Speakers & Presenters

Allie Wong is a PhD student in communications at Columbia University in New York...

Barry Riesch. U.S. Army ’68-’70. One year in Vietnam. Lifetime member...

Chris J. Antal, (Doctor of Ministry, Hartford Seminary 2017), is Staff Chaplain...

David Rovics is a songwriter, musician, writer and podcaster based in Portland...

Ellen Barfield has belonged to VFP since 1988, served on the board from 2000...

Gary Loutzenhiser (Chief Lou as he is affectionately known) and his wife Mar Cárdenas ...

Huwaida Arraf (born February 1976) is a Palestinian American activist...

Jack Gilroy has been a resister to war since he left the military. Jack strongly...

Jeff Roy is a retired teacher, social worker and longtime community organizer living...

Composer-poet-teacher-activist Joanne Rand released her eighteenth CD...

Joseph Essertier's activism has included participation in street protests against....

Juan Bettancourt is a Senior Airman in the United States Air Force...

Kapsong Kim is National Coordinator for Korean American Peace Fund, and...

Lennard De Klerk has developed businesses in Central and Eastern Europe...

Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of ...

Michael Wong is the vice president of Veterans for Peace, San Francisco chapter...

Odeliya Matter is the Program Associate on Middle East Policy at the Friends...

Robert Blessing earned his Master of Divinity Degree in 1984 at Church Divinity...

Strong Buffalo, is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota...

Tamara Lorincz is currently in the process of completing her PhD in Global...

Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), aka Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D., Ed.D., is a…

Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired...

Brad Wolf is a former prosecutor, lawyer, and director of Peace Action Network...

Christian Sorensen is a researcher focused on the bundling of military and...

Doug Rawlings was drafted in 1968. He was in VietNam from July of ...

Elliot Adams is a a member of Veterans For Peace(VFP), New York State chapter...

Gil Kim is a member of Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea (SPARK)...

Ian Mooney is a veteran of the US Army and a graduate worker at the...

Jan A. Ruhman is the Operations Coordinator for the VFP National...

Jenny Pacanowski is the founder and director of Women Veterans Empowered...

Jodie Evans is the co-founder and a current board member of CODEPINK...

Joshua Shurley is a lifetime member of Veterans For Peace and is the lead...

Juyeon JC Rhee is a Board member of Korea Policy Institute, a steering...

Kathy Kelly is an American peace activist, pacifist and author, one of the ...

Margaret Kimberley is Executive Editor and Senior Columnist of Black Agenda...

Mary Brownlee has been an army logistics officer for 18 years, with six years in active...

Miguel "Rocky" Hernandez was born in Mexico to a US citizen father from Texas...

As Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation, Oren is responsible...

Robert Vivar is Executive Director of the Unified U.S. Deported Veterans...

Susan Schnall is President of the Veterans for Peace national Board ...

Taylor Smith-Hams (she/her) is a US Senior Organizer with 350.org based in...

Will Hopkins is a lifelong New Hampshire resident who served for six years...

Arlys Herem served in the Army Nurse Corps, including a tour in Viet Nam. She...

Bruce Carruthers is married with 3 sons. After serving in Vietnam he worked for...

Claude AnShin Thomas, native of Pennsylvinia, is a Vietnam War combat...

Elik Elhanan served in a special forces unite in the Israel Defense Forces...

Gary was drafted into the US Army during the Vietnam War and then declared as...

Harrison Mann is a former U.S. Army major and executive officer of the Defense...

Issa Boulos, born in Jerusalem, now based in Chicago, is an ‘oud player, a...

Jayson Robert Mizula is a farmer, poet, and settler who lives on the island of...

Jesse Nevel became active in the movement for reparations to African people in...

Joe Wiinikka-Lydon is currently a researcher at the Southern Poverty Law...

Joy Metzler is a 2023 USAFA graduate who is part of a growing movement of active...

K.J. Noh is a peace activist, journalist, and scholar specializing in the geopolitics...

Ken Hammond is a professor at New Mexico State University specializing in China...

Margaret Stevens served as a combat medic in the NJ Army National Guard from...

Matt Hoh is the Associate Director of the Eisenhower Media Network...

Nick Mottern is Co-coordinator with Kathy Kelly of BanKillerDrones.org and...

Patrick Bigger (he/him) is the Research Director at the Climate and Community...

Dr. Rudy S. Melson, DrPH, MACM, MHA, is President and Founder of Consultants...

Suzanne Gordon is a journalist and the author of Wounds of War: How the VA...

Terry Lodge is a longtime environmental, antiwar and civil rights lawyer in Toledo...

Willie Hager is a lifetime member of VFP as well as the project...