Speakers and Guests

The New England Department of Peace Conference will feature the following speakers and guests, chosen for their excellence and vision in their respective fields and for their ability to inspire us in our work to create a Culture of Peace.

Mary Farrell, Founder, Spiritual Tools, Bio and workshop description: Talk to Your Body

Teny Gross, Executive Director, The Institute of the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, Bio and presentation: Investing in Prevention: Educating Youth About Nonviolence

Allan G. Johnson, Author of Privilege, Power, and Difference and The Gender Knot: Unraveling our Patriarchal Legacy, Bio and workshop description: Unraveling the Patriarchy for Peace

Lynn McMullen, Campaign Director, The Peace Alliance, Bio and presentations: coming soon

Mary Lee Morrison Ph.D., President and Director, Pax Educare, The Connecticut Center for Peace Education and Researcher/Historian for the United States Institute of Peace, with Katie Breslin, researcher for the Department of Peace campaign, bios: click here

Tracy Quadro, Esq., Executive Director, Community Mediation Services, Bio and workshop description: Community Mediation

Howard Rosenberg, State Co-coordinator of the Rhode Island Campaign for Department of Peace, Bio and presentation: The Department of Peace, Military and Police; How Do We Work Together

Silent Lotus, Poet and Spiritual Master, Bio and presentation: Poetry and Meditation

Peggy Smith, Nonviolent Communication Trainer, Center for Nonviolent Communications, bio and workshop description: NVC

Aaron Voldman, College Director of the Student Peace Alliance, The Peace Alliance Foundation, Bio and presentation: Effective Student Organizing

Plus special musical guests!! CLICK HERE for details!