39th Annual Mayor's Interfaith Prayer Breakfast

817 R Street,Lincoln NE 68508

04 May, 2023

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Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird is the 52nd Mayor of Lincoln Nebraska. Jerry White is is Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia and President of JW Impact Strategies, LLC. He received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, and is a Senior Ashoka Fellow. He is a Gabelli Fellow at the Gabelli School of Business in New York City. He co-founded the Survivor Corps, created by and for survivors to help victims of war. (Please refer to Mr. White's expanded experience) Jerry White is now the Executive Director of United Religions InitiativeSocial Entrepreneur, Senior Ashoka Fellow, and humanitarian activist Jerry White furthers his peacebuilding journey by joining United Religions Initiative as Executive Director. Jerry White is an author, diplomat, and humanitarian activist known for leading high-impact campaigns, three of which led to international treaties: the Landmine Ban Treaty, the Cluster Munitions Ban, and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 1984, White lost his lower right leg while hiking in an unmarked minefield in Israel. He worked closely with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and shares the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. White wrote of his experience helping thousands of war victims build resilience in “Getting Up When Life Knocks You Down.” White studied religion at Brown University, theology at Cambridge University, and business at the University of Michigan. He has an honorary degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and teaches religion, violence, and strategy as a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia. Jerry White and his wife Kelly live in Washington, DC, and have four adult children.