Ptorey Crutchfield

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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Avigdor Edminster

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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Jimmy “Rome” Ballard

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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Rolisa Tutwyler

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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Brain Scannell

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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Dr. Ashaq Malik

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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