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Conscience in War Speakers Bureau Listing
The following individuals have agreed to be placed on a Speakers Bureau listing to possibly speak at an event that is in their area. If you are very interested in a person outside of your area, this may be possible but you would need to pay for transportation and lodging expense in such a situation.
The speakers bio page provides additional background on the possible speakers noted below. The speakers' bureau includes veterans who eventually received their CO status and others who did not but think all soldiers should have this important option so they might be able to follow their conscience and not cause moral injury to themselves. The speakers bureau includes:
| Possible Speaker | Geographic Home | Background | Contact Information |
| Dan Baker | South Bend, Indiana | Iraq war veteran who received CO status. | dbakeramdg@yahoo.com Cell: 209-898-3823 |
| Camillo "Mac" Bica, Ph.D. | New York City area | Professor of Philosophy, Vietnam War Veteran and Peace Activist. | coordinator@vfpli.com 631-987-3338 |
| Tyler Boudreau | Western, MA | A 12 year Marine veteran, he deployed to Iraq in 2004. In 2005 he resigned after twelve years of active duty. In 2008 Boudreau published Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine, a memoir of his experiences in the Marine Corps and Iraq. | tyler.boudreau@gmail,com |
| Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D | Bay Area, CA | Visiting Professor at the Starr King School for Ministry; a convener of the Truth Commission on Conscience in War (2010). | ritabrock@sbcglobal.net |
| Marinetta Cannitto | Washington DC area | An academic and trainer and consultant on Restorative Justice and Nonviolent Conflict Transformation, For ten years she served as the Baptist Chaplain at American University, in Washington, D.C. In her role as a Commissioner for the Truth Commission on Conscience in War, Marinetta has highlighted the close connection between Truth Commission and Restorative Justice. | Marinetta@msn.com |
| Joshua Casteel | Iowa | Interrogator – Abu Graibh prison (post scandal); received CO status while in service. | joshuacasteel@mac.com |
| Jake Dilberto | Washington DC area | Founder of Rethink Afghanistan. Ex-Marine in Afghanistan and Iraq, not a CO, but opposed to current wars. Grad of Fuller Theological Seminary. | jjdilib@gmail.com |
| India Drew | Washington DC area | 8 year naval veteran in the post 9/11 era. Recently discharged with as a Conscientious Objector | indialdrew@yahoo.com |
| Larry Johnson | Twin Cities, MN | President of Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Evangelical Christian who served in Viet Nam. | 612-747-3904 larryjvfp@gmail.com |
| Mark C. Johnson | Hudson Valley, NY | Executive Director of Fellowship of Reconciliation. Did alternative service as a conscientious objector in Lebanon, living and teaching in Beirut for six years during the Viet Nam war. | mjohnson@forusa.org |
| Herman Keizer | Grand Rapids, MI | Retired Army Chaplain Colonel, recently retired as the Director of Chaplaincy Ministries for the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Long time advocate of Selective Conscientious Objection. Served in Viet Nam. | Home:
616-656-5956 Cell: 616-706-7682 keizerh@msn.com hkeizer@comcast.net |
| Ray McGovern | Washington DC | Retired CIA Analyst and Army officer. His duties at the CIA included morning briefings with the President's Daily Brief. Created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. | RRMcGovern@aol.com |
| J.E. McNeil | Washington DC | Former Director of the Center for Conscience in War. | j_e@centeronconscience.org |
| Logan Mehl-Laturi | North Carolina | Army veteran who served in Iraq for 14 months around 2004, he applied for but did not receive Co status. In 2008, Logan co-founded Centurion's Guild, with other veterans, in order to "protect and defend prospective, current, and former service members while bearing true faith and allegiance to God." | logan@centurionsguild.org |
| Dr. Beverly Reader | Washington DC | Dr. Reader is a psychiatrist trained through the Uniformed Services University who received her CO from the Air Force in February, 2011. Is currently a member of the Friends Meeting of Washington, which she joined after studying non-violence and Quaker history. | To contact Dr. Reader, please e-mail cooker@ppnpf.com, who will make the contact. |
| Josh Steiber | Kansas | Josh joined the army after high school and served in Baghdad in 2007 during the situation after which he received CO status. Has been advocating for peace ever since. Currently in college in Kansa. | desertcamel87@yahoo.com |
| Ret. Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis | Washington, DC | Served in the Army medical corps for 28 years as a psychiatrist. Strong opponent of use of torture. | snxenakis@hotmail.com |
| Celeste Zappala | Philadelphia, PA | Gold Star Families Speak Out - her son, Sgt. Sherwood Baker, a social worker from the PA National Guard, was killed in an explosion in Baghdad as he searched for the weapons of mass destruction on April 26, 2004. | 215-570-5484 czappala1@yahoo.com |