Justice on the Mainstage

Yunuen Trujillo is an immigration attorney, a faith-based community organizer, and a lay minister. She has over 15 years of experience in young adult ministry and is a leading figure in inclusive Catholic LGBT ministry in the U.S. She currently serves as the religious formation coordinator for the Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and is the founder of the Instagram account @LGBTCatholics. She gave a keynote address at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice. 

Christina Leaño serves as associate director and senior director of movement building and eco-conversion of the Laudato Si’ Movement, a global movement mobilizing the Catholic family worldwide to turn Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home into action for climate and ecological justice. She gave a keynote address at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. 

Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., is the founder of Homeboy Industries in LosAngeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. Fr. Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” and has written numerous books since then. In 2014, President Obama named Fr. Boyle a Champion of Change. He gave a keynote address at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. 

This episode is proudly sponsored by The Loyola Foundation.Sr. Peggy O’Neill, S.C. has been living in El Salvador for the past 30 years. She is the director of Centro Arte para la Paz (Center of Arts for Peace) in Suchitoto, a regional educational & cultural center promoting peace through dance, art, and theological reflection. Sr. Peggy founded this healing space in 2006 and works toward building a culture of peace using the arts as a vehicle.

This episode is proudly sponsored by The Loyola Foundation.Ruben Garcia is the executive director of Annunciation House, a non-profit organization in El Paso, Texas, dedicated to supporting migrants and refugees. Under his leadership, Annunciation House has become a beacon of hope for thousands of vulnerable individuals seeking asylum and a better life in the US. His work has provided immediate relief to those in crisis and inspired broader societal awareness about the plight of migrants.

This episode is proudly sponsored by The Loyola Foundation.Fr. Bryan N. Massingale is a professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University. Fr. Massingale strives to be a scholar-activist through serving faith-based groups advancing justice in society. He is a noted authority on issues of social and racial justice, having addressed numerous national Catholic conferences and lectured at colleges and universities across the nation.

Ellie Hidalgo is co-director of Discerning Deacons, a project to engage Catholics in the active discernment of our Church about women in the diaconate and to contribute to the renewal of the diaconate for our times. Previously, she served as pastoral associate at Dolores Mission Church and School in Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles, CA. She gave a keynote address at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice

Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., a sister with the Missionaries of Jesus, is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. She oversees the charitable arm of the Diocese of Brownsville. She gave a keynote address at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Monique Trusclair Maddox is the CEO of the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation. She is a fifth- and sixth-generation granddaughter of Isaac Hawkins and a fourth-generation granddaughter of Nace Butler, two of the 272 men, women, and children who were enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits and eventually sold in 1838 in an effort to save Georgetown University from financial ruin. She gave a keynote address at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Olga Marina Segura is a freelance writer. She is the author of Birth of A Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church and a co-founder and former co-host of the podcast, “Jesuitical.” She gave a keynote address at the 2022 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Bill McKibben is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He gave a keynote address at the 2022 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Maka Black Elk (Oglala Lakota) is the Executive Director for Truth and Healing at Red Cloud Indian School, formerly known as Holy Rosary Mission, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Maka has dedicated much of his work to leading and fostering educational empowerment for his community through his unique lens of being both Lakota and Catholic. He gave a keynote address at the 2022 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Keya Chatterjee is executive director of the U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN), and author of the book The Zero Footprint Baby: How to Save the Planet While Raising a Healthy Baby. Her work focuses on building an inclusive movement in support of climate action. She gave a keynote address at the 2021 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Fr. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. He spoke at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice on November 12, 2016.

Fr. Bryan N. Massingale is a professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University. Fr. Massingale strives to be a scholar-activist through serving faith-based groups advancing justice in society. He is a noted authority on issues of social and racial justice, and gave a keynote address at the 2021 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Sr. Peggy O’Neill, S.C. is the director of Centro Arte para la Paz (Center of Arts for Peace) in Suchitoto, El Salvador, a regional educational & cultural center promoting peace through dance, art, and theological reflection. Sr. Peggy founded this healing space in 2006 and gave a keynote address at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in 2019.

