Forgiveness Summit

The Power of Forgiveness

Dr. Fred Luskin, forgiveness pioneer, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of best-selling book Forgive for Good, shares his groundbreaking research on forgiveness, how forgiveness is tied to gratitude and happiness and why it is imperative that we embrace forgiveness now.

Eileen Barker, an attorney/mediator and author of The Forgiveness Workbook and her upcoming book Healing Conflict, talks about how she became a forgiveness teacher and how she uses forgiveness to help people resolve legal disputes and heal conflict with others and themselves.

The Neuroscience of Forgiveness

Dr. Loren Toussaint, psychology professor, author of Forgiveness and Health, and expert on the psychological and physical benefits of forgiveness, discusses emerging research demonstrating how forgiveness influences well-being and neurological factors that impact the ability to forgive.

Dr. Marco Iacoboni is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab at the Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center at UCLA. Iacoboni is a neurologist and neuroscientist originally from Rome, Italy.

Forgiveness – Bridging the Divisions of Our Time

Dr. Kenneth Cloke offers deep insights into the transformative power of forgiveness and how forgiveness can address and heal societal divisions. Dr. Cloke is an internationally acclaimed mediator, teacher and author of numerous book including Mediating Dangerously and The Magic of Mediation.

Marquita Campbell, MDR, mediator, trainer and conflict coach, talks about how she works with forgiveness to address dignity violations and restore human dignity as a mediator and coach, and as a teacher working with faith-based communities, youth programs and other groups.

Forgiveness and Transformation in Law

Kim Wright, a central figure in the Integrative Law Movement and author/editor of three books published by the American Bar Association (Lawyers as Changemakers, Lawyers as Peacemakers, and Trauma Informed Law), discusses the integration of forgiveness and healing in the legal field and highlights transformative approaches to law that incorporate forgiveness and compassion.

Forgiveness In Action

Olivier Clerc, an international lecturer, workshop-leader and author, shares insights on forgiveness and healing. He reveals the power of asking to be forgiven, the subject of The Gift of Forgiveness and Healing the Wounds of the Heart, and the basis of his Circles of Forgiveness which are being held in over 250 places worldwide.

Marina Cantacuzino, founder of the renowned Forgiveness Project, based in the UK, peace activist and award winning journalist and author of Forgiveness: An Exploration, talks about her recent trip to Rwanda and her work with storytelling as a vehicle for forgiveness and healing.