| Time | Sunday, Sept. 19 Peace Within Ourselves | Monday, Sept. 20 Peace Within Communities | Tuesday, Sept. 21 Peace in the World |
| 10 AM | A TIME TO BREATHE [peace practice] Question: Tagline: Long Description: A series of guided meditations and words of encouragement with leaders from The Retreat: SF – an invitation for peace creators to pause from their frenzied vortex of activity and begin to reflect on their purpose. Mwangi Mukami, Global Leader, MLIFE Foundation & Co-Host for The Retreat: SF Deborah Greene, The Peace Traveler, Writer/Director Dr. Aymee Coget, Author and Reiki Master Rev. Dr. Diane Johnson, Consultant and Author CLICK HERE TO JOIN | INDIGENOUS HEALING PRACTICES: HOPE, KNOWLEDGE, & RESILIENCE [peace practice] Question: How does an invisible race heal from generational trauma? Tagline: Long Description: Healing can come in many forms and pathways. Hunter’s pathways of healing have come through traditions, culture, activism, and understanding. Hunter will share some of the tribal history, life experiences, and cultural values in order to support healing through understanding. Listeners will be sure to come away with some new perspectives, learn shared values and the promotion of fostering healing through service, activism, and generosity. Hunter Genia, Resilience Counselor and Consultant CLICK HERE TO JOIN | NAAD YOGA: HEALING POWERS OF SACRED MUSIC [peace practice] Question: Tagline: Long Description: The leading female rabab player in the world believes that the sacred music given to us by the sikh gurus has the power to heal and conquer the mind. In this session, Jasvir Kuar offers the history of this musical tradition and an introduction into its practice. Jasvir Kaur, Sikh Music Therapist and Community Leader CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
| 10:20 AM | CONNECTING THE BODY AND MIND THROUGH QI GONG [peace practice] Question: Tagline: A guided session to help creatives balance their energy, tap into their own intuition, and feel more connected to themselves. Long Description: First of its kind, Qi Gong experience with Master Per van Spall in collaboration with a curated meditation by Joyce Virani. Setting a foundation to feel peace within your body and mind, allowing you the capacity to share with the summit community and the world. With his acute sense to ‘read the room’, come as you are and leave with an abundance of gratitude, lightness, and more connected to your innate sense of purpose. Master Per van Spall, Certified Master in the Art of Qigong Healing Joyce Virani, Founder of Sensual Qigong and Qi-Couch CLICK HERE TO JOIN | SEDUCING YOUR CREATIVITY [peace practice] Question: How can you create a space that fosters creativity? Tagline: Long Description: At their core, artists and journalists are truth-tellers. Through the power of free-form writing supported by ritual and ceremony, Interfaith Minister Anne Friedman offers tools for creatives to allow these truths to flow more freely from mind to story. Rev. Anne Friedman, Interfaith Minister CLICK HERE TO JOIN | YOGA PRACTICE [peace practice] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Join us for an ‘all levels welcome’ gentle Hatha Yoga class to set your intention for the day ahead and pay gratitude to the ancient tradition of Yoga. Tejal Patel, first-generation Indian American Yoga Teacher CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
| 11 AM | FINDING INNER PEACE IN CHALLENGING TIMES [1:1 conversation] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Grace Byers, Actress and Children’s Book Author Moderator TBD CLICK HERE TO JOIN | THE ARTIST AND THE MAYOR: BUILDING PEACE IN MONTGOMERY, AL Question: Tagline: Long Description: TBA Mayor Steven Reed, Mayor of Montgomery, AL Shakita Brooks Jones, Artist/Activist (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | TITLE TBD [1:1 conversation] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Can we use this moment of crisis to become a stronger society? What is the opportunity in front of us to address global issues in timely ways? TBD Moderator TBD CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
| 11:30 AM | MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH: NAMING RACISM AND MOVING TO ACTION [panel] Question: How can BIPOC creators maintain mental health amidst the ongoing reckoning for racial justice? Tagline: Long Description: We are in the midst of a global reckoning on race. But these vital discussions about – and visual evidence of racism and violence – can strain mental health in the communities that are also largely impacted by these injustices. This panel will consider the ways that BIPOC creators can maintain good mental health as they tell stories and make art at this time in our history. Tiffany Yip, Associate Editor, Asian American Journal of Psychology Adriana Alejandre, Founder of Latinx Therapy and Trauma Therapist Dr. Camara Jones, Physician, Epidemiologist, and Anti-Racism Activist Tramaine El-Amin, Assistant Vice President for Mental Health First Aid USA (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | THE MEDIA’S VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING U.S. AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS [panel] Question: What is the media’s responsibility to reporting on voting rights? Tagline: Long Description: The fight for voting rights in the United States is nothing new, but recent movements and new legislation is further drawing the media into the growing battle. In this panel, we discuss the media’s responsibility to the public in how they cover this critical news material. Jazmin Kay, Voting Rights Activist and Executive Director of 18by.vote Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy Maya King, Politics Reporter at POLITICO Nsé Ufot, Chief executive officer of the New Georgia Project TBD (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | A NEW AGE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISM ON TIKTOK [panel] Question: How can TikTok be used as a tool for change? Tagline: Long Description: Through advancing technology and cultural shifts, the way people are engaging in community activism is changing. In this panel, we will hear from three young activists on how they’re using TikTok for meaningful activism and what they expect for future generations to come. Tony Weaver Jr., Writer and Educator Kate Stanforth, Dancer and Disability Activist Kairyn Potts, Two-Spirit Twitch Streamer Michael Koenigs, Executive Producer of ABC Localish CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
| 1 PM | A NEW DAY BEGUN – THE HOPE OF THE PRESENT [performance/ conversation] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Description TBA – it will feature music that has helped Lara find her inner peace as an artist or music that has been inspired by a theme of “peace.” Lara Downes, Pianist, Host of the NPR show Amplify Davone Tines, American operatic bass-baritone Thomas Hampson, American lyric baritone Daniel Hope, European classical violinist Elham Fanous, Afghan pianist Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic TBD CLICK HERE TO JOIN | MUSIC AND COMMUNITY: KINDRED SPIRITS [performance] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Scarlet Rivera, American Violinist John Holiday, American Operatic Countertenor & Finalist on The Voice ARKAI, String Duo TBD Host CLICK HERE TO JOIN | LUNCHTIME CONCERT [performance] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Ana Tijoux, Chilean-French singer/musician Melim, Brazilian Pop Trio Others TBD Mariano Avila, Inclusion Reporter for PBS Milwaukee (Host) CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
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| 5 PM | POETS WAGING PEACE [reading] Question: How does poetry bring underrepresented perspectives into the public narrative? Tagline: Long Description: ‘Poetry is an act of peace. Peace goes into the making of a poet as flour goes into the making of bread.’ – Pablo Neruda. The National Poet Laureate and National Youth Poet Laureate join together to share their work and to reflect on the strength of poetry to bring identities and experiences into the public narrative. Alexandra Huynh, U.S. Youth Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, U.S. Poet Laureate Brandon Santiago, Puerto Rican poet, racial educator, and radio host (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | USING FICTION TO TELL DEEPER TRUTHS [reading] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Writers Anjali Enjeti and Jimin Han’s fictional work are strongly influenced by their experiences. In this section, these two extraordinary authors read a short selection of their work and discuss how fiction empowered them to creatively express their own realities. Anjali Enjeti, Essayist, Journalist, and Author Jung Yun, Author and Teacher at Georgetown University Jimin Han, Author and Teacher at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | BREAK |
| 5:30 PM | MAKING SPACE FOR AUTHENTICITY THROUGH DANCE [performance] Question: Tagline: Long Description: In a dance that has a reputation for rigid form and gendered aesthetic values, ballet is not often the mode of choice for expressing one’s identity, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. In this performance and discussion, ballerinas defy both the structured and cultural norms of ballet in a dance that celebrates individual exploration and expression. Audrey Malek, Professional Ballet Dancer Helga Paris-Morales, Professional Ballet Dancer Irene Ashu, Creative and Movement Director (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | PHOTOGRAPHY: DOCUMENTING THE WHOLE STORY [presentation] Question: How can photography change a community’s story? Tagline: Long Description: In cities that are too often saturated in negative news coverage, how can photographers use their cameras to advance peace and healing? We dive into this and more. Devin Allen, Activist and Photojournalist in Baltimore, MD. Rosa María Zamarrón, Documentary and Fine Art Photographer in Detroit, MI. Maryam Ishani, Journalist, Filmmaker, and Producer (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | BREAK |
