Pathmakers to Peace 2022

Dr. Debbie Almontaser - founded and is a former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy. A veteran of New York City's public school system, she taught special education, trained teachers in literacy, and served as a multicultural specialist and diversity advisor. She co-designed a curriculum for the Muslim Communities Project at Columbia University and for Educators for Social Responsibility/Metro. 

Phyllis Bennis -  directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, focusing on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues. She is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. In 2001 she helped found the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and now serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry - the National Presiding Minister Emeritus of The House of the Lord Churches, serving from 1959-2019. He hails from a family that has produced five generations of Black church leaders. Currently National Presiding Minister of The House of the Lord Churches, he has previously served as Chairman of the National Black United Front as well as Founder and President of the African People’s Christian Organization. He was among the leaders of the anti-nuclear march and rally that drew over one million demonstrators to Central Park on June 12, 1982.

Bev Grant -  an American musician photographer, filmmaker, and activist based in New York City. She is the founder and former director of the Brooklyn Women's Chorus.

Brooklyn Movement Center - (BMC) is a Black-led, membership-based organization of primarily low-to-moderate-income Central Brooklyn residents. BMC trains and mobilizes Central Brooklynites and local stakeholders to lead local and city-wide policy campaigns to end abusive policing, to create alternative community safety approaches. BMC also conducts know-your-rights and leadership training.