By Brian Grim
In the coming months, I’ll be participating in some milestone events as well as laying the groundwork for new global initiatives and partnerships. You can see the details below. I look forward to seeing some of you along the way!
This week before U.S. Thanksgiving holidays, I’ll be part of a virtual session for the European Commission on Freedom of Religion or Belief-FoRB and non-discrimination in the workplace. The session is organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. I’ll also participate in the Faithforce Light Talks series during champion month for the global Faithforce community at Salesforce.
During the first week of December, I’ll be in Taiwan and Hong Kong to speak on “Faith-based Perspectives on Technology.” I’ll be hosted by the world’s largest Buddhist charity, Tzu Chi. Drawing on both Dharma traditions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism) and Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), my presentation compares and contrasts their perspectives on technology’s role in human flourishing, ethical boundaries, and spiritual responsibility.
On December 9th, I’ll be at American Airlines headquarters in Dallas to give the keynote at the 30th anniversary celebration for their Christian Employee Business Resource Group. It’s been an honor to work with Chief Flight Dispatcher, Fr. Greg McBrayer, who is the global lead for the CEBRG, as well as working with all of their faith-based EBRGs. I’m especially grateful to have American Airlines as the official airline for our U.S. and international Dare to Overcome conferences, including in India.
I’ll be back in India early next year to help promote our Business Skills & Human Rights high school curriculum as a project that India-based companies can support as part of their CSR initiatives. In mid-December, Robert Rex who volunteers with our foundation, will be laying additional groundwork for this when he visits our partner in the project, the MIT World Peace University in Pune.
And I’m extremely excited to announce that our next Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards will be October 13, 2026, in the City of London. If you know any business CEOs who are championing interfaith understanding, religious freedom and peace in their company, philanthropy or advocacy, please consider nominating them.
The Global Business & Interfaith Peace Awards are now named in honor of our patron, philanthropist and business leader King Husein, who will be on hand to congratulate the new honorees.