Hope Activators
In 2023, leaders, activists, influencers, and scientists got together to showcase ‘why’ we need an International Day of Hope. Check out what they had to say in the recap below.

Dr. Myron Belfer, MD, MPA
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate in Psychiatry, Boston Children’s Hospital

Dr. Crystal I. Bryce, PhD
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, University of Texas at Tyler – School of Medicine

Emily Ladau
Disability Rights Activist and Author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally

Zanade Mann
Founder, Black Women’s Business Collective, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Women of Impact

Dr. Edward Barksdale, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatric Surgery, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Division Chief, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Surgeon-in-Chief, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital