Committee of Community Leaders Job Description

This committee shall be an informal consultative body, consisting of leaders in America from various Indic religions and the community. Its purpose is to address the following needs, and others as appropriate from time to time:

• The outreach activities of EDIT shall include
  (i) working with textbook publishers and academic institutions,
  (ii) working with media, and
  (iii) helping the community itself in a variety of needs.
  Especially in case of (iii), but also in many instances of (ii), community leaders would become very important allies and resources.
• In the long term, financial support from the community shall become important, and the leaders of the community must participate from the very beginning.
• Community leaders shall also bring issues to ECIT that need addressing from the perspective of the community being affected.
• One of the intentions is to help bridge the gap between contemporary practice in America and its academic portrayal.
• Beliefs on certain matters could vary across various denominations even within the same religion. Hence, there is need to ensure that ECIT champions a sympathetic portrayal reflecting the sentiments of the diversity within the traditions. This might imply presenting multiple views on a given issue, especially since these traditions are dynamic and flexible, and beliefs may be interpreted by the appropriate leaders based on the times and the needs of a given situation.