Sinda Arfaoui has been working as an English Language Teacher for two years, and sees herself as a pursuer of knowledge. She is a MEPI Student Leaders program alumna and took summer courses in Civic Engagement and Leadership at Montana State University. She worked with multiple initiatives focussing on education before joining Initiatives of Change and co-founding MENNA Initiative. For the past two years she has been working for IREX as a selection committee member for the Civic Engagement Exchange Program.

Sidra Raslan is a young Syrian determined to take part in making the world and her country a better place. She believes in the power of youth and the gift of diversity, and that when these are combined with personal stories and an openness to share, they can provide a space that inspires leadership and a cascade of change – the Creative Leadership conference. Her journey with IofC began in 2016. Since then she has carried with her a piece of the Caux Palace and the people she met there. This  keeps her motivated to be the best version she can be of herself.

Sarah Schofield is a new addition to the Creative Leadership family this year. She is a photojournalist who enjoys helping people to  share their stories through her writing and photography. Intrigued by the journeys and life experiences of those she has met in her 32 years, she believes there is always something we can learn from one another if we only take the time to listen.

Manuela Garay is an office manager for an energy conservation company in Canada and is currently studying graphic design. She took part in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme in 2017, and is excited to be continuing her involvement through the Creative Leadership conference and Weaving Our Narratives course. Having experienced first-hand through CPLP how inner peace and sharing your story can impact your life, she is eager to see what positive effect this conference and course will have on others and on the world at large

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Jonas Truneh is from the UK and first came to Caux in 2017 for the Just Governance for Human Security conference and returned the following year as a member of the 2018 Caux Scholars Program. These experiences affirmed to him the importance of the values of IofC. In 2019 he was a member of the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme where he was given the opportunity to explore the true meaning of leadership with an international cohort of inspiring changemakers. He has since been a member of the Creative Leadership team.

Hajar Bichri is from Morocco. Her first experience with IofC was in 2016 in the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme. Since then she has been to Caux multiple times and taken part in different programmes in various capacities. She served in the Forum Secretariat, worked with Tools for Changemakers and was closely involved with many of the wonderful conferences. Hajar joined the Creative Leadership team in 2019 and supported the conference in communications.

Daniel Clements is British and has a passion for working with young people. He is currently training to become a teacher, with strong ambitions to engage in educational reform. He sees the challenges people face today as deeply spiritual, and has a desire to enable people to overcome inner darkness and live lives of truth and compassion.

Besfort Syla is a graphic design/photography student from Kosovo. He works as a graphic designer in his home town, using his platform to highlight and tackle social issues. His journey with Caux and IofC started when he participated in the CPLP in 2018. He is comfortable with showing his emotional side and he loves hearing others’ stories. He thinks that sharing stories and listening enable us to come together and be the change the world needs.

Asmaa Sleem is Egyptian and believes that the main hope of any nation lies in the education of its youth. She is also convinced that hope for this world means spreading peace, mindfulness, justice and moral integrity through people’s education, raising awareness, living consciously and the power of togetherness. She sees herself as a lifelong learner and has worked in peace facilitation and conflict transformation.