Kaashif Awan
Co-Director, Enhancing Faith Institutions
2025
Kaashif Awan is a distinguished specialist in the fields of security, safety, and capacity building for public spaces, with a particular focus on faith-based institutions and places of worship. With over a decade of experience working across international platforms—including with the European Union, United Nations, and various global networks—he has led transformative initiatives and developed innovative products that have enhanced the resilience of vulnerable communities and religious sites.
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
