.
IMMERSION JOURNEYS
OMNIA's unique Immersion Journeys puts travelers face to face with real-world, life-changing experiences: from the plight of deported immigrants at the U.S.-Mexican border, realities of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, and a fascinating journey into religious diversity as we explore Buddhist spirituality in Sri Lanka.
Upcoming Immersions
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Of the hundreds of leadership training programs, only the OMNIA Institute for Contextual Learning give you the blend of immersive, real-world, face-to-face experiences and a rock-solid theoretical foundation. Leaders from every walk of life - from pastors to political leaders - employ our principles. OMNIA Leaders are changing the world in some of the the toughest, most challenging environments, including Bangladesh, Nigeria, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
For the first time I was in our nation’s capital on the Fourth of July, where the choir directed by my wife Dhilanthi performed at the John F. Kennedy Center.
Later we visited the recently-opened Museum of African American History and Culture. The experience was at once inspiring and troubling. Inspiring because so much of the distinctive texture of American life can be traced directly to its rich African American contributions. Troubling because our nation’s shameful embrace of racism is not just a stain on our nation’s past, but a plague that threatens us still.