Rebecca Irby

admin-menu-icon.pngExpert Speaker, Facilitator, Trainer 

 

Combining the power and transformational energy of Art & Media with Dynamic Speakers and Facilitated Conversations.

This is where the magic happens! 

Rebecca can help you envision the strategy you need for your group, school, or organization. PEAC Institue, our nonprofit, is in place to help with research and Midheaven.Network, our Broadcaster/Production House, is there to help with all production and media needs.

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is the Founding Partner and Executive Director of PEAC Institute and Co-Founder + CEO of MIDHEAVEN Network. Over the last fifteen years, Rebecca has served as an education and technology consultant on diversity and cultural awareness initiatives with the NJ Department of Education, Rutgers University, the National Liberty Museum, Nagoya University, and many others. Rebecca also sits on an advisory board incorporating social skills training into the core programs of schools around the United States. She recently completed a cross-cultural communications textbook for the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. Additionally, she created business English communication curricula for some of the world's largest organizations, including the Red Cross, Toyota, and Mitsubishi. When not consulting on education initiatives, she works on social documentaries and charity events. She produced and debuted her first film 'That Day,' the story of a Hiroshima survivor, on August 6, 2013. In March 2015, she organized and rode in a 500km bike and run through the areas affected by the tsunami of 2011. Her last assignment was working as Dean of Special Education for BRICK Peshine Academy in Newark, NJ. With PEAC she has organized, trained, and facilitated youth forums to the NPT PrepCom in 2018, 2019, and 2020 as well as a High-Level forum in conjunction with the New Zealand Foreign Ministry and United Nations. Rebecca has spoken about nuclear abolition and heart-centered leadership at Harvard Law School, the Yale Policy Conference, The PyeongChang Global Peace Forum; the Free Minds Free People Conference; Busan Democracy Forum; and will be at Barger Leadership Institute (BLI) at the University of Michigan in 2021.

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International Women’s Day

“Women Making Change” + “Birthing A New World”

Featuring Jelena Micić, Ruth Khakame, Dr. Jennifer Jewell & Julie Harris Moderated By Emma Pritchard + Rebecca Irby

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PowerShift

A Seat At the Dinner Table

Come explore the world through great food and conversation

Join NATALIA BONILLA + REBECCA IRBY every other Thursday for a delicious meal with meaningful, intimate talks on our shared humanity & the hardships/blessings tied to our culture, nation, politics, and current events. We welcome you to join us for dinner.

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Humanity Rising

The Intersection of Race, Culture, and Activism

With Chase Iron Eyes, Marie Roker-Jones, and Miriame Cherbib. Facilitated by Rebecca Irby. Co-Conveners: Lesley Southwick-Trask & Kurt Krueger

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Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy

A Project of NuclearWakeUpCall.Earth

Mentoring to Transform Our Nuclear Legacy

 

We Invite You to Share as Widely as You Are Moved!

Session three mentors, Sheva CarrRebecca Irby, and Cecili Thompson Williams

Program organized and facilitated by Cynthia Lazaroff

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Black Hope & Futures — JOY, RESILIENCE

AN ALL-DAY INTERNATIONAL CUDDLE WITH BLACK + BROWN GENIUS

INCLUDING Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Sun Ra, Vannary Kong, Alexis + Franklyn Mena, Robb Leigh Davis & MORE!

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Searchlight

SEARCH(LIGHT) is KINESIS PROJECT DANCE THEATER’S

newest work in development

Featuring dialogues between MELISSA RIKER + REBECCA IRBY, music by SANDBOX PERCUSSION, solo violin by KRISTIN LEE and dance for the camera by MARGARET BEHM, KIMBERLY HOLLOWAY, LORRAINE LAU, ROBERT MOORE, MADELINE MORSER, SUMAYA MULLA-CARRILLO, CLAUDIA-LYNN RIGHTMIRE, THERESE RONCO, NICOLE TRUZZI, HENDRI WALUJO & JEIMIN YANG.

