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2023 International Peace Conference 

Speakers & Conference Pillars

Speakers from across the world will speak on topics that focus on the peace conference pillars: Individual Peace, Peace at Homes and in Families, Peace Education in School, Promoting Peaceful Communities and Reducing Violence, Addressing and Preventing Human Trafficking, Empowerment of Women and Girls and International Peace. 

Conference Pillar #1: Individual Peace

Bob Roth

Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland 

Joel Lesko 

Dori DeCamillis

Fabian Debora and Homeboy Industries

Kristina Canfield

Ashish Kulshrestha

Kimberly Kirklin

Conference Pillar #2: Peace at Home and in Families

Allison Dearing

Susann Montgomery-Clark

Dr. LaRhonda Magras

Fran Ross Nolan

Lori Foreman

Rebecca Morris 

Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland

Grace Ndaanu

Joan Witherspoon-Norris

John Dorsey

Robyn James

Brandi Moore

Attorney General Danny Carr

Alicia and John Roper

Conference Pillar #3: Peace Education in Schools

Dr. Tommy Bice

Lella Carl Hamiter

Jennifer Hatchett

Andrea Miller

Patricia Shafer

Bishop Van Moody

Mark Dixon and A+ Team

Zoe Weil

Dr. Jermiah Newell

Donna Dukes

Dr. Patton Furman

Kristina Canfield

Susann Montgomery-Clark

LaTanya Scott

Ruben Morris

Dr. Patricia Simpson

Verna Gates

Heath Mixon

Amanda Storey

Conference Pillar #4: Promoting Peaceful Communities

& Reducing Violence

Honorable Mayor Randall. L Woodfin

Dr. Ray Watts

Dr. Mona Fouad

Dr. Meghan Bonds

Dr. Robert Record

Teresa Shufflebarger

Rusha Smith

Francesca Gross

Kerri Pruitt

Gloria Howard

Rev. Denny Blake

Gay Maloney

Marcus Briggs-Cloud

Dan Dibbert

Bethany Dibbert

Deborah Daniels

Luma Mufleh

Shan Foster

Gail Fowler

Dr. Eva Czermack

Fabian Debora

Dr. Mark Wilson

Josh Coleman

Carmarion Anderson

Alexander Bautista

Gina Mallisham 

Michael Fordham

Ron Froehlich

Caroline Janeway

John Dorsey

Sherah Liverpool

Mashonda Taylor

Carol Naughton

Rasheedat Fetuga

Elizabeth Dede

Conference Pillar #5: Addressing & Preventing Human Trafficking

Dave McCleary

Chris Lim

Rev. Becca Stevens

Carolyn Potter

Ambassador John Cotton Richmond

Doug Gilmer

Dr. Hanni Stoklosa

Bethany Bisenthal 

Rachel  Fischer

Laura Castellanos 

Mark VanBeest

Penny Davidson

Nikki Clifton

Jeremy Hurst

Bob Deering

Ashlie Bryant

Brandy Belton

Ericka Sarkissian

Veronica McDaniel

Laura Ellsworth

Renata Parrs

Heather Fischer

Jessica Munoz

Valerie Ellery

Conference Pillar #6: Continuing Quest for Racial Equity & Justice

Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King

Ms. Odessa Woolfolk

DeJuana Thompson

Lucy Wairimu Mukuria

Salaam Green

Bishop Van Moody

Andrea Miller

Felicia Beard

Charles Person

Pete Conroy

Dr. Tim Lampkin

T. Marie King

Rasheedat Fetuga

Carolyn McKinstry

Joel Lesko

Debra Nelson

Damian Carson

Janice Kelsey

James Stewart

James Sutton

Cleo Washington

Carey Fountain

Onoyemi Williams

Gina Mallisham

Conference Pillar #7: Empowerment of Women & Girls

Jennifer Jones

Melinda MeGahee

Kristen Greenwood

Rev. Becca Stevens

Carolyn Potter

Liz Huntley

Stephanie Sinclair

Grace Ndaanu

Dr. LaRhonda Magras 

Jessica Rodgers

Elizabeth Usovicz

Lucy Wairimu Mukuria

Conference Pillar #8: International Peace

Steve Killelea

Urs Broennimann

Dominik Stillhart

Mark Maloney

Rudy Westervelt

Bryon Bland

Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter

Luma Mufleh

Ravi Ravindran

Dr. Peter VerBeek

Martin Martin

Rajiv Doreswamy

Dr. Carlos Enrique Alemàn

Jackie Smith 

Molefi Askari

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