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* '''[[Brendon Marotta]]''' is an award-winning filmmaker who has been making films since he was 14 years old. Brendon graduated from the {{UNI|University of North Carolina|UNC}} School of the Arts Film School, to work as a professional film editor. ''[[American Circumcision]]'' is his first feature-length documentary as director. Austin, {{USSC|TX}}, USA.
* '''[[Paul Mason]]''', {{BA}}, LLB, Family Law Barrister, Former Children's Commissioner, Tasmania, is a family solicitor and barrister of 39 years, and was Tasmania’s Children's Commissioner for 3½ years. In a lifelong interest in the rights of children, their [[genital autonomy ]] rights became a focus in 2008, from a chance question by a paediatrician at a government meeting in Hobart. In 2008, Paul became inaugural patron of GA UK and in 2014 Chair of the [[Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy]]. Paul has written and presented on the rights of every child to protection from violence of all kinds – including medically unnecessary genital cutting - both here and over-seas. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
* '''[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]]''', {{RN}}, is the co-founder and Executive Director of the [[National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers]] (NOCIRC), the first clearinghouse for information about circumcision in the USA (1985), now [[Genital Autonomy - America]], and coordinator of the International Symposia on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights. She is co-editor of eight symposia proceedings books and the editor of the ''NOCIRC Annual Newsletter'', now ''GA - America Annual Newsletter''.
* '''[[Lisa Braver Moss]]''' is a writer specializing in family issues, health, Judaism, and humor. Her essays have appeared in the ''Huffington Post'', ''Tikkun'', ''Parents'', ''Lilith'', ''Jewish Journal'', and other publications. She is the author of ''The Measure of His Grief'' (Notim Press, 2010), the first novel ever written about the circumcision controversy. She is co-author, with Rebecca Wald, of ''Celebrating Brit Shalom'' (Notim Press, 2015), the first-ever book of ceremonies and music for Jewish families opting out of circumcision. Lisa also conceived and spearheaded the movement toward open inclusion of ''brit shalom'' families in Jewish life. Piedmont, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.
* '''[[Audra Berger]] − Ms. Blu''' is a prolific singer and song-writer who puts “storytelling” to music. A music and nightclub prodigy at the age of twelve, Ms. Blu rides on the Intact America New York Pride Parade float and sings for the babies and children, helping to bring awareness about their right to bodily integrity and [[genital autonomy]]. New York, {{USSC|NY}}, USA.
* '''[[Mark D. Reiss]]''', {{MD}}, is the Executive Vice-President of Doctors Opposing Circumcision. In addition to wife, family, and San Francisco, Dr. Reiss has made [[genital autonomy ]] a high priority in his life. He is the founder and administrator of Celebrants of Brit Shalom, a web-based site listing rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders who will replace the traditional ''bris'' with a non-cutting ceremony. In his spare time, he is a concert pianist. San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.
* '''Emily Rumsey''' and '''Emily Fitzgerald''' are midwives who provide clinical care to women as well as media producers who use digital media to provide health education to families. Minneapolis, {{USSC|MN}}, USA.
* '''[[Lloyd Schofield]]''' was the proponent for the ''San Francisco Male Genital Mutilation Initiative'', which gathered nearly double the amount of valid signatures required to be placed on the 2011 ballot in the City and County of San Francisco. The initiative's signature-gathering process and placement on the ballot generated an enormous amount of international publicity and facilitated a worldwide discussion that had not been previously possible. Lloyd is currently the President of the [[Bay Area Intactivists]], a grassroots 501(c)(3) charitable organization, which works to protect and defend the [[genital autonomy ]] of all individuals − male, female and intersex − by sponsoring and participating in events that expand visibility and work together with other human rights organizations. Lloyd presented a tribute to Jonathon Conte at the Keele Symposium in September 2016. San Francisco, {{USSC|CA}}, USA.
