Recognizing the importance of hosting a plurality of voices, we will not have only one speaker. As of now, our speakers are: ::Kathy Kelly::Kathy
Kelly, Three time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (2000, 2001, 2003) who
currently co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a group working
to end U.S. military and economic warfare through nonviolent direct
action. In the summer of 2011, she took part in the US Boat to Gaza project as
a passenger on the "Audacity of Hope." She has traveled to
Afghanistan multiple times to learn of the conditions faced by common people
and to work with the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers to find non-military solutions
to end the war. She lived in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead bombing in 2009,
Baghdad during the 2003 "Shock and Awe" bombing, the 1998 Desert Fox
bombing, as well as during the 1991 Gulf War. Her bravery and
resolute commitment to peace and justice are the characteristics which should
be honored and inspire students as they graduate. Kathy Kelly 2010::Charles Eisenstein::Charles Eisenstein, is on the faculty of the Health Arts and Sciences program at Goddard College. He has studied the crisis of our time, and working to bring forth what he calls “The More Beautiful World our Hearts Tell us is Possible” He has written several books, most recently, Sacred Economics about the transition to an economy and monetary system that emphasizes Reunion over Separation as well as the shifts in consciousness that must accompany the transition. For More Info: Click Here Charles Eisenstein- Occupy Love::Richard Muhammad::Richard Muhammad, has been involved with Occupy Wall Street since two weeks
after it started. He is a member of the Occupy Wall Street Think Tank Working
Group and the Global Democracy Alliance Working Group. |
