Vivienne Hull

Vivienne Hull is the co-founder of the Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, Washington, a center for transformational learning since 1972, serving people of all ethnic and spiritual backgrounds from across the planet. Born and raised in Northern Ireland, she is a scholar of Celtic spirituality and theology. She directs annual retreats and conferences on the Island of Iona in Scotland and the…

Judy Rodgers

Judy Rodgers is the founder of Images and Voices of Hope. For over 20 years she worked in media companies, translating the ideas of authors and thought leaders to film. Since 1997 she has worked as an independent consultant, emphasizing the power of dialogue to support social innovation and individual, community-wide and system-wide change. In 2003, she became the founding director of the Center…

Earth Charter International

Earth Charter International (ECI) is comprised of the ECI Secretariat, its Education Center and the ECI Council. The ECI Secretariat, which is based at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica, endeavours to promote the mission, vision, strategies, and policies adopted by the ECI Council. The Secretariat guides and liaises with efforts to bring the Earth Charter to the…

Dr. Hans Küng, et al

Hans Küng is a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). In the late 1960s, he became the first major Roman Catholic theologian since the late 19th century Old Catholic Church schism to publicly reject the doctrine of papal infallibility, in particular in his book Infallible? An Inquiry (1971).…

Human Rights Commission

In April 1945, delegates from fifty countries met in San Francisco full of optimism and hope. The goal of the United Nations Conference on International Organization was to fashion an international body to promote peace and prevent future wars. The ideals of the organization were stated in the preamble to its proposed charter: “We the peoples of the United Nations are determined to save…

Skye Fitzgerald

Skye Fitzgerald is a filmmaker who has explored complex issues of human rights and social justice on a global scale for nearly twenty years. Designated a Fulbright Research Scholar to produce the film Bombhunters (2006) in Cambodia, Fitzgerald has since collaborated or received support from the Sundance Institute, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the State Department, the Paul Robeson Fund and…

Ambassador Choonghee Hahn

Choonghee Hahn is Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. Ambassador HAHN’s major positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs include Director-General for Cultural Affairs (2012-2014), Sous-sherpa and Spokesman for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit (2011-2012), Director-General for Human Resources (2010), and Deputy Director-General for…

Jordan Pittman

Jordan Pittman was born and raised in Missouri, and currently lives in Arizona where he is studying political science at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Richard Barrett

Richard Barrett is an author, speaker and internationally recognised thought leader on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the founder and chairman of the Barrett Values Centre®, a Fellow of the World Business Academy and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. He is the creator of the internationally recognized Cultural Transformation Tools® (CTT) which have been…