Reyna Montoya is the founder and executive director of Aliento, an organization inspired by her lived experience of having her dad detained and being undocumented in the U.S. She shares her talents and skills with the community to co-create healing spaces, political change, and leadership development of our children and immigrant youth. She gave a keynote address at the 2019 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Marcia Chatelain is a scholar of race and ethnicity in America and a national speaker on race, gender, and ethnicity. In 2016, the Chronicle of Higher Education named her a Top Influencer in academia in recognition of her social media campaign #FergusonSyllabus, which implored educators to facilitate discussions about the crisis in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. She gave a keynote address at the 2019 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Nichole Flores, Ph.D., is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia. Dr. Flores researches the constructive contributions of Catholic and Latinx theologies to notions of justice and aesthetics to the life of democracy. She gave a keynote address at the 2019 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Bishop George Murray, S.J., entered the Jesuits in 1972 and served as an educator in various Jesuit institutions until Pope John Paul II named him a bishop in 1995. He served in various leadership roles in United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including as chairman of the committee against racism. He delivered a keynote address at the 2018 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Sr. Patricia is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and served on the Provincial Leadership Team for her community. She was trained by Crossroads in anti-racism and serves as the national co-chair on her community’s anti-racism team. She was the full-time president of the National Black Sisters’ Conference from 1996-2001 and gave a keynote address at the 2017 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Dr. Maria J. Stephan is a senior advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where she focuses on civil resistance, nonviolent movements and their relevance to conflict transformation and democratic development. She was a keynote speaker at the 2017 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Fr. Bryan N. Massingale is a professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University. Fr. Massingale strives to be a scholar-activist through serving faith-based groups advancing justice in society. He is a noted authority on issues of social and racial justice, and gave a keynote address at the 2017 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., a sister with the Missionaries of Jesus, is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. She oversees the charitable arm of the Diocese of Brownsville. She gave a keynote address at the 2016 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Lisa Sharon Harper spoke at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice on Sunday, November 13, 2016. At the time, she served as Chief Church Engagement Officer at Sojourners. In that role Lisa managed Christian networks and developed coalitions focused on racial justice, environmental justice, foreign policy, and evangelical public witness.

Fr. Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., is the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, Calif., the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. He spoke at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice on November 12, 2016.

Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., one of the world's leading advocates against capital punishment, gave the keynote address at the 2015 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which had the theme “Bridges.”

Rudy López is the Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ), a national nonprofit organization that advances the rights of working people by unifying diverse faith communities into action through shared principles, such as justice, dignity and respect. He gave a keynote address at the 2015 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which had the theme “Bridges.”

Maureen H. O’Connell, Ph.D., is a professor of Chrisitan Ethics at LaSalle University. Since 2022, she has also served as the Director of Synod and Higher Education at Discerning Deacons. She gave a keynote address at the 2015 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which had the theme “Bridges.”

Michael E. Lee, PhD is a theology professor at Fordham University with affiliation in Fordham’s Latin American and Latino Studies Institute. He gave a keynote address at the 2014 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which had the theme “Uprooting Injustice. Sowing Truth. Witnessing Transformation.”

Marie Dennis was co-president of Pax Christi from 2007 to 2019. She gave a keynote address at the 2014 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which had the theme “Uprooting Injustice. Sowing Truth. Witnessing Transformation.”

Rev. Ismael Moreno Coto, S.J., popularly known as Padre Melo, is a Jesuit priest and human rights activist in his native Honduras. He directs Radio Progreso (radio station) and E.R.I.C— The Team for Reflection, Research and Communication. He gave a keynote address at the 2014 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice, which had the theme “Uprooting Injustice. Sowing Truth. Witnessing Transformation.”

Sr. Peggy O'Neill, S.C., is the Director of Centro Arte Para La Paz in El Salvador and spoke at the 2013 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C., which had the theme “Illuminating the Horizon of Hope.”

Sarita Gupta is a nationally recognized expert on the economic, labor, and political issues affecting workers and is widely acknowledged as a key leader and strategist for building coalitions and policies that protect and advance the rights of workers. She gave a keynote address at the 2013 IFTJ with the theme “Illuminating the Horizon of Hope.” At the time, she was the Executive Director of Jobs with Justice.

Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor-at-large at America Media, and founder of Outreach. He gave a keynote address at the 2013 IFTJ with the theme “Illuminating the Horizon of Hope” and addressed subsequent IFTJs as a keynote or breakout speaker.

Gabriel Bol Deng now speaks about his life story and the mission of HOPE for Ariang in schools and organizations throughout the United States and around the world. His dream of building a school in his native village of Ariang is now being realized. The construction of the school was completed in May 2011.

Simone Campbell, an attorney and Sister of Social Service, is the Executive Director of NETWORK, a Catholic leader in the global movement for justice and peace that educates, organizes and lobbies for economic and social transformation. She formerly served as Executive Director of JERICHO, an interfaith public policy and advocacy organization in California. As an attorney, she represented low-income people for 18 years in California, where she founded a community-based law center. She also led her international community of women religious for five years, is fluent in Spanish, and is an accomplished poet.

Fr. Fred Kammer, S.J., celebrated 60 years in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 2023. He is known for his work in social ministries, publications on Catholic social teaching and as the former provincial of the former New Orleans Province (from 2002 to 2008). He is currently in residence at Immaculate Conception Parish in Baton Rouge, where he works in social and pastoral ministries.