More than twenty-five scholars and activists have been invited to speak at the Conference. Following is the list of currently confirmed speakers. This list is regularly updated.
Keynote Speakers:
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Ajamu Baraka, 2016 Green Party candidate for vice president of the United States; President of Black Alliance for Peace |
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Ann Wright, Retired US Army Colonel, and former US diplomat; Leading member of Veterans For Peace and CODEPINK |
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David Vine, Associate Professor of Anthropology at American University in Washington, DC, and author of Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Overseas Harm America and the World. |
Plenary Speakers:
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Bahman Azad, Member of Executive Board and Organizational Secretary of the U.S. Peace Council; Co-Coordinator, Hands Off Syria Coalition |
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Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo |
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Marie Cruz Soto, New York Solidarity with Vieques |
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Pat Elder, Member of the coordinating committee of World Beyond War; Director of National Coalition to Protect Student Privacy |
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Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson of BAYAN USA |
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Sara Flounders, Co-director of the International Action Center and a Coordinator of United National Antiwar Coalition |
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Netfa Freeman, Organizer in Pan African Community Action (PACA), |
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Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space |
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Will Griffin, Member of the Board of Directors of Veterans For Peace |
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Matthew Hoh, Member of the advisory boards of Expose Facts, Veterans For Peace and World Beyond War |
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Patricia Hynes, Retired environmental engineer and Professor of Environmental Health |
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James Patrick Jordan, National Co-Coordinator for Alliance for Global Justice, responsible for its Labor, Ecology, and Colombia projects |
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Berta Joubert-Ceci, Member Americas Steering Committee, Women’s International Democratic Federation |
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Margaret Kimberly, Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report (BAR) |
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Cheryl LaBash, Co-chair of the National Network on Cuba |
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Hyun Lee, Member of Steering Committee of the Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea and Militarism in Asia and the Pacific |
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Joe Lombardo, Co-coordinator of United National Antiwar Coalition |
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Henry Lowendorf, Member of the Executive Board of U.S. Peace Council |
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Alfred L. Marder, President of the U.S. Peace Council |
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Ray McGovern, Former CIA Analyst and founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity |
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Nancy Price, Member of the Earth Democracy Committee of Women's International League for peace and Freedom — U.S. Section; Member of the Alliance for Democracy |
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Ana Rebrii, Student and Activist in Odessa Solidarity Campaign |
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David Swanson, Director, World Beyond War; Campaign Coordinator for RootsAction.org |
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Phil Wilayto, Writer, speaker and organizer based in Richmond, Virginia; Editor of Virginia Defender; Coordinator of Odessa Solidarity Campaign |
International Speakers:
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Rabindra Adhikari, National Coordinator of Nepal Peace and Solidarity Council |
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Miguel Figueroa, President of Canadian Peace Congress |
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John Lannon, University of Limerick. Member of the National Executive of PANA (Peace and Neutrality Alliance); Founding Member of Shannonwatch, Ireland |
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Elsa Rassbach, Member of the Coordination Committee, Stop Air Base Ramstein; Member of the National Council, Attac, Germany |
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Madhawa Palihapitiya, Peace and Solidarity Organization Srilanka (PASOS) |
