Meet Our Annual Speaker: Loretta Ross!

Delaware Pacem in Terris is thrilled to announce that acclaimed activist, educator, and movement leader Loretta Ross will be our upcoming Annual Speaker on October 7th at 6:00 pm at the Wilmington Library.

For more than 50 years, Loretta Ross has worked at the forefront of peace, justice, human rights, and social transformation. Her groundbreaking new book, Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel, offers a powerful and timely vision for healing division, building relationships across differences, and creating lasting social change.

We can think of no speaker whose work aligns more closely with Pacem’s mission of building relationships that transform minds to foster healing and peace.

Rather than deepening conflict through shame, exclusion, or polarization, Ross teaches practical tools for engaging difficult conversations with honesty, accountability, compassion, and respect. Her work demonstrates that peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability to move through conflict in ways that strengthen relationships and communities.

At a time when our nation is experiencing profound social and political division, Ross offers a hopeful and actionable framework for peacebuilding. Her message resonates deeply with Pacem’s commitment to peace education, community healing, and leadership development. She challenges us to remain courageous in the pursuit of justice while refusing to lose sight of one another’s humanity. Her widely viewed TED Talk, Don’t Call People Out—Call Them In, has inspired audiences around the world with a message that is both practical and hopeful in an era of deep division.

Loretta Ross has spent five decades helping people imagine and create a more peaceful world. We are honored to welcome her to Delaware and excited to learn from one of the most influential voices of our time on the work of healing, connection, and transformative change. 

Loretta Ross