Speaker Category: 2019 Speakers

Willow and the Deep
Willow and the Deep is Canadiana husband and wife duo, Leah Cogan and Chris Jackson. Their songs are stories from many cities, of many loves and struggles, that resonate locally in the working and…

Drew Brown (he/him/his)
Drew Brown is an award-winning and Juno nominated musician, producer, podcaster, photographer, social justice & anti-racist advocate, craft beer aficionado, bourbon lover, storyteller, and all-around awesome human. His vulnerability and warm heart attract everyone…

Dave Harder
Dave is a spiritual entrepreneur who lives at the intersection of spirituality in the everyday. Dave is curating the ReImagine venue for Skylight Festival. He finds deep value in creating spaces of belonging and…

Anna Golladay
Artist-Social Entrepreneur-Parish Collective. Anna thrives on curating creative, spiritual & entrepreneurial possibility and is curator of Faithmarks. Via her social enterprise Work of Place she helps urban churches understand how their underutilized facilities can…

James Wilson
James Wilson a Singer/songwriter musician from the Six Nations of the Grand River territory. He has performed at many venues and competitions around Canada and the United States. In 2017 he had the great…

Pam Rocker
Pam Rocker is an atypical activist, award-winning writer, musician and speaker. She has worked in the intersections of faith and queer identity for almost a decade, speaking and playing north and south of the…

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza
Dr. Robyn is a TransQueer Activist | Latinx Scholar | Public Theologian and is founder of the Activist Theology Project. Knowing intimately that the borderlands are a place of learning and growth, Dr. Robyn…

Kate Reid (they/them)
Singer-songwriter and whip smart wordsmith Kate Reid is funny, feminist, queer as a three-dollar bill, and they’re sure to entertain. Slam-storytelling meets many a queer-themed tune in Kate’s songs, which just might have you…

Jonathan (Pastah J) Brooks
Jonathan Brooks is a lifelong resident of Chicago, IL. He currently serves as Senior Pastor at Canaan Community Church in the West Englewood nieghborhood. He is also the Director of the joint degree program…

SHAD
If you boil down Shad’s trajectory as a hip-hop artist up to this point, it all comes down to love. At a show, his people stare up at him with unconditional amounts of the stuff…