| 6 PM | THE ART OF REFLECTION [panel] Question: What is the purpose of a reflective practice and why is it important for creatives? Tagline: Long Description: This session will dive into how reflective practices can help artists and journalists loosen the categories and paradigms that society continually reinforces as the way things need to be and offer an elevated quality of awareness to the important work they are leading to better society. Judy Rodgers, Founder, Images and Voices of Hope Myda El Maghrabi, Sound Practitioner and Sculptor Travis Laplante, Saxophonist and Qigong Practitioner Leslie Rangel, Journalist for Fox 7 in Austin Texas & Founder of The News Yogi Michael Skoler, Communications Director, Weave: The Social Fabric Project (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENTS: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN GENERATIONS [panel] Question: How has the fight for black liberation evolved through generations? What are the success Tagline: Long Description: The fight for Black liberation on the North American continent has continued for centuries. In this panel, two leaders of the civil rights movement, a millennial activist, and a Gen Z activist, discuss their ongoing work and share inspiration and strategies for dismantling white supremacy. Xernona Clayton, Civil Rights Icon & Broadcast Journalist Rev. James Lawson II, Renowned Civil Rights Leader and Non-Violence Change Advocate Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Co-Executive Director of The Highlander Research and Education Center TBD TBD (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH ART [panel] Description TBA TBD Moderator TBD CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
| 7 PM | TRANSFORMATIVE STORYTELLING: FOR HEALING, NOT HARMING [workshop] Question: How can one ethically report on trauma and simultaneously take care of themselves during the process? Tagline: Long Description: Writing about people’s pain and suffering is often unavoidable for many journalists and storytellers. In this workshop, we offer best practices around engaging with traumatic subjects in a way that facilitates healing and avoids re-injury for both the subjects and the creators. Manolia Charlotin, Multimedia Journalist Sonali Kohli, Journalist and Speaker Emily Yellin, NYT Contributor, Author, Producer (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | RESTORATIVE NARRATIVE: A TOOL FOR STORYTELLERS TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL COMMUNITIES [workshop] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Restorative narratives tell stories of “recovery, restoration and resilience in the aftermath, or midst of, difficult times.” In this session, we dive into the unique ways to craft these stories, and the positive ripple effects it can have on a community. Tonika Lewis Johnson, Photographer and Social Justice Artist Thomas West, Executive Director of The Peace Studio CLICK HERE TO JOIN | HOW TO PITCH YOUR UNDERREPRESENTED FILM PROJECT [workshop] Question: Tagline: Long Description: Film experts provide pitching techniques for documentary and narrative film projects that specifically focus on diverse characters and underrepresented stories. Jyoti Sarda, CEO/Founder of Nimble Media LLC Jose Rodriguez, Programmer for Tribeca Festival Iman Zawahry, Independent Producer and Director CLICK HERE TO JOIN |
| 8 PM | TPS x PARTICIPANT MEDIA TITLE TBD [panel] Question: Description TBA TBD CLICK HERE TO JOIN | HAVING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS RESPECTFULLY [panel] Question: How do you share your opinion in a way that will actually be heard? Tagline: Long Description: In a world where many people hold polarizing views, it has become increasingly difficult to bridge the gap between opposing ideologies. In this workshop, we’ll provide you with helpful tools to engage in constructive conversation on controversial topics. Anastasia S. Kim, Clinical Psychologist, UC Berkeley Mike Slaton, Executive Director of Louisville Pride Foundation Lennon Flowers, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Dinner Party Tayo Rockson, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Consultant (Moderator) CLICK HERE TO JOIN | SUMMIT FINALE [panels & performances] Question: Tagline: Long Description: A celebration of three jam-packed days of content, with special guest performers, and engaging panels around this year’s Summit themes. Maya Soetoro, Host, Co-Founder of The Peace Studio TBD Building Peace Within Viola Davis, Academy-Award winning actress Maya Soetoro, Co-Founder of The Peace Studio (Moderator) Building Peace in Chicago Common, Rapper / Activist Rev. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, IL Hari Sreenivasan, Correspondent on Amanpour (Moderator) Peace & Climate Justice TBD Celeb TBD Youth Climate Activist TBD Youth Climate Activist Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Correspondent (Moderator) Performances by: TBD TBD TBD TBD CLICK HERE TO JOIN |