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2009 Peace Conference - Presenter and Performer Bios

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Keynote Speakers

photo by Jacques-Jean Tiziou

David Solnit is a direct action, anti-capitalist, climate justice and anti-war organizer, writer and puppeteer. As an arts Organizer he uses culture, art, giant puppets and
theater in the streets and for popular education.
He works with Courage to Resist, supporting GI resistance and with the Climate Justice Action Convergence fighting Chevron Oil Corporation. He edited Globalize Liberation, cowrote Army of None and the forthcoming Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle (AK Press 2008).


Can we get to root causes of the major crises—financial meltdown of corporate capitalism, climate change, and war--and build a better world? People in the US and around the world are doing just that--and winning! Our actions are experiments in a laboratory of resistance and our struggles for change are battles of competing stories, so creating a culture of creativity, reflection and storytelling will be key.

Read the interview in Mother Jones (pdf)

Joel Magnuson is an economist based in Portland, Oregon and author of Mindful Economics: How the US Economy Works, Why It Matters, and How It Could be Different.

Joel Magnuson will introduce the “Mindful Economics” movement—a proactive and nonviolent movement based on economic re-localization with emphasis on building democratic, stable, and ecologically sound institutions.

Good Sista/Bad Sista: Turiya Autry and Walidah Imarisha, write, recite and incite political performance poetry. They have shared the stage, singularly and together, with Doug E. Fresh, Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, John Trudell, Chuck D and Spearhead, among others. They teach in elementary, middle and high schools, as well as through Portland State University’s Black Studies department. For more information visit: www.GoodSistaBadSista.com

 

Presenters and Performers
Beth Aydelott has lived in Eugene for almost a decade, during which time she has served as a Human Rights Commissioner for Eugene, a member of the MLK, Jr. Celebration Committee, and a frequent coordinator for workshops on racism and privilege. She is professor of English at Northwest Christian University.
Adam Bacher is a commercial photographer and photojournalist from Portland, Oregon. He spent the month of October 2007, in Rwanda, for the non-profit Itafari Foundation, and now serves on their board. This January he returned for another month to continue documenting Rwanda’s recovery from genocide. In March, Bacher participated in, Healing the Wounds: Speech Identity and Reconciliation in Rwanda, a conference in New York city. Bacher actively speaks to public school classes on, A Day in the Life of a Rwandan Child, promoting cultural awareness and understanding.
Pat Boleyn has taught biology and ecology at Lane Community College for over ten years. She worked as a wildlife biologist for over 25 years in the Pacific Northwest for the U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy and in Arizona as the Mexican Spotted Owl Coordinator. She teaches about global climate change and is involved in the UO Climate Preparation Program. Boleyn completed her M.S. in Natural Resource Management at Humboldt State University. She is a strong advocate of peace.
David Cobb is the Campaigns Director at Democracy Unlimited, where he focuses on their Community Rights program. A sought-after speaker, he co-hosts several local radio programs on politics and democracy.
The Green Party nominee for President of the United States in 2004, David remains active with the Green Party and the Election Integrity movement. He also serves on the Sierra Club's national Corporate Accountability Committee, as a Fellow for the Liberty Tree Foundation, and as a Principal with the Program on Corporations Law & Democracy.
Sasha Crow traveled to Iraq as a peace activist in 2003 prior to the US invasion / an ordinary person who was saddened and outraged at the suffering of Iraqi people as the result of US foreign policy and responded by creating Collateral Repair Project in 2006 / lives part-time in Amman, Jordan, working with Iraqi refugees
emma's revolution is the duo of award-winning, activist musicians, Pat Humphries & Sandy O. In the spirit of Emma Goldman's famous attribution, "If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution", emma's revolution brings their uprising of truth, hope and a dash of healthy irreverance to concerts and peace & justice events across the US. They have performed by invitation at the World Culture Open in Seoul, Korea, the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics, Palestine & Israel, and, in December 2007, in Santiago, Chile with Holly Near.
Greg Evans, M.Ed is an educator and civil rights activist. Mr. Evans is a classroom instructor, lecturer, workshop facilitator and consultant. Mr. Evans holds a B. S. in Marketing from Myers University in Cleveland, Ohio and an M.Ed. from Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon. Mr. Evans is a member of the faculty at Lane Community College. Mr. Evans is the recipient of numerous awards for his work including five Martin Luther King, Jr. awards.
Ishi & Iana have been performing together for about four years, hosting Free Speech Open Mic to inspire people to speak their minds, working with various youth organizations, schools, conferences, and special events to encourage creative expression through a variety of mediums. Ishi has been perfoming revolutionary music since he was 9, he plays multiple percussion instruments including congas, timbales, cajon, and drum kit. He is also a vocalist with a passion for soul, and R&B. Iana has been channeling the collective consciousness through poetry and song, writing rhymes that focus on the balance of capitalistic greed and destruction with peaceful change and nature’s blessings. Together, Ishi and Iana hope to inspire the creative expression in all people to continue respect for all creation.
Benji Lewis was a Marine Corps mortar-man who joined the Marine Corps at seventeen in March 2003. After serving two tours in Iraq, including the first siege of Fallujah, he spent a year as an urban combat instructor. He was discharged honorably in 2007. In October of 2008 he was involuntarily activated and mounted a public resistance campaign. His orders were cancelled by the Marine Corps in April of 2009, one month before his report date.
Arbrella Luvert is a Eugene 4J School District Educator, Member of Oregon National Association of Multicultural Education, Eugene-Springfield NAACP Education Committee, NACCP ACT-SO/Youth Council. Married, Mother of (5).

