Anas “Andy” Shallal is an Iraqi American activist, artist and social entrepreneur. He is the founder and proprietor of Busboys and Poets, restaurants in Washington DC, Hyattsville, MD and Arlington, VA. which feature prominent speakers, poets and authors and provide a venue for social and political activism.  Since its inception, Busboys and Poets has become the most blogged about restaurants […]

Michael Shank, Ph.D., is the Director of Media Strategy at Climate Nexus in New York City. Previously, Michael served as the Associate Director for Legislative Affairs at the Friends Committee on National Legislation and, prior to that, as US Congressman Michael Honda’s Senior Policy Advisor and Communications Director. Michael’s Ph.D. from George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution is on Climate Conflict. […]

Adam Nester works as Advocate for Mental Health Systems and Policy at Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and is a second-year student at Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law. As Advocate at Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, he implements state-level and national legislative outreach to the United States Congress and Pennsylvania State Legislature, routinely meeting with key policy-makers and […]

Richard Boardman is a co-founder and CEO of the American Museum of Peace.  He attended Antioch College and graduated with a major in Philosophy and minor in pre-medical science.  Rick ran educational seminars at  the (Joan Baez) Institute for the Study of Nonviolence in 1969.   He was a conscientious objector and later a draft resister who spent 18 months in […]

The Rev. Dr. Jeanne Boardman is an interfaith minister and Co-Founder of the American Museum of Peace (AMP). She is actively engaged in the study of wisdom and peace, interfaith dialogue, health and healing and a life of spiritual faithfulness. Her studies in philosophy/religion, comparative religion, political science, American history, “Just War” theory, and reconciliation in times of conflict led […]