Kadir Nelson is an African American artist and illustrator. Nelson was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey and San Diego, California. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and lives in San Diego, CA with his family. Nelson graduated with honors and since has published his work and received commissions from publishers and production studios such as Dreamworks, Sports Illustrated, Coca-Cola, …

Alan I. Casden is a self-made real estate billionaire who lives in Beverly Hills, California. He is an accounting graduate of what is now the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California. Mr. Casden enrolled at USC as a sophomore after an academically disappointing freshman year at UCLA. In 2000, he gave $10.6 million to USC to benefit the Institute for Study of Jewish Role in American Life, …

Mike Park is a Korean American musician and progressive activist. His musical ventures include Skankin' Pickle for whom he both played the saxophone and sang, The Chinkees, The Bruce Lee Band, and most recently an acoustic solo project under his own name. After his time with Skankin' Pickle he went on to found Asian Man Records, a label which he has successfully run out of his garage in California since 1996 with only minimal help from his parents and friends.

Arthur "Art" Torres is the current Chairman of the California Democratic Party, a position he has held since 1995, and is the first Latino in the California Democratic Party to have been nominated for statewide office when he won the Democratic primary for insurance commissioner in 1994. Earlier in his career, he served for 8 years as a state Assembly member (1974-1982), and for 12 as a State Senator (1982-1994).

Stephanie R. Davis , who lost her mother and maternal aunt to pancreatic cancer in 1999, is a lawyer and psychotherapist. Admitted to the California State Bar in 1990, much of her time is spent working with various associations in helping to fulfill their missions. She has experience as a litigator, however her passion lies in the art of communication.

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I work for the Museum of Tolerance. Once South Park makes fun of you, I guess that means you made it. Check out the clip below. If you want to know more about what I actually do, since it seems to confuse people check out: http://www.toolsfortolerance.com.

HELIE LEE Helie Lee is the author of the United States bestseller Still Life With Rice (Scribner 1996), and In The Absence of Sun (Harmony Books 2002), memoirs in which she chronicles her family's experience in war-torn Korea from the 1930s to 1997. Her second book , In The Absence of Sun specifically details her Korean-American family's risky attempt to rescue her uncle from North Korea.

Richard P. Appelbaum , Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He currently serves as Director of the M.A. Program in Global & International Studies ( www.global.ucsb.edu/magis ), and serves on the Executive Committee of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society ( www.cns.ucsb.edu ). He is also Co-Director of the Center for Global Studies in the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research.

Senator Art Torres (Ret.) Chairman Senator Art Torres (Ret.) was elected Chairman of the California Democratic Party in 1996. He was appointed to finish the term vacated by Bill Press in 1995. He ran unopposed in 2001 and was elected by unanimous approval of the body. Senator Torres is widely credited for helping return the CDP to a position of national prominence and power.

Gabriel Meyer is an award-winning novelist, poet and journalist. A resident of Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter in the 1980s, he won Catholic Press Association (CPA) awards for his coverage of the first Palestinian intifada in 1989. He also traveled widely in the Middle East, particularly in Egypt and Turkey, covering the plight of the region’s ethnic and religious minorities.

Alicia Windsor-Svanstedt Southwestern University School of Law - $ 2500 A graduate of New College of Florida, Alicia decided to attend law school because of her desire to work in human rights. In furtherance of her interests, she has volunteered at the Museum of Tolerance and the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Services.

passion but more than that compassion. and above all else, it's all about the love, my one Love, God. I think it's important to be strong . . mentally, emotionally, spiritually. . and to have courage. eveyday is a choice.

Dr. Becky Newman Chief Program Officer / GM Orange County Region Dr. Becky Newman became Chief Program Officer in July of 2005 but in previous work with UC Irvine and state, regional and county programs has worked with THINK Together since 1999. As CPO, Becky has overall responsibility for the low-income programs, including program design and curriculum, staffing and staff development, and collaboration with schools, districts and communities.

Carmen R. Toliver With 30 years of experience in the fields of education, leadership development, and diversity, Carmen Toliver has dedicated the last 17 of those years to increasing individual and organizational understanding of the role perceptions play in hindering or advancing communications across differences.

Amb. Arnall began his entrepreneurial career as a young man selling flowers on street corners in Los Angeles. He entered the real estate business and, in the 1970s, expanded his business interests to financial services. Over the years, he has made significant investments in a diversified portfolio of successful business ventures in technology, oil and gas exploration, real estate and insurance. Amb. Arnall is an active citizen and philanthropist. Amb.

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