Bakhtavar (Becca) Desai 

Becca Desai lives in Fairfield, OH. After having worked professionally as a public accountant in the public sector, Becca has, since several years now, been devoting her time as a volunteer in her community. 

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To advance the work of Beloved Communities, and peace and understanding among the people everywhere, Becca volunteers as:

·      A member of the Executive Council of Religions for Peace, USA;

·      A member of the Steering Committee of Cincinnati’s Annual Festival of Faiths since its inception;

·      Co-Chair of the Sacred Connections Program, EquaSion, Cincinnati

·      Advisory Board Member of (Friends for Good (formerly Kids 4 Peace), Cincinnati. 

 

Inspired to Care for Creation, Bakhtavar practices and advocates a greener lifestyle, and volunteers as Group Leader of the Education/Lifestyles Working Group (of which she is also the founding member) of Faith Communities Go Green (www.fcgg.org) in Cincinnati, OH.

 

Becca is an active Board Member of:

·      Shared Harvest, a Food Bank, working to end hunger in five Counties in Ohio https://www.sharedharvest.org

·      Restore Hope, a US non-profit which provides relief and empowerment to the most vulnerable rural communities in Liberia, West Africa, through programs for health, education, and economic opportunities https://www.restorehopeliberia.org/

·      The Interfaith Center at Miami University https://www.oxfordinterfaithcenter.org/

 

She is a Zoroastrian and serves as the President of the Zoroastrian Association of KY, OH, & IN, and also as Co-Chair of Interfaith Activities of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America.