Note:  Georgia’s Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King who was originally scheduled to speak on 1/22 had to cancel to attend the unexpected funeral of a staff member. He will reschedule. We appreciate Kit Cummings stepping in at the last minute! 

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026

Time: 12:15 pm

Location: Roswell Area Park

Bill Johnson Community Activity Building

10495 Woodstock Road

Roswell, GA 30075

Kit Cummings is an Award-Winning Author | International Speaker | Team Builder, Peacemaker & Storyteller

Kit’s passion, his gift for storytelling, and his entertaining style will have your team on the edge of their seats. His unique message of peace, conflict resolution, and team-building has been used to bring about change in corporations, sports, schools, prisons, and faith-based communities.

In 2010, Kit Cummings launched the Power of Peace Project with a bold mission: to bring hope, healing, and transformation to some of the most dangerous and divided spaces in the world. With deep experience resolving conflict behind prison walls and in at-risk communities, Kit has become a powerful voice for nonviolence, second chances, and real change.

On MLK Day 2020, the NAACP honored Kit with the Martin Luther King Jr. “Living the Dream” Award for his civil rights work, prison reform efforts, and impact on underserved youth. In 2021, he was appointed to the Georgia House of Representatives Study Committee on Youth Gangs and Violence Prevention, playing a pivotal role in the passage of HB750, a groundbreaking anti-gang bill.

From juvenile prisons to war-torn neighborhoods, Kit has taken POPP across the globe—from Tijuana’s La Mesa Prison to South African townships, from U.S. high schools to Eastern European rehab centers, from urban courts to rural churches, from Cambodian hospitals to Brazilian penitentiaries. His tools of change? Hope, humility, courage, and compassion.

Reach & Recognition

• Over 100 prisons, jails, detention centers, and rehab facilities visited across 5 continents

• Partnered with Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice to serve over 1,000 incarcerated youth

• Peace summits and international speaking tours on 5 continents

Books & Thought Leadership

• Author of seven books, including the award-winning Peace Behind the Wire: A Nonviolent Resolution (endorsed by the King Family)

• Latest book: The Power of Peace: How powerful leaders harness peace to eliminate chaos and deliver results!

• Named “Honorable Mention, Author of the Year” by Georgia Writers Association (with co-honoree President Jimmy Carter)

Certifications & Awards

• Certified Gang Specialist, National Gang Crime Research Center (Chicago)

• Recipient of the 2021 Spirit Award for Innovation in Gang Prevention

• Honored by local and international leaders for youth mentorship, peacebuilding, and leadership

Kit Cummings is lighting the path forward—inside corporations, prisons, schools, courtrooms, churches, and communities—one brave heart at a time. Let's pack the gym this Thursday for this outstanding speaker!