Momentum Speaker Directory
 
Speaker Title Plenary Year

Sahar Shafqat

Achieving Peace in Pakistan

The associate professor from St. Mary's College on the roots of the conflict in Pakistan, the effects of U.S. involvement before and after 9/11, and why the currently lawyers' movement in Pakistan gives us cause for hope and change in the region.

Conflict 2009

Kirk Johnson

What values are we fighting for?

In the war on terror, sending a clear signal that "our friends are our friends" is how we demonstrate our moral compass. Arabist and writer Kirk Johnson narrates the story behind The List Project to resettle Iraqi Allies.

Wars 2008

Heidi Lehmann

The War on Women and Girls

Lehmann draws dark and fundamental parallels between gender and sexual violence--from war torn villages to major American cities. But there is hope and still time for the United States to be a leader in the international effort to end this epidemic.

Wars 2008

Daniel Levy

Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

Wars 2008

Firoze Manji

Which America Are You Today

Kenyan activist Firoze Manji has more than 30 years experience in international development and human rights and here he speaks the uncomfortable truth about the role of the United States in the economy and politics of Africa.

Wars 2008

Deborah Peterson Small

Race and the Drug War

What are 10 ways the War in Iraq is like the War on Drugs? Founder and Director of Break the Chains Deborah Small breaks down the fallacies in both conflict -- as well as the fallacy of conflict analogies -- in this illuminating presentation.

Wars 2008