Invite a speaker on Iran
Since 2005, the Fellowship of Reconciliation has sent more than 15 civilian diplomacy delegations to Iran. More than 150 peace-loving Americans, as well as peace activists from other nations, have travelled to Iran through a program that has been built on FOR’s 90 years of international peace delegation experience. If you are interested to learn more about Iran through those who have first-hand experience, please check the list below to find a U.S. speaker near you (organized alphabetically by U.S. state).
Alabama
Stanley Rich, Birmingham, AL
Arizona
Michelle Cook, Tucson, AZ
California
Rae Abileah, El Granada, CA
Rabbi Sarah Bassin, Culver City, CA
Monica Bernardo, San Francisco, CA
Andrea Briggs, Riverside, CA
Alicia Cattoni, Ventura, CA
Phyllis Davies, San Luis Obispo, CA
Rev. Patricia de Jong, Berkeley, CA
Sahar Driver, Oakland, CA
Jodie Evans, Los Angeles, CA
Kendra Froshman, San Francisco, CA
Rebecca Griffin, Oakland, CA
Jesse Guma, Los Angeles, CA
David Hartsough, San Francisco, CA
Jan Hartsough, San Francisco, CA
George Helder, Moraga, CA
Sam Keen, Sonoma, CA
Katharine Kunst, Berkeley, CA
Nancy Lane, South Pasadena, CA
John Lindsay-Poland, Oakland, CA
Sean McConnell, Richmond, CA
Jean Marie Mont-Eton, San Francisco, CA
Terry Patten, San Rafael, CA
Jes Richardson, San Geronimo, CA
Jack Schultz, Santa Cruz, CA
Margot Smith, Berkeley, CA
Fr. Louie Vitale, O.F.M., Berkeley, CA
Carol Watson, Los Angeles, CA
Michael White, Oakland, CA
Connecticut
Rev. Allie Perry, New Haven, CT
Patricia Nuelsen, New Haven, CT
District of Columbia
Medea Benjamin, Washington, DC
Carah Ong, Washington, DC
Michael Shank, Washington, DC
Bob Waser, Washington, DC
Carol Waser, Washington, DC
Benjamin Whaley, Washington, DC
Col. Ann Wright, Washington, DC
Georgia
The Rev. Dr. Ellen Francis Poisson, O.S.H., Augusta, GA
Illinois
Stanley Campbell, Rockford, IL
Le Anne Clausen de Montes, Waukegan, IL
Mary Dean, Chicago, IL
Alan Gratch, Evanston, IL
Sallie Gratch, Evanston, IL
Danny Postel, Chicago IL
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Evanston, IL
Iowa
Dr. David Drake, Des Moines, IA
Kentucky
Neville Blakemore, Jr., Louisville, KY
Katharine Fulkerson, Louisville, KY
Virginia Gray Henry, Louisville, KY
Richard Humke, Louisville, KY
David Owen, Louisville, KY
Shirley Owen, Louisville, KY
Emil Roy, Louisville, KY
Terry Taylor, Louisville, KY
Maryland
Kay Fields, Bethesda, MD
Paul Kawika Martin, Silver Spring, MD
Alexander Patico, Columbia, MD
Massachusetts
Leslie Davidson, Great Barrington, MA
Eleanor Gatti, Amherst, MA
Frank Gatti, Amherst, MA
Rudy Perkins, Athol, MA
John Schuchardt, Ipswich, MA
Geneva Woodruff, Brookline, MA
Rick Zand, Boston, MA
Michigan
Rudy Simon, Southfield, MI
Minnesota
Mark McHugh, Minneapolis, MN
Shauen Pearce, St. Paul, MN
Missouri
Lillian Tinker Fortel, Columbia, MO
New Jersey
Helen Lindsay, Ridgewood, NJ
Bill Wolak, Port Townsend, NJ
New Mexico
Dr. Denise Ames, Albuquerque, NM
Harry Brusselback, Dixon, NM
Rev. Barbara Dua, Corrales, NM
Gaia Mika, Dixon, NM
Kathleen O’Malley, Albuquerque, NM
Mary Burton Riseley, Cliff, NM
New York
Rev. John Backe, Bronx, NY
Virginia Baron, New York, NY
Larry Beinhart, Woodstock, NY
The Rev. William Clark Berge, S.S.F., Mt. Sinai, NY
Iris Bieri, Brooklyn, NY
Carol Borelli, New York, NY
The Rev. Stephen Chinlund, New York, NY
Dr. Caroline Chinlund, New York, NY
John Ericson, New York, NY
Priscilla Fairbank, Albany, NY
Helena Garan, Johnson City, NY
William Gillen, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Stony Point, NY
Edward Hale, New York, NY
Jonathan Hill, Albany, NY
Moses Hoskins, Long Island City, NY
Lynda Howland, Pittsford, NY
Ed Kinane, Syracuse, NY
Charles London, Brooklyn, NY
Thomas Moore, Rochester, NY
Ann Morrell, Brooklyn, NY
Jim Murphy, Ithaca, NY
Heather Robertshaw, Rifton, NY
Terry Rogers, New York, NY
Jason Rose, Selden, NY
Lisa Ruffler, New York, NY
Rev. Karen Senecal, Brooklyn, NY
Barbara Spring, Albany, NY
Daniel Strum, Bronx, NY
Helen Swinton, New York, NY
Melissa Van, Staten Island, NY
Ariel Vegosen, Valley Stream, NY
Ethan Vesely-Flad, Nyack, NY
Bonnie Woit, New York, NY
Theodore Wright, Niskayuna, NY
Andrew Zimmerman, Rifton NY
Priscilla Zimmerman, Rifton NY
North Carolina
Ymani Simmons, Asheville, NC
Ohio
Steve Fryburg, Bellbrook, OH
Rev. Susan Mark Landis, Orrville, OH
Judith Lee, Bexley, OH
Oregon
Kim Braasch, Salem, OR
Cynthia Jones, Salem, OR
Phillip Randall, Bend, OR
Dr. Catherine Thomasson, Portland OR
Susan Watkins, Salem, OR
Pennsylvania
Pam Arndt, Abbottstown, PA
Max Cooper, Philadelphia, PA
The Rev. Sandra Mackie, Gettysburg, PA
David Robinson, Union City, PA
Lily Yeh, Philadelphia, PA
Texas
Pat Clark, Austin, TX
Carolyn Hartnett, Texas City, TX
Andrew Jones, Wylie, TX
Frances Lee Jones, Houston, TX
Vermont
Rev. Mary Brownlow, Norwich, VT
Ray Doherty, Waitsfield, VT
Virginia
Robert Dreyfuss, Alexandria, VA
Pat Hostetter Martin, Harrisonburg, VA
Washington State
David Dittemore, Tacoma, WA
Farrah Garan, Seattle, WA
Shirley McRae, Port Townsend, WA
Jacob Rosenblum, Olympia, WA
Charlotte Simons, Olympia, WA
Daniel Smith, Seattle, WA
Marion Ward, Vancouver, WA
Wisconsin
Bonnie Block, Madison, WI
Robert Block, Madison, WI
Nancy Parlin, New Richmond, WI
