Blog Posts: speaker

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 United States Air Force, who served as both a Satellite Communications Technician and a Mandarin Chinese Language/Intelligence...

Chitra Golestani

Dr. Chitra Golestani is the Associate Director of the Wilmette Institute, an Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for Humane Education and Consortial Faculty at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. She also works as an educational consultant, guest lecturer,...

Josué Emmanuel Muñoz

Josué Emmanuel Muñoz (they/them) is a SoCal-based Latinxx transmedia storyteller and mindful media educator from West Chicago. Raised Catholic, Josué has been on a journey to decolonize their spiritual path. To ease the cultural and religious tensions within our...

endawnis Spears

endawnis Spears (Diné/ Ojibwe/ Chickasaw/ Choctaw) is an educator working in the public humanities.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Denver and has worked for the Heard Museum, Museum of Northern Arizona, Mashantucket...

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...

Donald Quick

Donald Quick

Donald Quick is a science educator at Rosemead High School and a parishioner at All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena....

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Samia Bano

Samia Bano

Samia Bano is the Interfaith Coordinator for IslamiCity and a member of The Guibord Center Advisory Council. She...

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Ally Hawkins

Ally Hawkins

Ally Hawkins was born and raised in the American South. There, she spent the majority of her life in what she...

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John Philip Newell

John Philip Newell

John Philip Newell (born 1953) is a Celtic teacher and author of spirituality who calls the modern world to reawaken...

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Sedona Jacobson

Sedona Jacobson

“Ya'aat'eeh” is Sedona Jacobson’s greeting as the 21-year-old student introduces herself. She is pursuing her...

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Emily Bowen Cohen

Emily Bowen Cohen

​Emily Bowen Cohen is an artist, writer and enrolled member of the Muskogee (Creek) Nation. She grew up in rural...

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Rick Sforza

Rick Sforza

Rick Sforza is a spiritual director, photographer, veteran, and co-facilitator of an anti-racism workshop. He worked...

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