Kate Fitzpatrick
Celtic Roots of Healing Peace in Northern Ireland

Kate Fitzpatrick lives in Donegal and is a writer and a musician who grew up in Lisburn in County Antrim.  As an experiential teacher in the late 90’s and early 2000’s she spent several years doing mythic work with groups of women that was directed towards healing in the North of Ireland.  She is writing a book on her journey with the Celtic Feminine and her work with healing of the land.  She is currently setting up a new practice in Ireland to extend her work into life and business coaching.

Flordemayo
Healing the Planet

Born the youngest of 15 children in the highlands of Central America, Flordemayo is a healer whose work bridges the worlds. She is a founding director of the Institute for Natural and Traditional Knowledge, the recipient of the Martin de La Cruz Award for Alternative Healing, a prestigious honor given by the International Congress of Traditional Medicine, and a frequent presenter at international conferences. Read Flordemayo full bio…

Alice Lovelace
Armed with Art

A published author, performance poet, award-winning playwright, essayist, and organizer, Alice Lovelace uses her talents to work for social and economic justice. Her numerous awards include: the Georgia Writers Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Democratic Socialists of America’s Frederick Douglas-Eugene Debs Award. Alice is currently serving as the Associate Regional Director for American Friends Service Committee. Read Alice Lovelace full bio…

Alexandra Merrill
Feminism, Activism & Waging Peace

As a feminist, Alexandra Merrill seeks to focus group work on the processes which oppress the human spirit in men and women and then collaborate with the group to lift that oppressive energy off the system. She is president of Merrill Consulting Associates and founder of Women's Way. Alexandra’s current work focuses on developing regional, national, cross cultural and cross-discipline teams of women working for social change in the United States and India.  Read Alexandra Merrill full bio…

Gina Ross
Healing the Trauma Vortex

Gina Ross is Founder and President of the International Trauma-Healing Institute and its Israeli branch ITI-Israel. Gina is an international trainer in the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, on healing trauma at national levels, and exploring the role of collective trauma in conflict and war. Her professional specialty in trauma is rooted in her personal life experiences of fleeing Syria as a child, leaving Lebanon overnight during the civil war, and arriving in Brazil as a teenager. Read Gina Ross full bio…

Bhanumathy Vasudevan
Pilgrims of Peace

Bhanumathy Vasudevan (Bhanu)is a social scientist from Tamil Nadu, India. Her feminist ideologies and a passion for women’s work guide her personal and professional life.   Bhanumathy is a teacher, business manager, researcher, and organizational development specialist who leads programs for women leaders in the United States and India. She is also a student of alternative healing practices, instrumental music, and ornithology. Read Bhanumathy Vasudevan full bio…

Ann Wright
The Role of Dissent in Peace

As a member of the Foreign Service, Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright was the U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. She also served in: Somalia; Kyrgyzstan; Grenada; Micronesia; and Nicaragua. On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Colonel Wright submitted a letter of resignation to (then) Secretary of State Colin Powell stating that without the authorization of the UN Security Council, the invasion and occupation of a Muslim, Arab, and oil-rich country would be a disaster. Since then, she has been writing and speaking out for peace.  Read Ann Wright full bio…