Judy Lee Trautman is co-founder and co-chair of the MultiFaith Council of NW Ohio and chairs the local Erase the Hate Coalition. Currently the MultiFaith Council is seeking an official designation for Greater Toledo as a Compassionate Community in the Compassionate Cities Campaign. Another major outreach is MultiFaith GROWs, which encourages using faith space for community gardens. Judy is a trustee of the North American Interfaith Network, chairing its Communications Committee. She is an initiate and ordained Cherag of the Sufi Ruhaniat International, as well as a member of First Unitarian Church in Toledo. She is a certified leader of the Dances of Universal Peace, an important spiritual practice for her.