Som Sharma
Founder & President, AHINSA - (Alliance for Humanitarian Initiatives, Nonviolence and Spiritual Advancement)
2024
Education: India, UK, USA :Masters degrees in Sociology (Rajasthan Univ., India) and Organizational Behavior (Liverpool Univ., UK), and MBA (Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN).
Community work: Founding member – Hindu Temple, Monroeville, Pa; Chinmaya Mission Vedanta Institution, Pittsburgh; Former President, Monroeville Interfaith Ministerium; Former President, Rotary Club of Monroeville, Pa; Chair, Peace Committee – Installed a Peace pole in Monroeville Community park; Charter member, United Religions Initiative (URI International) – Signed at CMU in 2000; Interfaith Movement participation, Greater Pittsburgh area – over 25 years; Founder-President, AHINSA (Allliance for Humanitarian Initiatives, Nonviolence and Spiritual Advancement).
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.
