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REV. PATRICK MCCOLLUM

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE MCCOLLUM FOUNDATION

Rev. Patrick McCollum is an internationally recognized spiritual leader whose work toward human rights, social justice, and equality for all religions and spiritual traditions transcends cultural, religious, and political barriers. In 2010 he received the Mahatma Gandhi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism and was named the World Inner Peace Ambassador by Thai Buddhists. In 2016 he received the Ralph Bunche International Peace Award and in 2020, Dr. Jane Goodall nominated him for the position of Messenger of Peace for the United Nations. Additionally, he serves as Development Director for the United Nations NGO, Children of the Earth, through which he oversees youth leadership projects around the world. McCollum serves as the minority Faith Issues Chair for the American Correctional Chaplains Association and is a Board Member for four other non-profits. Previously, McCollum served as an advisor for the United States Commission on Civil rights.

Rev. McCollum is the creator of the World Peace Violin, which was distinguished in 2015 as an official symbol for World Peace by United Nations Messengers of Peace Jane Goodall and Yoyo Ma.

Currently, Rev. McCollum, at the invitation of the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon, is focusing his attention on assisting multiple tribes both in reuniting their efforts and in regaining heir lands so that the heart and lungs of the planet may be restored to balance, which in turn will create balance in the world at large. 

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Rev. Patrick McCollum is an internationally recognized spiritual leader whose work toward human rights, social justice, and equality for all religions and spiritual traditions transcends cultural, religious, and political barriers. McCollum is the creator of the World Peace Violin, an official United Nations symbol for World Peace. Currently, Rev. McCollum, at the invitation of the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon, is focusing his attention on assisting multiple tribes both in reuniting their efforts and in regaining their lands so that the heart and lungs of the planet may be restored to balance, which in turn will create balance in the world at large. For more information, visit www.patrickmccollum.org.