Blog Posts: speaker

Yuval Ron

Yuval Ron is an internationally renowned World Music artist, composer, educator, peace activist and record producer. Graduating Cum Laude as a Film Scoring Major at Berklee College of Music in Boston, he has continuously researched various ethnic musical traditions...

Terry Opalek, Facilitator

Terry is the Community Liaison with The Guibord Center. Through hisoutreach and development, he is expanding and strengthening The Center'snetwork of people, schools, and organizations. This enables The Center tocontinue to facilitate interfaith understanding and...

Tasneem Noor, Facilitator

Tasneem Noor is the award-winning author of The Faith Connection: YourJourney Starts with Knowing Yourself; and founder of Noor Enterprises:SOULful Transformations. As Programs Director of NewGround: AMuslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, Tasneem has trained over...

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 borders--spiritual,generational, linguistic and cultural. She has been with The Guibord Centersince its inception in 2010, first serving on...

Stephen Rohde

Stephen Rohde is a constitutional scholar, lecturer, writer, political activist, and retired civil rights lawyer.  He is a founder and...

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...

Pedro Silva

Pedro Silva brings a wealth of cross-sector experience to his current position as Director of Engagement with YOUnify.   A veteran of the...

Mohamed Dewji

Mohamed Dewji

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

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Saira Sayeed

Saira Sayeed

​Saira  Sayeed was born in Pakistan to a Christian mother and a Muslim father and migrated to Canada with her parents...

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Tanya Sadagopan

Tanya Sadagopan

Rev. Dr. Tanya Sadagopan is an ordained United Church of Christ minister who has served at First Congregational UCC in...

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Michelle Mekky

Michelle Mekky

Michelle Mekky is an award-winning broadcast journalist and public relations executive and a passionate advocate for...

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