Glen Lauder introduces two of the event speakers, Billy Parish and John Francis, as leaders in the climate change movement and as men that, along with the collective of concerned citizens, embody the spirit depicted by Philip Glass in his Satyagraha opera. Presentation at “Satyagraha: Gandhi’s ‘Truth Force’ in the Age of Climate Change” presented by the Garrison Institute on April 13, 2008 at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City.