Council of Elders
Organizing Committee

Rev. James Lawson, Jr.
Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Vincent G. Harding
Denver, CO

Rev. Phillip Lawson
San Francisco, CA

Dolores Huerta
Bakersfield, CA

Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon
Washington, DC

Dr. Grace Lee Boggs
Detroit, MI,

Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Gainesville, FL

Sister Joan Chittister, OSB
Erie, PA

Marian Wright Edelman
Washington, DC

Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Philadelphia, PA

Rev. Dr. George (Tink) Tinker
Denver, CO

Rev. John Fife
Tucson, AZ

Dr. Mel White
Lynchburg, VA

Rev. Nelson Johnson
Greensboro, NC

Joyce Hobson Johnson
Greensboro, NC