[Lekooks] Interfaith Selects new Executive Director, welcomes two more faiths

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Subject: Interfaith Selects new Executive Director, welcomes two more faiths
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:42:27 -0400


  

Interfaith Conference selects new Executive Director
 and welcomes two new member faiths 
The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee announced Thursday, June 27, that Pardeep Singh Kaleka will be its next executive director. Kaleka was hired after a long search process that included many candidates. He will begin July 1. Tom Heinen,who has served for nearly a decade as executive director, will retire after a short transition period.
On Thursday, the Cabinet (our board of directors) also voted to welcome two new members: the Hindu Temple of Wisconsin in Pewaukee and the Western District of the Moravian Church. With these additions, the Interfaith Conference now represents the regional leaders and adherents of 20 different faiths and denominations.
Pardeep is a first-generation immigrant from India. He received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice/Sociology from Marquette University and a master’s in Clinical/Community Psychology from Alverno College. He has served the community through multiple positions, as a police officer, educator for at-risk high school students, community consultant, and trauma therapist.
He is one of the co-founders of Serve2Unite, a nonprofit organization founded after the 2012 white supremacist attack on the Oak Creek Sikh Temple to counter extremism. His late father, Satwant Singh Kaleka, a founder of that temple, was one of six people slain in the attack. In 2018. Pardeep co-authored a memoir, “The Gift of Our Wounds,” with former white supremacist Arno Michaelis. Pardeep's columns on mental health and community trauma appear regularly in the Milwaukee Independent. He serves on the City of Milwaukee Mental Health Task Force’s Steering Committee and the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin’s board of trustees. An accomplished public speaker and advocate, he has spoken with groups locally and across the globe. He is married with four children.
“The hiring committee agreed that Pardeep is the right person to lead the Interfaith Conference into the future,” said IFCGM Chair Elana Kahn. "He is creative, energetic, innovative, and a proven community builder. We’re excited to go through this period of transition with Pardeep at the helm. Tom Heinen has accomplished so much over the last decade, and we will properly thank him for his faithful stewardship.”
"I’m so grateful to all the faith leaders, Cabinet members, executive committee members, elders....for the blessings and prayers offered," Kaleka said. "My simple hope is to continue in the legacy of those before me and the leadership surrounding us at the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and be true to our mission to uphold the dignity of every person and the solidarity of the human community.” The human condition is one that longs for connection, wholeness, oneness, and healing. We have been fortunate to be surrounded by a clergy and community who embodies this same transformational love. Today and always, we remain in a spirit of gratitude because of the great human family that loves us and we hope to make this the reality for all of God’s children. Peace."
The IFCGM will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020, which will include unveiling transformative new initiatives that are now being planned.
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