Young dancer at Festival of Hope in New Delhi

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We are a growing community of young people, educators, global thinkers, artists, government leaders, and everyone else who feels the urge to be the change. We are creating moments for talking big ideas, exchanging diverse views, and inspiring action. And we have new, inspiring guests and partners joining each week.

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Kate Raworth

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Kate Raworth

Speaker Climate
Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities.
Festival of Hope Climate
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Kriti Shaktima Sharma

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Kriti Shaktima Sharma

Speaker Ecology
Kriti Sharma (PhD) is a biologist and writer, and author of Interdependence: Biology and Beyond and the forthcoming Designing Relationally: Restor(y)ing Life (with co-authors Michal Osterweil and Arturo Escobar).
Festival of Hope Ecology
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Leah Judson

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Leah Judson

Speaker Creativity
Originally from Panama and hailing from Washington, D.C., Leah Judson's image-making immortalizes tales of youth, agriculture and indigenous communities.
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Lene Rachel Andersen

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Lene Rachel Andersen

Speaker Education
Lene is an economist, author, futurist, and Bildung activist.
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Lorena Silvestri

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Lorena Silvestri

Speaker Education
Lorena Silvestri is a founding partner at .jes and an expert in design and facilitation of learning experiences, innovation, social entrepreneurship and communication.
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Manish Freeman

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Manish Freeman

Speaker Creativity
Manish spent his childhood in SriGanganagar – a small city of Rajasthan.
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Margaret Wheatley

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Margaret Wheatley

Speaker Complexity
Since 1966, Margaret Wheatley has worked globally in many different roles: a speaker, teacher, community worker, consultant, advisor, formal leader.
Festival of Hope Complexity
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Mauricio Porras

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Mauricio Porras

Speaker Climate
Mauricio Porras is the Co-Founder and Chief Mobilization Officer of HERO | herocircle.app, the first subscription platform for citizens and organizations to directly fund a stable, monthly income to climate campaigners worldwide.
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Mursal Mohammadi

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Mursal Mohammadi

Speaker Gender Equality
Mursal fled Afghanistan in 2017 and moved to India, where she became the leader of a youth club in BOSCO (a UNHCR partner), where they provided opportunities for refugee youth to participate in educational and social activities.
Festival of Hope Gender Equality
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