“Bold Leaders for a Just World.”
For us, social justice matters. So does world peace. Pluralism - that matters to us a LOT.
That's why, from terror-torn Nigeria, the Palestinian West Bank, or Mexican border towns to American cities like Charlotte and Chicago, we train engaged, effective leaders who understand faith, human dignity, equality, opportunity, and building the systems necessary to achieve those basic rights.
We can build a newer world. And you can be part of it. Welcome to the OMNIA Institute for Contextual Leadership!
Latest from OMNIA
Upcoming Immersions
Immigrant mother and child, Nogales, Mexico
Whether it's a wall in Israel-Palestine or at the US-Mexico border, OMNIA's programs invite you to experience it first hand, to ask questions, to do a new thing – perhaps even to begin building bridges.
Upcoming Projects - Nigeria
Nigerian Teens
In Nigeria the terrorist organization, Boko Haram has strained interfaith relations to the limit. OMNIA is working with Nigeria's religious, tribal, and political leaders to create new paradigms for peace making, transform the religious narrative, and blunt Boko Haram's recruitment efforts.
Blog Posts
Shanta on nigerian newscast
Around the globe, political events and religious extremism create an even greater need for religious leaders to embrace pluralism and mutual understanding.
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.