CPTers are available to speak to school classes, community groups, colleges, churches and other faith communities. Each person brings fresh stories of creative nonviolence and peacemaking.

We invite you to:

• Contact the speaker directly by phone, email or letter. Click on the name for contact information, a brief bio and topics willing to speak about.
• Arrange plans -- topic, travel, hosting, etc.
• Discuss and agree on honorarium. In addition to travel costs, a donation to CPT -- designated for the support of the speaker -- is appreciated

Don't see anyone in your area? Many CPTers are not listed -- contact peacemakers@cpt.org to find someone in your area.

Or check the Speakers Bureau of Every Church a Peace Church, a sister organization that lists resource people able to speak on the intersection of faith and peace and justice.

List of Speakers

Click the column tops to sort.

Name	State/Province/Region	Country	Topics
Lorin Peters	California	United States	A personal journey to nonviolence, Affinity Groups, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Meditation, Nonviolence and peacebuilding workshops, Peace Corps-Thailand, Teaching nonviolence, War tax resistance
Bill and Genie Durland	Colorado	United States	Christian Zionism, CPT in Israel-Palestine
Gretchen Williams	Colorado	United States	CPT stories, Increasing personal resilience in preparation for working in conflict zones, Recovery after exposure to trauma
Chris Schweitzer	Connecticut	United States	Catholic Worker Movement, CPT in Colombia, Gospel and war-economics-lifestyle, Media analysis, Nonviolent struggle
John Lynes	East Sussex, England	United Kingdom	Christianity and nonviolence, CPT in Israel-Palestine
Maureen Jack	Fife, Scotland	United Kingdom	CPT in Iraq, CPT in Israel-Palestine
Duane Ediger	Illinois	United States	CPT in Colombia, Embracing conflict: looking bravely at Jesus' hard sayings, How nonviolence turns weaknesses into strengths, Practical choices toward more just living, Romans 13: Submitting in the struggle with the powers that b
Claire Evans	Illinois	United States	CPT overview
Mark Frey	Illinois	United States	CPT in Israel-Palestine, CPT overview, Interactive workshops, Jesus Third Way of creative nonviolence
Michael Goode	Illinois	United States	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, CPT in Colombia, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Quaker history
Sara Reschly	Illinois	United States	CPT in Chiapas - Mexico, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jesus Third Way of creative nonviolence
Carol Rose	Illinois	United States	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, CPT in Colombia, CPT in Iraq, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Nonviolence and peacebuilding workshops, Spirituality of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
Joel Gulledge	Illinois	United States	CPT in Israel-Palestine
Cliff Kindy	Indiana	United States	Jesus Third Way of creative nonviolence, Simplicity as an alternative to war, Spirituality of Nonviolence and Peacemaking, Sustainable living, War tax resistance
Kathleen O'Malley	New Mexico	United States	CPT in Iraq, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Nonviolence and peacebuilding workshops, Trauma Issues
Kathleen Kern	New York	United States	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, Christian-Jewish relationships, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Funny stories from CPT work, History of CPT
Wes Hare	North Carolina	United States	CPT Urban peacemaking
Donna Hicks	North Carolina	United States	CPT in Israel-Palestine
Peggy Gish	Ohio	United States	Alternative to Violence, Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, Christianity and Islam, CPT in Iraq, Nonviolence and peacebuilding workshops, Radical discipleship, Simple living and peacemaking
Julie Hart	Ohio	United States	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, Building a Culture of Peace in Organizations and Societies, From Prejudice and Discrimination to Building a Multicultural Society
Rick Polhamus	Ohio	United States	Aboriginal Justice, Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, CPT in Israel-Palestine, CPT overview
Jim Roynon	Ohio	United States	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, Church responsibilty for peace, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Personal responsibility for peace
Mary Yoder	Ohio	United States	CPT in Israel-Palestine, Middle east conflict
Scott Albrecht	Ontario	Canada	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, CPT in Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) - Ontario, CPT in Chiapas - Mexico, CPT in Colombia
Matthew Bailey-Dick	Ontario	Canada	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, CPT in Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) - Ontario, CPT in Chiapas - Mexico, CPT in Esgenoopetitj (Burnt Church) - New Brunswick, Music, Peace and justice evangelism
Bob Holmes	Ontario	Canada	CPT in Canada, CPT in Colombia, CPT in Iraq, CPT in Israel-Palestine
David Janzen	Ontario	Canada	CPT in Israel-Palestine
William Payne	Ontario	Canada	CPT in Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) - Ontario, CPT in Chiapas - Mexico, CPT in Colombia, CPT in Esgenoopetitj (Burnt Church) - New Brunswick, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Human Rights and armed conflict, Spirituality of Nonviolence and Peacemaking
Jerry Stein	Texas	United States	Biblical basis of peacemaking and nonviolence, Conflict transformation, CPT in Iraq, CPT in Israel-Palestine, Eccumenism as peacemaking, Peacemaking history, Prayer: practice and understanding, Prophecy and the Powers and Principalities of the Bible
Rusty Dinkins-Curling	Virginia	United States	Christianity and nonviolence, CPT in Chiapas - Mexico, CPT in Israel-Palestine, CPT in Oneida - United States, CPT in US-Mexico Borderlands, Origins of CPT, Theology of Love
Carol and Charles Spring	Washington, D.C.	United States	Linking consumption and violence (audience participation skits), Music, Stories of creative nonviolent resistance, Two person preaching