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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Entered Into Force on, January 22, 2021

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DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

LIVE AT MANHATTAN’S NORWOOD CLUB

Featuring:

TAXIPLASM+VANESSA WALTERS (RIPENING/SALON DES SAUVAGES), J CHEN PROJECT (RITE OF SHE), and ROBB LEIGH DAVIS (SYNDROME)

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WONDERVILLE TELETHON SPECTACULAR

WITH DEATH BY AUDIO ARCADE

Interview with Senator Julia Salazar

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International Human Rights Day

THERES STILL HOPE & HERES WHY! PART 2

A Special Cyber Conference in Two Parts

“DISARMAMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS”

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: KELLY SMITH Poor People’s CampaignCARLOS UMAÑA IPPNWAKMAL ALI Association of FijiSUMEYA OSMAN ABDI Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU)

MODERATOR: MOLLY MCGINTY Nuclear Programs Associate, IPPNW

“THERE’S STILL HOPE AND HERE’S WHY!” PT. 2

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: CARMEN ATZERT Watershed FoundationLEON KAULAHAO SIU Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of HawaiiROBERTO BORRERO Chair of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesQUINN WONDERLING General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church

MODERATOR: REBECCA IRBY MIDHEAVEN Network + PEAC Institute 

SUPPORT: AIMEE H. HONG General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church

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Invisible violence

A TAXIPLASM Experience

with QUEER|ART at NORWOOD

An evening facilitated by Rebecca Irby, with a special live performance at Norwood Club accompanied by an original acapella performance by composer Renzo Vitale, performed live by members of BARE Opera and preceded by a conversation with QAM Mentor Rodrigo Bellott & Invisible Violence director Brian Gonzalez

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There's Still Hope & Here's Why

An Action-Driven Cyber Conference Co-Sponsored By

PEAC Institute + United Methodist General Board of Church and Society

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: CARMEN ATZERT Watershed FoundationLEON KAULAHAO SIU Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of HawaiiROBERTO BORRERO Chair of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesQUINN WONDERLING General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church

MODERATOR: REBECCA IRBY MIDHEAVEN Network + PEAC Institute 

SUPPORT: AIMEE H. HONG General Board of Church & Society, United Methodist Church

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Day of Indigenous Unity

"POINT OF CONTACT"

“Confronting the Climate Crisis” + “Decolonization & Land Management”

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Hiroshima 75th Memorial

“PEACE+ART+MUSIC”

Global Broadcast presented in partnership with the city of Hiroshima, Japan

 

Chapter 1 | History of Anti-Peace

Featuring, in chronological order —Yup’ik Tarvarnauramken (Blessing Song), Hopi To Wa drumming (live from a mountaintop near Phoenix, Arizona), Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins with Peter Kuznick, moderated by Rebecca Irby (live from East New York, Brooklyn), ICAN: Nuclear Age in Six MovementsUnited Voices 4 PeaceHussein SmkoBare OperaTurning Tables Myanamar/Last Days of BeethovenFrankie FaisonUniverse City (live from East New York, Brooklyn), Hopi Prophecy #1 by Thomas BanyacyaTAXIPLASM and Junko Ichikawa

Chapter 2 | Reality of War

Featuring Tim Ries of The Rolling Stone Project, Minami Yusui, Bare Opera, Zoe Krantz, Koolulam, Setsuko Thurlow (Hibakusha Testimony), Scott Nagatani, Patrick Nagatani, ICAN: Banner Action (live from City Hall, NYC), International Peace Bureau Youth Seminar (live from US, UK, Brazil & Japan), TAXIPLASM, Lauren Cox, Travis Cains (for George Floyd, in tribute), |Vessels|, Hiroshima Panels by Iri & Toshi Maruki, Syndrome by Robb Leigh Davis and Hopi Prophecy #2 by Thomas Banyacya

Chapter 3 | Imagination of Peace

Featuring — TAXIPLASMThe Japanese American National MuseumJunko IchikawaAnnie HeathPatrick NagataniUniverse City (live from East New York, Brooklyn), Paperwater (live from FAENA Miami, Florida), Jean-Paul SamputuThe Ceremonialist Georgia Wall and Eden Roller with Music for Dialogue

Chapter 4 | War Economy

Featuring — Bare OperaTurning Tables Myanamar/Waiyan Phyo BlissRebecca Stenn CompanyPangea Now by Suzi Analogue + Suzette Guy, The Ceremonialist Georgia WallEmily MomoharaHibaku Trees by Hiroshi SunairiLegion Lighting tour (live from Brooklyn, NY) Yolantha HarrisonUna OsatoVanessa Walters, Jong Kuen (Hibakusha Testimony), Turning Tables Myanamar/HeAvy feat. Ko Minn and Hopi Prophecy #3 by Thomas Banyacya

Chapter 5 | The Peace Economy

Featuring — |Vessels|Patrick NagataniMusic for DialogueTAXIPLASMLillian Michiko BlakeyAri BeserYuko Kudo + Minami YusuiPaperwater (live from FAENA Miami, FL), Mayuka ThaïsLorraine ToussaintVanessa WaltersNobuko Miyamoto, Global Interfaith Roundtable moderated by Rebecca Irby (live), Hiroshima 75th Memorial global committee team finale (live) and Valarie Kaur

 

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