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Accepting Nominations! Named in honor of Karen Dawson, a longtime member and leader of The Interfaith Association of Central Ohio (IACO)...

Counting Down to IACO’s Main Event! Spotlight on Community Refugee & Immigration Services We are just 23 days away from our annual Main...

Join us Sunday, August 14, 2022 for our annual Main Event fund raiser - In person or on-line (no lunch). We will gather beginning at...

By Simran Kaur Dhillon, President of the OSU Sikh Student Association The Sikh Faith (Sikhi) is one of the youngest religions in the...

Please join IACO and the Interfaith Forum of Greater Dayton for events this week as we celebrate the diversity of Ohio. All Events are...

Please join us the week of June 13 as we collaborate with Akron, Dayton, and a host of other faith groups and communities to bring you a...

By Hatice Ucan, High School Junior As a junior in high school, I am still learning about my religion, Islam. The one thing Islam has...

By Grace Taylor, Freshman, The Ohio State University; Founding Member, PeaceBuilders Growing up Catholic, one thing that has always...

By Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia, IACO Council Member The Sikh religion is the one of the youngest of the major religions of the world....

By Janet Wilson-Sheppherd, IACO Council Member The Bahá’í faith is an independent religion founded by Baha’u'llah, a title meaning “The...

By Farrell Brody, IACO Council Member I am a Unitarian Universalist, and a member of the First UU Church of Columbus. Unitarian...

By Phil Washburn, Past President and IACO Council Member I have had the pleasure of serving as a representative of the Christian...

By Anup Behera, IACO Council Member Born into a family where we already have a religion decided in the family. Came to the world where...

By Sohail Khan, IACO Electing Authority for the Islam Faith and Former Council Member My association with the Interfaith Association of...

By Prankul Jain, IACO Council Member I am a representative on the IACO council from the Jain Center of Central Ohio. Jainism is an...

By Steven Edelstein IACO Council Member I am a representative on the IACO Council from the Jewish community. I have generally affiliated...

By Ernestine Jackson, Council Member I am a practicing Nichiren Buddhist and have been for almost 40 years. I was not raised Buddhist but...

IACO is partnering with the Puffin Foundation West, Ltd., Religions for Peace, USA, Ohio Council of Churches, The Multifaith Council of...

Join us for Taking Down Monuments: Iconoclasm & What is at Stake on Wednesday, July 22 at 12 noon until 1:30 pm ET via Zoom or Facebook...

Join us at noon on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 for another IACO faith-based community forum. This program will focus on health care equity...