Music & Dance:

• SIYAHAMBA, Angel City Choral (Los Angeles, USA), Amy Foundation Choir (Cape town, South Africa), Richard Sibakhulu Mbovane (Conductor)

Facilitator: Rev Aquarius Gilmer

Prayers on Resilience:

• Archbishop Evstratiy Zorya, Deputy Head of the Office in the Department of External Church Relations, Orthodox Church, Ukraine

• Sheikh Yusuf Nasur Abuhamza, Kenya

• Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, PhD, Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies; Director, Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue, Jewish Theological Seminary, U.S.

Welcome remarks:

• Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS

• Amb. Deborah Birx, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator & U.S Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, PEPFAR

• Jesse Milan Jr, President and CEO, AIDS United

• Nsofwa Petronella Sampa, Clinical Psychosocial Counseller – young people living with HIV and disabilities, Positive Movement, Zambia

Music:

• M. Ngina, Kenya

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Keynote Speech:

• The Most Reverend Dr Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town, Anglican Church of Southern Africa, South Africa: Resilience & Renewal

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Prayers on Renewal:

• Pujya Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati ji, Secretary General, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, President, Divine Shakti Foundation

• Dr A.K.Merchant, National Trustee, Lotus Temple & Baha'i Community of India; General Secretary, Temple of Understanding India Foundation

• Venerable Halyale Wimalarathana THERO, International Buddhist Foundation (IBF), Sri Lanka

Highlights and Recommendations of the Opening Session:

• Rev Aquarius Gilmer