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
Steve Killelea
Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland
Joel Lesko
Omar Aleiwi & Fabienne Egli
UAB Arts/Dori DeCamillis
Fabian Debora & Homeboy Industries
Lucy Wairimu Mukuria
T. Marie King
Kristina Canfield
Conference Pillar #2: Peace at Home and in Families
Allison Dearing, Susann Montgomery-Clark, & Dr. LaRhonda Magras
Fran Ross Noland
Lori Foreman
Rebecca Morris
Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland
Grace Ndanu
Joan Witherspoon-Norris
John Dorsey
Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter
Conference Pillar #3: Peace Education in Schools
Dr. Tommy Bice & Lella Carl Hamiter
Jennifer Hatchett & Andrea Miller
Patricia Shafer
Bishop Van Moody
Mark Dixon
Dr. Jermiah Newell & Donna Dukes
Dr. Patton Furman
Kristin Canfield & Susann Montgomery-Clark
LaTanya Scott
Conference Pillar #4: Promoting Peaceful Communities
& Reducing Violence
Dr. Mona Fouad, Dr. Megan Bonds, Dr. Robert Record and Teresa Shufflebarger
Rusha Smith
Gloria Howard
Rev. Denny Blake & Gay Maloney
Marcus Briggs-Cloud
Dan Dibbert
Bethany Dibbert
Luma Mufleh & Shan Foster
Eva Czermack
Fabian Debora
Dr. Mark Wilson
Conference Pillar #5: Addressing & Preventing Human Trafficking
Dave McCleary
Chris Lim
Rev. Becca Stevens
Carolyn Potter
Conference Pillar #6: Continuing Quest for Racial Equity & Justice
Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King
Ms. Odessa Woolfolk
DeJuana Thompson
Lucy Wairimu & Salaam Greene
Bishop Van Moody & Andrea Miller
Felicia Beard
Charles Person & Pete Conroy
Dr. Mark Martin, Cleo Washington & Dr. Tim Lampkin
Joel Lesko & T. Marie King
Rasheedat Fetuga
Conference Pillar #7: Empowerment of Women & Girls
Jennifer Jones
Melinda MeGahee
Kristen Greenwood
Rev. Becca Stevens
Carolyn Porter
Liz Huntley
Stephanie Sinclair, Lucy Wairimu Mukuria and Grace Ndanu
Dr. LaRhonda Magras
Conference Pillar #8: International Peace
Mark Maloney
Rudy Westervelt
Bryon Bland
Dr. Tina Kempin Reuter
Grade Ndanu
Luma Mufleh
Bob Roth
John Dorsey
Ravi Ravindran
Dr. Peter VerBeek
Martin Martin