* '''Steve Scott''', as the Education Outreach Coordinator for NOCIRC, produced multi-media presentations for healthcare providers and public education forums. He organized the world premiere of ''The Nurses of St Vincent Say No to Circumcision''. Steve has presented at national and international conferences on the topic of circumcision and is a regular guest speaker for the Department of Human Sexuality at the {{UNI|University of Utah|UofU}} and the Department of Ethics at {{UNI|Utah Valley University|UVU}}. He directed the production of the video, The Prepuce, and authored, "Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Prepuce," in ''Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice''(Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press 1999), the proceedings of the [[Fifth International Symposium]] on Sexual Mutilations. Salt Lake City, {{USSC|UT}}, USA.
* '''Hida Viloria''' is the founding director of the Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E) and one of the world’s foremost intersex and non-binary activists, a frequent consultant (UN, Lambda Legal, Human Rights Watch), speaker (Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, NYU...), television and radio guest (''Oprah'', ''Aljazeera'', ''20/20'', ''NPR'', ''BBC''...), and one of the most extensively published writers in the field (''The Huffington Post'', ''The Daily Beast'', ''The Advocate'', ''The American Journal of Bioethics'', CNN.com, Ms...). In 2017 she became the recipient of the nation’s second intersex birth certificate, and he/r memoir ''Born Both: An Intersex Life'' (Hachette Books) was released to praise by ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''NPR'', ''Psychology Today'', ''People'', and more. Follow Viloria online at hidaviloria.com, or @hidaviloria on Facebook and Twitter. Santa Fe, {{USSC|NM}}, USA.
* '''[[Jen Williams]]''' is the founder and director of [[Your Whole Baby]]. She got her start in activism during her college years, when she formed an animal rights group on the campus of {{UNI|Texas A&M University|TAMU}}. After graduation, she worked for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) in the Vegan Outreach department. Jen later pursued her teaching certification and taught middle school and high school English for seven years before becoming a stay-at-home/homeschooling mom. When her daughter was a year old, a friend got her involved in advocating for [[genital autonomy]]. As she traveled down the rabbit hole of knowledge, her passion for the topic grew, as did her desire to create a one-stop website for activists and researching parents. With the support of a friend, Jen created ''YourWholeBaby.org'' in December of 2014. Since that time, the organization has expanded to social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The need to appeal to college-age students led to the creation of the sibling site YWB101.org/YourWholeBody.org. In 2016, Your Whole Baby’s website had approximately 118,000 visitors. In 2017, the reach was over 313,000. Jen looks forward to a future where all children are protected from genital cutting, and hopes that this growing organization will help make that a reality. Leaner, {{USSC|TX}}, USA.
* '''Ashley Trueman''', BS, MS, MCert Philosophy, Director of Education with [[Your Whole Baby]], developed “The Foreskin and Circumcision: Facts you need to know to make an informed decision”, a two-hour class curriculum for expectant parents, which she presented at the 13th [[Thirteenth International Symposium ]] on Genital Autonomy and Children's Rights. To date, her presentation to more than 300 couples has a 100% success rate for saving boys from circumcision. Circumcision first got on Ashley’s radar when a baby died shortly after his circumcision at a pediatric office where she worked as an undergraduate student. Many years later, her office shared a wall with the “circumcision room” of a pediatrician/mohel and that’s what drove her to activism and eventually back to school to study bioethics. Ashley began her bioethics training at {{UNI|Georgetown University|GU}} before moving to England to study philosophy with a focus in bioethics at {{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}}. She also holds degrees from {{UNI|Arizona State University|ASU}} and {{UNI|Tulane University|TUNO}}. New Haven, {{USSC|CT}}, USA.
==Proceedings==
* Twenty-eight years of circumcision litigation: What have we learned? What progress have we made?
::''David J. Llewellyn''
* Duty to Report - Maltreatment of Minors: Taking the fight for [[genital autonomy ]] to the street
::''Zenas Baer''
* Evaluating the Rights of Human Research Subjects in Randomized Circumcision Trials