Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a former elementary school teacher and currently work as a teacher educator at Elmira College where I am employed as an Associate Professor of Literacy Education. I formerly worked for six years at Arkansas State University within the Department of Education teaching undergraduate and graduate reading courses.
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Leonie Haimson is Executive Director of Class Size Matters, a non-profit parent advocacy group working for smaller class sizes in NYC and the nation as a whole. The New York Times has called her the “city’s leading proponent of smaller classes.” She was a public school parent for fifteen years, and is now a board member of the Network for Public Education, the national organization started by Diane Ravitch in 2013.
RABBI BRANT ROSEN has been a congregational rabbi since 1992 and has served the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) in Evanston, IL for the past 17 years. A long-time activist for peace, social justice and human rights, he has traveled on delegations to such countries as Israel/Palestine, the former Soviet Union, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Iran. A graduate of UCLA and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Brant is a past President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and is the co-founder and co-chairperson of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council.
Susan Shumsky is an exciting, enlightening guest who has been featured in more than 675 media venues, including Woman's World magazine, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Los Angeles Times, "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News, and "Weird or What?" with William Shatner. She was featured in the film "3 Magic Words."
CAPTAIN RUSS WITTENBERG - U.S. Air Force – Is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with over 100 combat missions. Retired commercial pilot. Flew for Pan Am and United Airlines for 35 years. Aircraft flown: Boeing 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777. 30,000+ total hours flown. Had previously flown the actual two United Airlines aircraft that were hijacked on 9/11 (Flight 93, which impacted in Pennsylvania, and Flight 175, the second plane to hit the WTC).
Bilawara Lee is an Elder of the Larrakia Nation of Darwin Northern Territory, Australia, Her name Bilawara means the red tailed black cockatoo: an ancestral spirit being that brings about change.
Xavier Martinez is a Professional Boxer, at just 17 years old. Martinez has been training with Ray Woods since he was 7 years old. He has over 60 Amateur bouts, and just recently won his first Professional fight. Martinez was Nationally Ranked in both 2013 and 2014, number 4 & 3 respectively. Martinez lives in Sacramento, California.
Peggy Robertson has taught kindergarten, first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth grade, beginning her career in Missouri and continuing in Kansas, for a total of ten years.
She was hired by Richard C. Owen Publishers in 2001 to serve as a Learning Network Coordinator and spent the next three years training teacher leaders and administrators in educational theory and practice in the state of Colorado, as well as around the country during the summer months.
ROSIE CUTTER is an international performance artist and astrologer. Studying astrology and medicine for 14 years, she came upon the Destiny Card system while living on the island of Kauai, Hi.
Our common day playing cards weren't actually used for playing games until very recently, they are actually the origins of the Tarot and are one of the oldest systems of astrology on the planet. Every day has a card, and every card has deep layers of meaning.
Larisa Gosla is a Musician, Songwriter, and Sound Healer. She has an extensive background with over a decade of experience traveling the globe facilitating music, dance, sound healing, and other creative arts expressions as a means for healing. Her highest excitement is in allowing herself and others to remember their TRUTHS through her songwriting while BEING in inspiration, peace, and joy.
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