Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2023-09-12

Since its founding, USAID has partnered with religious communities and faith-based organizations to advance shared development and humanitarian objectives. USAID’s first-ever religious engagement policy affirms the important role of religious actors as strategic development partners and provides the USAID workforce with a framework for engaging religious communities and faith-based organizations in every sector and region where USAID has a presence.  

On September 12, 2023, USIP and USAID hosted the launch of “Building Bridges in Development: USAID’s Strategic Religious Engagement Policy.” USAID Administrator Samantha Power and other leaders across the U.S. government discussed the new policy and its impact on development, diplomacy and peacebuilding moving forward.

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/building-bridges-development-usaids-strategic-religious-engagement-policy

Speakers:

Lise Grande, opening remarks 
President & CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace

Samantha Power
Administrator, USAID

Rashad Hussain
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State

Melissa Rogers
Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

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