Blog Posts: speaker

Bishop Mary Ann Swenson

Bishop Mary Ann McDonald Swenson is a retired bishop of the United Methodist Church (UMC). Having recently completed a 9-year term as vice moderator for the central committee of the World Council of Churches, Bishop Swenson has served as ecumenical officer for the...

John Ishvaradas Abdallah

​John Ishvaradas Abdallah (meaning “servant of God” in Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Muslim traditions) is the preferred pen name of Syed Riyaz Mahdi. A speaker and writer and an independent activist Sufi, he is the author of A Sufi’s Ruminations On One World Under...

Stephen Rohde

Stephen Rohde is a constitutional scholar, lecturer, writer, political activist, and retired civil rights lawyer.  He is a founder and Chair of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, past President of the ACLU of Southern California, a Past Chair of Bend...

Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson

A third-generation educator, F. Willis Johnson is a spiritual entrepreneur, elder in the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church and Chief Program Officer for Bridge Alliance. Johnson formerly served as senior minister of Wellspring Church in Ferguson,...

Dr. Lisa Patriquin, Facilitator

Lisa has been a professional educator for over 35 years in a variety of fieldsthat share one common thread: communicating across...

Bishop Mary Ann Swenson

Bishop Mary Ann McDonald Swenson is a retired bishop of the United Methodist Church (UMC). Having recently completed a 9-year term as vice...

John Ishvaradas Abdallah

​John Ishvaradas Abdallah (meaning “servant of God” in Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Muslim traditions) is the preferred pen name of Syed...

Chitra Golestani

Chitra Golestani

Dr. Chitra Golestani is the Associate Director of the Wilmette Institute, an Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for...

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endawnis Spears

endawnis Spears

endawnis Spears (Diné/ Ojibwe/ Chickasaw/ Choctaw) is the Co-Director of the Upstander Academy, and a founding member...

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Nancy Berlin

Nancy Berlin

Nancy Berlin has worked to combat poverty for over 40 years. She has worked in family shelters, on Los Angeles’s skid...

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Parshan Khosravi

Parshan Khosravi

Parshan Khosravi is an Iranian American of Zoroastrian faith who is currently a candidate for the city council in...

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Kenyatta Bakeer

Kenyatta Bakeer

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kenyatta Bakeer has demonstrated a life-long commitment to inner-city education...

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John Silvers

John Silvers

John Silvers has always been an active community leader. His communication skills and leadership qualities were passed...

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Rabbi Eric Solomon

Rabbi Eric Solomon

Rabbi Eric Solomon is the leader of Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, NC.  He completed facilitator training with...

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Wendy Silvers

Wendy Silvers

Rev. Wendy Silvers helps moms embody their highest potential, raise healthy, empowered kids and change the world...

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