Riane Eisler
Cultural historian and evolutionary theorist, pioneering researcher demonstrating the strong correlation between the status of women and the general quality of a nation's life. Her international bestseller The Chalice and The Blade was hailed by Princeton anthropologist Ashley Montagu as "the most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species" and has been translated into 19 languages.

Satish Kumar
Editor of Resurgence magazine, founder of the Schumacher College and the London School of Non-Violence, close associate of Mahatma Gandhi's movement, completed an 8,000 mile peace pilgrimage walk traveling without money.

Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne
Considered "The Gandhi of our Era", Dr. Ari founded the Sarvodaya movement and is spiritual strategist and guide of the Sri Lankan peace movement. One of the world's pioneers in rural and sustainable development based on the spiritual precepts of "universal awakening" and self-reliance, for 50 years he's worked to alleviate rural poverty, illiteracy, hunger and desolation.

Marshall Rosenberg
Author of Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, Marshall has taken up where Gandhi, King, and other past visionary leaders for peace left off. An internationally renowned visionary himself, Rosenberg 's credentials rank him as one of the foremost new leaders for world peace.

Panel Discussion

Riane Eisler, Satish Kumar, Dr. Ariyaratne, Marshall Rosenberg and Bernie Glassman

Facilitator: Fleet Maull, Peacemaker Institute

Event co-sponsor

Colorado Peacemaker Institute