Location: Memphis, Tennessee Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Ptorey is a former elementary school teacher and currently serves as a project manager at a faith-based nonprofit whose mission is to build well-being and economic prosperity among children and families in Memphis communities. Contact Information: ptorey.crutchfield@agapemeanslove.org
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Location: Wisconsin, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2018) & (Level II – 2023) About: Avigdor Edminster is an educator, artist, and cultural anthropologist. He has been an activist and organizer for peace, social justice, and community well-being for the last 35 years. Avigdor received his Level 1 training at the Selma Center for […]
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Location: California, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Rome was born in the segregated South and learned about nonviolent direct action as a child. He authored a community-building workshop manual entitled “Transcommunality-Selling Social Change without Selling Out.” His collaborative work and exposure to nonprofit organizations such as the East Point Peace Academy, […]
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Location: North Carolina, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Rolisa H. Tutwyler is the Founder and CEO of CCMNT Speakers, a boutique speaker management agency at the intersections of activism and academia. Rolisa is also the mother of four amazing adult children and an ordained minister. Contact: tutwyler@ccmntspeakers.com
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Location: Ghent, New York Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Brian Scannell is a middle school humanities teacher at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School in Ghent, New York, Brian grew up in Georgia and from a young age was drawn to literature, the arts and music. He felt called out west for college and […]
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Location: India Levels of Training: (Level I – 2018) & (Level II – 2023) Scholarship(s): The 2018 Stookey Family Scholarship About: Dr. Mohammad Ashaq Malik has been engaged in peace and development works for past 20 years. Between 2003 to 2008, he served for about 30 development organizations including a dozen UN offices/organizations including UNDP […]
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Location: Rhode Island, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Deirdre Morrison is a Yoga Teacher and Mindfulness Facilitator, and intends to incorporate the Kingian Nonviolence framework into the yoga classes and meditation sessions she facilitates within her own beloved community. Deirdre is passionate about helping others cultivate greater inner peace, holistic well-being […]
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Location: California, USA Level of Training: (Level 1 – 2023) About: Taylor (pronouns She/They) is a 2020 graduate of California State University, Monterey Bay. They will be attending the University of San Francisco for Urban and Public Affairs in the fall. They took URI’s level one training in the hopes that they can incorporate the […]
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Location: Toronto, Canada Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Laura Hartley is an activist, leadership coach & the founder of Public Love Enterprises, an online school for changemakers. Passionate about climate justice, Laura centres her work on the inner dimension of dismantling capitalism & patriarchy, empowering changemakers with the skills to get free […]
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Location: Rhode Island/URI, USA Level of Training: (Level I – 2023) About: Amy Olson (she/her) is the Executive Director of the Hillel Foundation (the Jewish Student Center) at the University of Rhode Island. Amy is a past recipient of a Diversity Award for Staff/Administrator Excellence presented by the URI Multicultural Student Services Center to honor […]
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