Virginia Swain is the host of Imagine Worcester and the World, your source for local and global interviews with peacemakers around the world.
Show 101: On November 20, 2014, The 15th Anniversary Awards Ceremony of the Institute for Global Leadership honored Life Leader Service Awardees and Imagine Worcester Interviewees-- ordinary people leading extraordinary lives who live in service to restore faith in humanity.
Keynote Address: Dr. Peter Gray, Research Professor, Department of Psychology, Boston College and author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life Psychology Today blog and alternativestoschool.com
Life Leadership Service Awardees:
Grace Akallo, M.A., Author, Activist*
Erica Ayisi, M.F.A. Channel 3 News Reporter*
Dr. Michael Boover, Chaplain, Worcester Recovery Center*
Dr. Melinda Boone, Superintendent of Worcester Schools
Derek Brindisi, Director, City of Worcester Department of Public Health*
Mauro DePasquale, Director, Worcester Community Access Television
Dr. Sue Fan Foo, Professor, Worcester State University*
Dr. Peter Gray, Author and Researcher*
Heather Lyn Haley, Ph.D., Professor and Community Organizer*
Donna Perry, Ph.D., Professor and Nurse/Humanitarian*
Khmer Magic Music Bus Team Indigenous Cambodian Music, Steve Riege*
Sharon Smith Viles. M.Div, Asian Brush Artist and Teacher
10th Anniversary Awardees Caleb Encarnacion-Rivera*, Dr. Clara Savage*, Center for Nonviolent Solutions Founding Board*
Imagine Worcester Television Awardees appearing at ceremony. Those asterisked above were also interviewed and were present:
· Jonathan Alexandre, JD
· Dr. Joseph Baratta
· Suzanne Cashman, ScD.
· Sara Connor, N.P.
· Steve D’Agostino
· Strong Eagle Daly
· Sr. Judith Dupuy
· Dr. Clay Starlin
· Judy Freedman Fask, M.A.
· Michael Langa, M.A.
· Cathy O’Connor
· Dr. Monika Kolodziej
· Ginger Navickas
· Randi Nichols, M.B.A.
· Parlee Jones
· Rev. Dr. Sarai Rivera
· Dr. Paul Ropp and Marjorie Ropp
· Dr. Richard Schmidt
· Dr. David Steele
· Claire and Scott Schaefer Duffy
· Kathy Tamilio-Awed
· Zayda Vallejo, M.Litt.
· Yeshi and Tsering
Posted June 5th 2015 4:50pm.