Keynote Speaker: Bridget Moix, General Secretary
Bridget Moix is the fifth General Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). She also leads two other Quaker organizations, affiliated with FCNL: Friends Place on Capitol Hill and FCNL Education Fund. She is a passionate Quaker peace advocate, activist, and mother.
While serving as an ambassador for FCNL and its vision, Bridget also ensures that all aspects of the organization are sustained and nourished. She supports a staff of more than 50 and a full legislative agenda based on the regular discernment of more than 200 Quaker meetings and churches around the country.
Bridget joined FCNL in this role in January 2022. She brings with her 30 years of work on international peace and conflict issues, with a focus on US foreign policy. Just prior to joining FCNL, she served as US Executive Director of Peace Direct (2015-2021).
Bridget is no stranger to FCNL. In 1996, she was an intern at FCNL and later served as senior legislative secretary for FCNL’s foreign policy program (2002-2006; 2008-2012). She developed FCNL’s peaceful prevention of deadly conflict program and co-founded the Prevention and Protection Working Group (PPWG), a coalition of human rights, religious, humanitarian, anti-genocide, and peace organizations.
Keynote Speaker Bridget Moix, General Secretary
From 1999–2002 Bridget served on the FCNL Executive Committee and was later assistant clerk then clerk of the General Committee (2016–2020). In that role, she made FCNL’s diversity, equity, and inclusion work a priority while continuing her personal journey with race and racism.
As an executive, Bridget managed Peace Direct’s US office in Washington, DC (2015-2021) and Casa de los Amigos (Friends House) in Mexico City (2006-2007). She previously worked at USAID’s Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (2013-2015), with Oxfam America as policy advisor for Sudan (2005), at the Quaker United Nations Office in New York (2000-2002), and with the Quaker Peace Center in Cape Town, South Africa (1999).
Bridget has served on numerous boards and governing bodies over the years. She currently serves with Peace Direct US, Darfur Women Action Group, LUKE 10, and the Haverford College Corporation.
As a teacher, she has taught courses in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and Quaker studies at several institutions, including Haverford College, Columbia University, George Washington University, American University, and Eastern Mennonite University.
Bridget holds a Ph.D. from George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She focused her dissertation on understanding the motivations of local peacebuilders and how the international community can better support them.
She is author of “Choosing Peace: Agency and Action in the Midst of War” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), and a contributing author to “Building Peace in America” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) and “The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice” (Josey-Bass; 2006; 2014).
Bridget lives in Washington, D.C., with her two sons who nurture and challenge her peacebuilding skills every day. She is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Friday, May 15th at 11am EST.
Venue: Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax Campus
GPS Address: 4373 Mason Pond Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030
Live Stream
The Degree Celebration will be live streamed on George Mason's YouTube Channel.
Important Information below about Commencement and Degree Celebrations
Ticket registration email with the subject "Commencement Tickets Available" will be sent to the George Mason email of all bachelor’s and master’s graduates. Check your spam folder if you do not see it.
Email gmuevent@gmu.edu if you did not receive the email.
Tickets are required to attend the Degree Celebration. Tickets for College Degree Celebrations will be available starting February 27. The deadline to claim tickets is March 31st. If tickets are still available, a second opportunity to register for additional tickets will be announced on April 1st. Graduates will not need a ticket for themselves but are required to present their individual GRAD Pass, obtained through Tassel, for each ceremony they attend. Please only claim the number of tickets that are necessary for your guests. Any guests 2 years old and above will need a ticket.
Center for the Arts important information
All graduates and patrons entering the Center for the Arts will be required to pass through a security gate. Bags and persons may be subject to search by event security. Please limit the items brought into the venue to help us ensure a smooth process and avoid delays.
If you plan to wear a face covering while attending the degree celebration, please be prepared to produce photo identification. For more information, see here.
Please note that noisemakers, balloons, and certain signs are among the items prohibited in the Center for the Arts. For a complete list of prohibited items, see here."
Regalia Purchasing 2026
Purchase or Rent Regalia online
Purchase or Rent Regalia in-person at the bookstore
Regalia Deadlines:
Doctoral —Last day to order if purchasing regalia: March 15
Last day to order rental regalia online: April 1
Bachelors/Masters—Last day to order online: April 19
After that date, purchases available in person at the University Bookstore while supplies last.
Faculty—Last day to order regalia: April 10
Please note:
- Graduates must arrive in regalia (cap and gown) at 9:15am
- entering through the side entrance following directional signs
- Graduates must follow directional signs to the right side entrance of building for check-in (Near Door A6)
- Rehearsal and walk-through at 9:30am
- The ceremony will last approximately and hour and a half
- There will be a brief reception after the ceremony in the lobby, please stay for cake!
- Tickets are required for family and guests provided by the graduate through the Tassel ticketing portal, Graduates don’t need a ticket but must register for a Tassel "Stage Pass" to check in before ceremony
- Doors to CFA will open at 10:15am
- tickets will be needed to enter concert hall, graduates are responsible for sending tickets to family and guests
- Door to concert hall will open at 10:30am
We hope that you are able to join us!
Center for the Arts
Parking Directions
Mason Pond Parking Deck, 4371 Mason Pond Drive, just north of the Center for the Arts on Mason Pond Drive. This deck offers the closest parking and a walkway to the venue. Exit the Mason Pond Parking Deck on the 1st floor or 3rd floor. The Center for the Arts is adjacent to the parking deck, on Mason Pond Drive.
