Conference Keynotes

Keynote on Thursday: Hadrien Coumans - https://lenape.center/about-us

Hadrien provides guidance on healing the complex wounds of both personal and collective histories. His experience spans twenty-five years and includes currently serving as: - Deputy Director & co-founder of Lenape Center. www.lenape.center Serving in areas of strategic partnerships, initiatives, programs and development. - Advisor for Peace and Wellbeing: Appointed by Joe Baker, Lenape elder. Hadrien is a Traditionally adopted member of WhiteTurkey-Fugate family 

Keynote on Friday: George Abraham - https://www.gabrahampoet.com/

 George Abraham (they/هو) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the executive editor of Mizna, and co-editor of HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025). They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.