Mary Madsen worked for 12 years as a social worker in Sonoma County and San Francisco, CA. She spent two years in India with the American Friends Service Committee as program director for a small Muslim community center in an impoverished neighborhood in Mangalore. She is a founding member of Citizens for Peace and Justice in Medford, Oregon and is currently co-director of Collateral Repair Project, providing direct assistance to Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan.

Chicora Martin is the Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Education and Support Service program at the University of Oregon. Chicora has a long history actively engaged in the LGBTQ and social justice movement across the Southeastern U.S. and in Oregon for the past 17 years. From small grassroots organizing events in rural North Carolina to international policy roundtable events, Chicora hopes that through education and awareness our community can build a stronger future.
Will Newman II is a highly regarded teacher, speaker and writer. He regularly teaches classes in agriculture, gardening, localizing economies, and sustainable business. Will is active in numerous community and sustainability gatherings, and has been a featured speaker for Home Orchard Society, Master Gardeners, Oregon Tilth, Bald Eagle Conservancy, Chef's Collaborative's Farmer-Chef Connection, and Ecological Farming Conference. He often appears on local radio, television and in independent films, and his articles appear in newspapers and magazines.
Stacy Vynne is the Oregon Climate Preparation Program Coordinator for the Climate Leadership Initiative in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the UO and also holds a courtesy research faculty appointment. She supports programs working with individuals and businesses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and with communities and the private and public sector to assist in climate change preparation. Vynne has a M.S. in Environmental Studies and certificate in nonprofit management from the UO.
Megan Wade Antieau is the Operations Director at Democracy Unlimited, where she helps coordinate the Humboldt Exchange Community Currency Project, and works on their Food and Democracy and Community Rights programs.
With an MA in Religious Studies, she has been active in faith-based and interfaith efforts for social and environmental justice and religious pluralism. Additionally, she has been involved in the student labor movement, and in 2007-08 worked on the campaign to form the graduate student union at the University of Chicago.
David West is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, with Miami and Kickpoo descendancy. He is currently the Coordinator of Native American Studies at Southern Oregon University. David holds a Master of Arts in Community Psychology from University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Universtiy of Oregon. He is a past Indian Educator of the Year and Indian Teacher of the Year of the Oregon Indian Education Association, where he has been a member for 25 years.
 
     

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