Hari Shukla Chair - Inter Faith Sub Committee, Tyne and Wear Racial Equality Council

Hari Shukla takes a keen interest in inter faith relationships in his area and is involved with the coordination of a faith leaders group in Newcastle. Hari works very closely with the media in Tyne and Wear. He has developed what he describes as a ‘special working relationship’ with Thompson House, which publishes two regional papers. Every three months Thompson publishes the Living Together supplement in the Newcastle Journal, which covers issues such as inter-faith relations and religious tolerance. Born in 1933 in Uganda, Hari Shukla went to school in Kampala, achieved his teachers certificate in Kenya, and his Certificate of Education at Exeter University. He later completed an open university course in his home town of Newcastle. From 1974 to 1994, Hari was Director of Tyne and Wear Racial Equality Council. Since 1974 Hari has established a string of working relationships with five Metropolitan Borough Councils of Tyne and Wear. Hari has also been involved with a number of charities, including the NSPCC and St Oswalds Hospice, and has been held dozens of voluntary roles in organisations over the last twenty years. Hari is currently Chair of the Inter Faith Sub Committee of the Tyne and Wear Racial Equality Council. He was awarded an OBE in 2003.

"Religious belief is among the most fundamental to human beings. The media must play a role in ensuring that everyone has the freedom to pursue that belief where it leads." Milica Pesic, Director	"OneWorld, a global online media network based on values of humanity and justice, is pleased to support the national conference on the media and a multi faith society." Miles Litvinoff, Programme Manager	"The Newspaper Society, the voice of Britain’s regional press, is delighted to support the national conference on the media and a multi faith society." Lynne Anderson, Communications Director

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"This conference is so important. I hope it will open up a full debate on how we can stop the spread of division and fear and instead harness the immense power of the media to promote cultural and religious diversity as a positive benefit for our society."

Jennette Arnold, Londonwide Assembly Member and
Chair of the Cultural Strategy Group for London