Speakers

As Global Exchange's Fair Trade Campaign Director, Adrienne reaches out to chocolate lovers and chocolate makers alike to help create a world in which we are all free to enjoy guilt-free chocolate. Adrienne also campaigns for conflict-free diamonds and was part of the Global Exchange-coordinated coalition for Sweatfree legislation in San Francisco.
Sílvia Leindecker is a Brazilian documentary film maker, a philosopher and independent photographer who has shot for the Spanish news agency EFE, Germany's Politik magazine, and numerous independent projects, advertisement and film productions. Michael Fox is a freelance journalist, translator, reporter and documentary film maker based in South America.
Dawn Fraser is an educator, activist, spoken word artist, speaker and cultural agent.
Stephen Funk is a Marine who did not serve in Iraq, instead he became the first public conscientious objector to the war and served six months in military prison. "I refuse to surrender my dignity, I refuse to kill... the military demands obedience, but I will not obey".
Biographical Information: Jihan Gearon is Diné (Navajo) and African American. She is Tódích'ií'nii (Bitter Water) clan, and her maternal grandfather is Tl'ashchí'í (Red Bottom People) clan. Jihan's family is from the community of Old Sawmill and she grew up and went to high school close by in Fort Defiance, located on the eastern part of the Navajo reservation in Arizona. She is a graduate of Stanford University with a Bachelors of Science in Earth Systems and a focus in Energy Science and Technology.
Faith Gemmill is a Pit River/ Wintu and Neets'aii Gwich'in Athabascan from Arctic Village, Alaska.
John Gibler is a Global Exchange human rights fellow in Mexico who has been covering social movements since January 1st, 2006. He has reported on the ground from the Zapatistas Other Campaign, the massive protests against electoral fraud in Mexico City, and the civil disobedience uprising in Oaxaca. His writing and photographs have appeared in Z Magazine, ZNet, In These Times, Left Turn, The Indypendent, New Politics, Narco News, UpsideDownWorld.com, and other independent media.
Jeff Goldman, now based in the Washington, DC area, has fortunately received directions, cultural insights, and genuine kindness from countless locals while working & backpacking in 54 countries across six continents. He joined the Fair Trade Resource Network as Executive Director in January 2009 to help build public awareness of Fair Trade, and to develop resources for learning and discussing the movement.
Eva Golinger is a Venezuelan-American attorney and author of the best-selling books, "The Chávez Code" (2005) and "Bush vs. Chávez: Washington's War on Venezuela" (2006). Since 2003, Eva has been investigating, analyzing and writing about US intervention in Venezuela using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information about the US Government's efforts over the past few years to destabilize Hugo Chávez's presidency. Through the FOIA, she has uncovered more than US$50 million in financing to anti-Chávez groups from the U.S.
Susan Greene of Break the Silence Mural Project traveled to the West Bank of Occupied Palestine to create a four-story mural in coordination with Palestinian youth and artists. Susan lived and painted at the Ibdaa Guest House in Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. The mural was designed and painted by Palestinian youth and artists, Americans and American Jews. Susan is available to present slides and video of the powerful art created and speak about what daily life is like living in the Occupied Territories.