No Evil Project: 15 Years of Art & Conversations

AJ Leto has spent more than 30 years helping people and organizations grow beyond limiting labels and realize their potential. A success coach, corporate leader, consultant, and speaker, he’s worked with everyone from solo entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 executive teams. His experiential approach blends practical tools with real-world insight, inviting people to recognize their barriers—and go through them. Rooted in a family tradition of teaching and caregiving, AJ’s work reflects his belief in every individual’s capacity for positive contribution—values that align with his role on the Board of Directors of the No Evil Project.

Christina serves as the Assistant Director for Education and Engagement at the Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross. She brings over two decades of experience in education and the arts, including roles with Teach For America and the BU Art Galleries. A member of Leadership Worcester's Class of 2026, Christina serves on the Governance and Education Committees for the Worcester Cultural Coalition, the Board of Governors for the New Art Center, and the Board of Directors for the Worcester Center for Crafts.

Jean-Sebastien Duvilaire, known as Houngan Babbas, is an independent scholar and artist whose work explores Haitian and African histories, traditions, and spiritual lineages. He founded the AfrikAyiti Project to strengthen connections between Africa and the Diaspora through cultural exchange, sustainable business, and community-centered art. A dancer, choreographer, educator, and cultural worker from Abricot, Haiti, he leads JSDDance by Tahomey, creating projects that unite Ayiti and Africa. His teaching and performances have taken him across the U.S., the Caribbean, and the African continent, sharing perspectives on African culture through his Haitian experience. His Pan-African advocacy includes collaborations with artists, scholars, and farmers in rural Ayiti and rural Africa. Now based in Worcester, he is an active member of Sosyete Nago, an advisor in the Royal Court of the Aïzos of Allada in Benin, and a husband and father.

Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, she earned a degree in Business Administration from UNIBE (Universidad Iberoamericana) in Santo Domingo and later a degree in Marketing Management from Delta College in Michigan. She’s the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Guardians of Traditions, a local nonprofit celebrating and preserving culture through events and education. As a cultural events curator, producer, and research scholar, she’s passionate about connecting communities through shared heritage. She also serves as Vice-Chair of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and co-chairs its governance committee. Her contributions have been widely recognized, including the 2020 and 2022 Amplify LatinX Awards for arts and culture, the Key to the City of Worcester for her role in the city’s Tercentennial celebrations, and recognition as a 2022 Worcester Magazine Hometown Hero.

Ali Kane (she/they) is a Queer nonprofit leader and lifelong learner committed to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. Through ALK Consulting, they further this work by offering LGBTQIA+ inclusion workshops to organizations across industries to create more affirming spaces for staff, clients, and the community at large. She also champions health equity as Manager of Grants Administration at Family Health Center of Worcester. Ali fosters inclusive, creative community as a drag king and co-producer of the Worcester Draglesque Festival. In their fleeting spare time, they enjoy playing board games and travelling throughout New England with her partner, and spoiling their cats.

Jeff Lafata-Hernandez (he/him) founded Empowering People for Inclusive Communities (EPIC) in 2011 to address the unmet needs of transition-aged youth with disabilities. In addition to building EPIC’s youth leadership programs, Jeff utilizes over two decades of experience in disability services, along with his lived experience as a person with a disability, to provide disability justice, inclusion, and anti-ableism expertise through EPIC Training & Consulting.

Aaron is the Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, where he has served since 1999. He is also Pastor of Worcester Fellowship, which is an outdoor church serving the City's most vulnerable populations. Aaron holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Religion and Philosophy from Elizabethtown College and a Master of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School, 1991. He continues to work on a Doctorate in Ministry at Hartford Seminary. Aaron is active in a variety of community organizations and is a founding member of the Unitarian Universalist Trauma Response Ministry. He is also an Adjunct Instructor at Worcester State College, where he offers courses in the Sociology of Death & Dying, Race, Class and Gender, and occasionally the Sociology of Religion. Aaron lives in Worcester with his wife, Kristen, who is the editor of The Landmark newspaper. They have two adult children, Morgaine and Charles.