Kenyatta Bakeer

Kenyatta Bakeer

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kenyatta Bakeer has demonstrated a life-long commitment to inner-city education institutions, community-based non-profits, and the local Muslim community.  She has helped open several schools, including her preschool and Islah Academy, a Muslim school that serves South Central LA.  She is an Adjunct Child Development Professor for the Los Angeles Community College District and a Senior Trainer with the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative. 

Kenyatta has been involved in Black Lives Matter since 2015. With Black Lives Matter, she has done several panel discussions and has been invited as a guest speaker at numerous rallies and protests in Southern California. Her commitment to social change was shaped by her activist parents, who embraced Islam through the Nation of Islam in the 1960s, and eight siblings active in the arts and social change. 

Kenyatta is a producer for the comedy film “Muslimah’s Guide to Marriage” (2016). She received The Hajjah Project: Activism Award in April 2018 and was featured as CAIR-LA’S SoCal Muslim of the week.  For Kenyatta’s activism and expert opinion on education, the Muslim community, and Black Lives Matter, she has been featured in the Daily News, the Sentinel, and Los Angeles television news.

 

John Silvers

John Silvers

John Silvers has always been an active community leader. His communication skills and leadership qualities were passed down to him by his parents, Arthur and Trudi Silvers, an interracial couple who were Civil Rights activists in the 1960s. His father, Arthur, worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for equality and social justice.

John blends speaking, storytelling, acting, and live original music to deliver his one-of-a-kind “Keynote Performances.” He has spoken on 120+ stages to over 73,000 people at schools, conferences, and seminars throughout the USA and Europe and has been featured on ABC’s The View and Radio!

For more information please see https://www.johnsilverskeynotes.com/ 

 

Rabbi Eric Solomon

Rabbi Eric Solomon

Rabbi Eric Solomon is the leader of Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, NC.  He completed facilitator training with Re-Setting the Table and has led his congregation in bridging conversations.  Rabbi Solomon is the founding co-chair of the North Carolina Jewish Clergy Association. In addition, he currently serves on the City of Raleigh Human Relations Commission and Interfaith I-CARE Team of the Raleigh Police Department.

He is a Goodmon Fellow, having completed the Leadership Triangle Regional Leaders Program, and holds the title of Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Previously, he served as the co-chair of Truah: The Rabbinical Call for Human Rights.

Rabbi Solomon loves playing tennis and is an avid runner. He and his wife, Rabbi Dr. Jennifer Solomon, have three children.

Wendy Silvers

Wendy Silvers

Rev. Wendy Silvers helps moms embody their highest potential, raise healthy, empowered kids and change the world through vision and grace. Nicknamed ‘Mama Wendy’ by her clients, she is the founder of the Million Mamas Movement, creator of The Awakened Mother TM series, host of The Awakened Mother Podcast, and a co-author of the International bestselling book, Balance for Busy Moms.  Her next book will be published in Spring 2023.

Rev. Wendy produces and hosts events and speaks at state-of-the-art venues such as Agape International Spiritual Center, Conscious Living Expo, Bhakti Fest, Health Freedom Events, and Spiritual Centers. She has shared stages with Michael Beckwith, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Del Bigtree, Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, Kelly Gores, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Panache Desai, Sister Jenna, and other luminaries. She received the American Riviera Women’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2014.

Rev. Wendy has decades of experience as a Spiritual Counselor, Trauma-Informed Parenting Coach, child development, and the 12-Step Recovery Movement. Her former career was as an Entertainment Publicist. She is married and the proud mother of an amazing young woman.

The Rev. Mark England

The Rev. Mark England

Mark England has served congregations in Virginia and Houston, where he has worked with youth and adults to build relationships, grow in their leadership abilities, and recognize how the life of Jesus shapes their life.

He wants the communities he serves to see times of conflict and change as opportunities for growth. Because of this belief, he has received training in Mediation Skills from the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center; as a Life and Leadership Coach from CoachNet; and as a Healthy Congregations Facilitator and Convener of a Resetting the Table initiative that helps faith communities have conversations about divisive issues.  He also likes to run and laugh a lot.

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