Khara Timsina
Executive Director, Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh (BCAP)
2023
Mr. Timsina was born in Bhutan, lived in a refugee camp in Nepal for nearly two decades and came to the US in 2009. He cofounded BCAP in 2012, He served on Racial Equity Subcommittee on COVID Vaccination of Governor Tom Wolf’s Office of Advocacy & Reform and served as a Co-Chair of the Allegheny County’s DHS Immigrants and Internationals Advisory Council for three years.
Mr. Timsina was one among the eight refugee leaders nationwide to be recognized by the Obama Administration in Washington DC in 2017 for his contribution on making US more welcoming by serving his fellow refugees in western Pennsylvania. He was awarded Advancing PA Forward Award by Governor Tom Wolf and Best Community Service Award by Global Bhutanese Organization in 2022. He also appeared on The Power of Diversity 2023: AAPI 100 List.
He actively engages local municipality officials in the Pittsburgh area advocating for and educating his community. He lives with his wife and two children in Pittsburgh.
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
