Speaker Series

2022 Dates and Format TBD

The Speaker Series features visionaries, activists, and humanitarians that inspire through their stories and motivate by their example. Past speakers include former child soldiers Michel Chikwanine and Okello Keto Sam, entrepreneurs Joey Adler, Craig and Marc Kielburger, Romeo Delaire, Stephen Lewis, Taylor Conway and various local humanitarian heroes.

KELOWNA, BC -The Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society and Global Citizen are recognizing the need for awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. A segment of Catherine Cunningham-Huston's play "The Walk" tells the story of "Mel", an Indigenous woman who faces the effects of intergenerational trauma and violence that so many Indigenous women in Canada face. Mel is portrayed by Kelowna's own Barbara Jagodics.

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