Blog Posts: speaker

Nancy Berlin

Nancy Berlin has worked to combat poverty for over 40 years. She has worked in family shelters, on Los Angeles’s skid row, and organized campaigns with low-income people for better pay, healthcare, and public benefits. She has extensive experience in grassroots...

Parshan Khosravi

Parshan Khosravi is an Iranian American of Zoroastrian faith who is currently a candidate for the city council in Laguna Hills, California. He has over a decade of experience in education advocacy and currently serves as the California Policy Director for uAspire, a...

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,...

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...

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...

Walt Cunningham, Jr.

Walt Cunningham, Jr.

Walt Cunningham, Jr. is an accomplished pianist and musical creator and producer with an eclectic background. He...

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Forrest S. Cuch

Forrest S. Cuch

Forrest S. Cuch is an enrolled member of the Ute Indian Tribe. Born in 1951, he grew up on the Uintah and Ouray Ute...

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Rini Ghosh, PhD

Rini Ghosh, PhD

Dr. Rini Ghosh, Secretary of The Guibord Center Board of Directors, has been a key part of the Center since it began....

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Sophia Pandya, PhD

Sophia Pandya, PhD

Dr. Sophia Pandya is a professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at California State University, Long...

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Ray Mattes, DMin

Ray Mattes, DMin

Ray Mattes, IHM, DMin, LPCC, is a pastoral theologian, professional gerontologist and licensed psychotherapist. He...

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Mohammed Abdul Aleem

Mohammed Abdul Aleem

Mohammed Abdul Aleem is CEO of Human Assistance & Development International (HADI). HADI has been working since...

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Rev. Mark Hong

Rev. Mark Hong

Rev. Mark Hong immigrated from South Korea in 1971 and grew up in Southern California. For 34 years, he has ministered...

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