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VETERANS FOR PEACE
CONVENTION

2023 Speakers

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Keynote Speaker
Clare Daly (MEP)

Clare Daly is an Irish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2019. She is a member of Independents 4 Change, part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.

Keynote Speaker
Jeffrey D. Sachs (B.A., M.A., Ph.D)

Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, and Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University.

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Speakers & Presenters

Aniya Butler

Aniya Butler

Panelist

Aniya Butler is a high school senior from Oakland, California. She is...

Gary Butterfield

Gary Butterfield

Panelist

Gary Butterfield was drafted into the US Army during the Vietnam...

Ian Mooney

Ian Mooney

Panelist

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

Jenny Pacanowski

Jenny Pacanowski

VFP Poet Laureate

Jenny Pacanowski is a poet/combat veteran/facilitator/public speaker/...

Jose Luis Cardenas

Jose Luis Cardenas

Panelist

Jose Luis Cardenas was born in Colima, Mexico and was drafted...

Laura Meza

Laura Meza

Panelist

Laura Meza is a deported & repatriated US Army and Iraq War ...

Matt Hoh

Matt Hoh

Associate Director, Eisenhower Media Network

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

Miriam Pemberton

Miriam Pemberton

Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies

Miriam Pemberton has worked for decades to redirect our militarized...

Peter Kuznick

Peter Kuznick

Professor of History

Peter Kuznick is professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies...

Simone Chun

Simone Chun

Researcher

Simone Chun is a researcher and activist focusing on US foreign policy...

Susan Schnall

Susan Schnall

Board President, Veterans for Peace

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

Ann Wright

Ann Wright

VFP Advisory Board Member

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

Greg Coleridge

Greg Coleridge

Co-Director, Move to Amend

Greg Coleridge is Co-Director of Move to Amend, the national ...

Jan A. Ruhman

Jan A. Ruhman

Panelist

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

John LaForge

John LaForge

Disarmament Activist

John LaForge is a disarmament activist and has been a co-director...

Josh Shurley

Josh Shurley

Panelist

Josh Shurley is a post-Cold War army veteran who served as an...

Marion Küpker

Marion Küpker

Nuclear Watchdog

Marion Küpker has worked over 26 years for a nuclear-free Europe...

Matt Southworth

Matt Southworth

Panelist

Matt is a fundraising professional with two decades of experience ...

Oren Lyons

Oren Lyons

Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan

Oren R. Lyons is Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation ...

Robert Vivar

Robert Vivar

Executive Director, Unified U.S. Deported Veterans Resource Center

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

Stan Levin

Stan Levin

U.S. Navy signalman

Coming soonStan Levin was born on September 6, 1928 in Philadelphia ...

Willie Hager

Willie Hager

Panelist

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

Doug Rawlings

Doug Rawlings

Co-Founder, Veterans for Peace

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

Hector Lopez Guillen

Hector Lopez Guillen

Panelist

Hector Lopez Guillen is the Co-Executive Director and Co-founder of ...

Janet Weil

Janet Weil

Panelist

Janet Weil is a Lifetime Associate Member of Veterans For Peace and...

Jose "Joe" Manuel Rico Villalobos

Jose "Joe" Manuel Rico Villalobos

Panelist

Jose “Joe” Manuel Rico Villalobos was born in Salamanca, Guanajuato...

K.J. Noh

K.J. Noh

Journalist

K.J. Noh is a journalist, political analyst, writer and teacher specializing...

Marjorie Cohn

Marjorie Cohn

Professor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

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

Mike Ferner

Mike Ferner

Interim Director, Veterans for Peace

Graduating high school in 1969 "with a head full of John Wayne ...

Patrick McCann

Patrick McCann

Former VFP National Board President

Patrick McCann is a former national president of VFP (2013 and 2014),...

Sharon Abreu

Sharon Abreu

Panelist

Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz comprise the Irthlingz Duo...

Strong Buffalo

Strong Buffalo

Poet

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

Woody Powell

Woody Powell

Panelist

Wilson (known by one and all in Veterans For Peace as “Woody”) Powell is...

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Keynote Speaker
Kathy Kelly

Kathy Kelly is an American peace activist, pacifist and author, one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness, and, until the campaign closed in 2020, a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. As part of peace team work in several countries, she has traveled to Iraq twenty-six times, notably remaining in combat zones during the early days of both US–Iraq wars.

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