Panel: Dream

• Daniel Cayce, Director, Cayce’s Charities in Thornton, AR and student, Ouachita Baptist University
• Daniel Giraldo, youth advocate from Holly Springs, NC and student, American Catholic University
• Illai Kenney, environmental and social justice activist from Jonesboro, GA and student, Howard University

Panel: Connect

• Judy Freudenthal, Director of Prevention, Oasis Center International Teen Outreach Program
• Toby Maloney, Vice President, Business Development, Mental Floss magazine
• Karlo Barrios Marcelo, Research Associate, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

Panel: Act

• Drew Aylesworth, student, University of Central Arkansas
• Betsy McWhirt, National Director, Roots and Shoots, The Jane Goodall Institute
• Rebecca O’Doherty, Director, Appalachian Media Institute

 

2008 Southern Growth Research Fellows:

• Joshua Ambrosius, Ph.D, fellow in Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville
• Robert Lalka, 2008 Southern Research Fellow, Duke University