
Tim Brauhn is an inaugural Faiths Act Fellow, a group of young interfaith leaders in the US, UK, and Canada, where he’ll be acting as an ambassador for the Millennium Development Goals. The Faiths Act Fellowship is a collaboration between the Interfaith Youth Core and Tony Blair Faith Foundation. The Fellows will spend the year building a grand coalition of faith communities and friends to spread awareness about malaria.
He received his MA in International Studies at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver with concentrations in Religion and Politics in the Middle East and Central Asia and comparative democratization.
Tim has a BA in English Language and Literature from Aurora University in Illinois, where he focused on feminist literary criticism and sociolinguistics. Before moving to Denver, he was actively involved in interfaith peacebuilding in the Chicago area, working as a resident fellow at Aurora University and collaborating with the Niagara Foundation, Interfaith Youth Core, and Hesed House.
Most recently, Tim was the Fundraising Coordinator at The 1010 Project, a Denver humanitarian organization that partners with social entrepreneurs in the developing world to break the cycle of poverty. He coordinated fundraising, grantwriting, and various social media outlets.
Tim is very interested in social media, the future of the nonprofit community, and interfaith cooperation. When he’s not reading, he enjoys cycling, writing,cooking, languages, and tea.