The 37 Speakers

Meet the 37 women and men interviewed for the documentary across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, North America and Australia.

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dave andrews l 1.8.1
Australia

Dave Andrews

  • Activist
  • Community organiser
  • Spiritual teacher

Dave is particularly interested in radical spirituality, incarnational community and the dynamics of personal and social transformation.

sami awad
Palestine

Sami Awad

  • Activist
  • Community organiser
  • NGO director

We can't wait for someone to come and liberate us or give us a state; we need to fight to achieve such things. The method we use is nonviolence, because nonviol…

ali abu awaad
Palestine

Ali Abu Awwad

  • Activist
  • Community organiser
  • NGO director

Ali is a Palestinian peace and nonviolent activist. He is the founder of Taghyeer, a Palestinian national movement promoting nonviolence to achieve a nonviolent…

alize jireh c 1.1.1
USA

Alize Jireh Yaccino

  • Activist
  • Artist

Alize is a singer and videographer. She took part of a peace festival in the Middle East.

andy gonzales
USA

Andres Gonzales

  • NGO director

He has taught yoga to diverse populations throughout the world, including Baltimore City Public School students, drug treatment centers, mental crisis facilitie…

andrew newberg l
USA

Andrew Newberg

  • Neurologist
  • Researcher

Andrew is a neuroscientist. He is a pioneer in the neurological study of religious and spiritual experiences, a field known as “neurotheology.”

angel kyodo
USA

angel Kyodo williams

  • Activist
  • Priest
  • Spiritual teacher
  • Writer

angel Kyodo williams is a writer, activist and ordained Zen priest. She was called “the most intriguing African-American Buddhist” by Library Journal.

arno michaelis l 1.5.2
USA

Arno Michaelis

  • Activist

From the age of 17 Arno Michaelis was deeply involved in the white power movement. Today, he is a Buddhist and anti-violence activist.

arun gandhi 1
USA

Arun Gandhi

  • Activist
  • Writer

Arun is the fifth grandson of India’s legendary leader, Mohandas K. “Mahatma” Gandhi. He consider himself as a peace farmer.

assaadchaftari
Lebanon

Assaad Chaftari

  • Activist
  • Writer

He served as a senior intelligence official of the Christian militia Lebanese Forces. He is now dedicated to promote personal change, peace building and reconci…

bill pelke l
USA

Bill Pelke

  • Activist

His grandmother was murder in 1985. He originally supported the sentence of death, but went through a spiritual transformation in 1986 after praying for love an…

brian mc laren l
USA

Brian McLaren

  • Activist
  • Pastor
  • Spiritual teacher
  • Writer

Autor, speaker and activist. He is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common…

curtis paul deyoung l
USA

Curtiss Paul Deyoung

  • NGO director
  • Writer

Curtiss DeYoung served in academic and community work for over thirty years, with a central concern for social justice, peace, and reconciliation.

cynthia bourgeault l
USA

Cynthia Borgeault

  • Spiritual teacher
  • Writer

Cynthia is a modern-day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader.

don mosley l 1.3.1
USA

Don Mosley

  • Activist
  • Community organiser
  • Writer

Donald Mosley is a co-founder of the Habitat for Humanity organization. He and his wife, Carolyn Mosley, are founding members of the Jubilee Partners community …

gabriel meyer c
Israel

Gabriel Meyer

  • Activist
  • Artist
hadjabi
Nigeria

Hajiya Binta Bakari

  • Activist
  • Community organiser

Hajabi is a muslim working in Interfaith dialogue and initiatives in Nigeria.

holly roach l 1
USA

Holly Roach Knight

  • Activist

More than anything I am an activist. I am keenly attuned to power and injustice. I see that conditions of violence to people and Earth cannot continue. So all t…

itaff awad l
Israel

Itaf Awad

  • Activist

Itaf Awad is a Palestinian, she teaches that within each person there exists an innate wisdom that promotes growth and healing. Through the use of communication…

jacques besson l 1.2.1
Switzerland

Jacques Besson

  • Neurologist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Writer

The professor Jacques Besson has worked all of his career to bridge the gap between science and spirituality.

