Featured Panelists and Speakers
Keynote Speaker:
John Seigenthaler, Sr.
Introduced by
Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-5, Nashville)
Professor’s Panel:
Linda Peek Schacht – Lipscomb University
Klint Alexander – Vanderbilt University
John Lachs – Vanderbilt University
Brian Russell – Tennessee State University
Local Activist Panel - hosted by Vanderbilt Students for Nonviolence:
Mary Mancini
Host of Liberadio.com
Nashville Area Political Organizer
Stacy Rector
Tennesseans For Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Matt Wiltshire
Co-Founder of the Nashville Kitchen Cabinet organization
Jeff Wilson
Executive Director of TISL
Student Activism Panel – hosted by Vanderbilt Model United Nations:
- Leslie Labruto – SPEAR
- Bryann DaSilva - VSAPP
- Raquel Kessinger – Nourish
- Anna Elliott – MUN
- Virat Bisalbutr – MUN
- Britt Johnson – TISL
Tribute to the Nashville Sit-Ins – Hosted by the Black Student Alliance
- Sarah Goodrich – VSG
- Zye Hooks – VSG