Blog Posts: speaker

Matthew Hom

Matthew Hon grew up in a Chinese and Ashkenazi Jewish family in Cerritos, California. After studying history and music at the University of California, Irvine, he earned a master’s degree in Jewish studies at New York University. Matthew has since pursued a career in...
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Reverend Margaret Anne Ernst

Reverend Margaret Anne Ernst is a passionate writer, community builder, and organizer; she has worked alongside faith communities to fight for racial, economic, and immigrant justice since 2013. Organizations she has worked with include Faith in Action and Showing Up...
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Gail Kennard

Gail Kennard is African American, Muslim and a native Angeleno. She converted to Islam more than 40 years ago while in graduate school at UC Berkeley. Today she attends the Islamic Center of Southern California and the Women’s Mosque of America, where she has...
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Harmeet Kaur Kamboj

Harmeet Kaur Kamboj (they/them) is a Sikh American interfaith educator, scholar, artist, and zine-maker. Harmeet is currently a Program Manager at Interfaith Youth Core, as well as a teaching aide at Union Theological Seminary and an instructor at the Moksha Arts...
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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...

Mohamed Dewji

Mohamed Dewji was born in Kenya and has been living in Canada since 1976. Mohamed’s engagement with his mosque community began at the age...

Charlie and Mary Matthews

Charlie and Mary Matthews have been married for 28 years and have three adult children.  Raised in Southern California, Charlie grew up in...

Kandee Lewis

Kandee Lewis

Kandee Rochelle Lewis is the award-winning Executive Director of the Positive Results Corporation (PRC). Her spiritual...

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Dr. Jennifer Noble

Dr. Jennifer Noble

Jennifer Noble, PhD, or “Dr. Jenn,” is a licensed psychologist with a doctorate in clinical psychology who specializes...

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Susan Katz Miller

Susan Katz Miller

Susan Katz Miller is a journalist and author of The Interfaith Family Journal (2019) and Being Both: Embracing Two...

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Hana Doueiri

Hana Doueiri

Hana Doueiri is currently a high school senior in San Bernardino, CA. She has been involved in speech and debate for...

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Christine Stark

Christine Stark

Christine Stark is an award-winning writer, researcher, visual artist, and international speaker with Anishinaabe and...

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​Rev. Jaimie Crumley

​Rev. Jaimie Crumley

​Rev. Jaimie Crumley is a black feminist intellectual historian who is currently a PhD student in the Department of...

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Terry Opalek

Terry Opalek

Terry Opalek is a student, teacher, writer and presenter of metaphysical and spiritual truths. His spiritual...

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Sura Das

Sura Das

A Guibord Center Advisory Council member, Sura Das has represented the International Society for Krishna Consciousness...

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