john dear 1.7.1
USA

John Dear

  • Activist
  • Priest
  • Spiritual teacher
  • Writer

“John Dear is the embodiment of a peacemaker,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote a few years ago when he nominated John for the Nobel Peace Prize. John Dear has stu…

joseph tegreoawhoa l
Nigeria

Joseph Tizhe Kwaha

  • Pastor

Joseph is the lead pastor of the Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) in Maiduguri, which is the largest congregation of an…

jurgen moltman 1.2.1
Germany

Jürgen Moltman

Moltmann developed a form of liberation theology predicated on the view that God suffers with humanity, while also promising humanity a better future through th…

lisa thomasprince l
USA

Lisa Thomas Prince

  • Researcher
  • Teacher

Lisa has served as a member of the Educational Outreach team, assisting in the development and implementation of programs that provide training in mindfulness-b…

lori gustafson l
USA

Lori Gustafson

  • Researcher
  • Teacher

As a former member of the Educational Outreach Team in the Center for Healthy Minds in Wisconsin-Madison, Lori developed and implemented mindfulness-based train…

coffee worth 1.9.1
USA

Louise “Coffee” Worth

  • Activist

Coffee Worth was one of the most inspiring demonstrations we have ever seen of the power of love put into action in all kinds of situations. Growing up in North…

malkhaz songulashvili c
Georgia

Malkhaz Songulashvili

  • Activist
  • Pastor

Malkhaz is a baptist pastor from the country of Georgia. He is a peace activist and support/works/advocates for Muslims, Yezidis, Jews, people or faith or none …

maria stefan l
USA

Maria J Stephan

  • Researcher

Maria J. Stephan directs the Program on Nonviolent Action at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which conducts research, training & education, and informs policymaker…

marina cantacuzino l 1.1.1
United Kingdom

Marina Cantacuzino

  • Activist
  • NGO director
  • Writer

Marina is an award-winning journalist who has worked for most British mainstream publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph and Hello magazine. She is t…

markus gamache
Nigeria

Markus Gamache

  • Activist
  • Community organiser
  • NGO director
  • Pastor

Markus is a peace maker, Christian leader and community organiser. He started an Interfaith Refugee Camp in Nigeria after his house was filled with so many refu…

rmaez salame l
Lebanon

Ramez Salamé

  • Activist

Ramez Salame is a lawyer from Lebanon. He gave up his militia gun during the civil war in Lebanon to start dialogues during the war.

richard davidson l
USA

Richard Davidson

  • Neurologist
  • Psychiatrist
  • Researcher

Well-Being is a Skill. The science behind this fact makes a kinder, wiser, more compassionate world possible.

richard rohr 1.3.1
USA

Richard Rohr

  • Activist
  • Priest
  • Spiritual teacher

Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition.

robert enright l
USA

Robert Enright

  • Psychiatrist
  • Researcher
  • Writer

Robert Enright, Ph.D., is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a licensed psychologist, he pioneered the social scienti…

sharon booth l
United Kingdom

Sharon Booth

  • NGO director

Sharon has an MA from Cambridge University in Theology and Religious Studies, specialising in Islam and Biblical Studies. She lived in the Middle East for a few…

shaul judelman c 1 1.2.1 1.2.1
Palestine

Shaul Judelman

  • Activist
  • Community organiser
  • NGO director

Shaul was a student of Rabbi Menachem Froman (z'l ), who tackled the question of how to pursue the Jewish future in this land, stay true to the Jewish tradition…

ziad fahed c
Lebanon

Ziad Fahed

  • Community organiser
  • NGO director

Ziad Fahed is a peace builder from Lebanon. He changed his views about violence after meeting different peace makers.