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Speakers & Artists
Search for Speakers, Artists, Exhibits and Films below
 | | Michael Albert
Writer on Participatory Economics "Parecon"
• Creating a New Economic Vision for the Future
• Author of sixteen books on political economy and radical organizing
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 | | Anthony Arnove
Best-selling Author and Activist
• Editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States
• Author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal
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 | | Medea Benjamin
Co-Founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace
• Long-time Human Rights Activist and Author
• Founding Director of the human rights organization Global Exchange
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 | | Blase Bonpane
Director of the Office of the Americas
• Author of two books - Guerrillas of Peace on the Air and Common Sense for the 21st Century
• Building an International Peace System
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 | | Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, and Author
• Author several dozen books on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy
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 | | Kevin Danaher
Expert on the Green Economy & Globalization
- Founder & Executive Producer of the Green Festivals & Executive Director of the Global Citizen Center
- Author of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots, among numerous other books
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 | | Noura Erakat
Palestinian American Human Rights Attorney & Professor
- Co-Founder of the American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights
- Important voice for Palestinians in the United States and Middle East
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 | | Lakota Harden
Acclaimed Orator, Community Organizer, Diversity Trainer
• Veteran activist in Native American communities
• Her lectures and workshops focus on unlearning racism, sexism and other social oppressions as well as "decolonization" workshops for Indigenous peoples
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 | | Van Jones
Globally Recognized Pioneer in The Green Collar Economy
• Author of the bestseller The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Solve Our Two Biggest Problems
• Former Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality
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 | | Kiwi
Hip Hop Artist and Filipino Community Activist
• Formerly with the acclaimed Filipino hip hop group Native Guns, his latest CD is The Summer Exposure Mixtape
• Also facilitates Hip Hop workshops for young people
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 | | Winona LaDuke
Internationally Renowned Activist working on Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Native America
• Author of numerous books including Recovering the Sacred, All our Relations and a novel, Last Standing Woman
• Executive Director of the Honor the Earth and founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project
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 | | Roberto Lovato
One of the Nation’s Leading Latino Writers and Commentators
• Associate Editor with New America Media and frequent contributore to numerous magazines and websites
• Speaks and writes on growing Latino power and influence, immigration, media, politics, race and human rights
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 | | Barbara Lubin
Founder and Executive Director of the Middle East Children's Alliance
• Has led some twenty delegations of North Americans to Palestine/Israel, Iraq, and Lebanon
• An acclaimed advocate for children in the Middle East and peace with justice
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 | | devorah major
Accomplished Poet, Novelist, Performer
• Books include Ice Journeys, street smarts and An Open Weave
• Served as San Francisco’s Poet Laureate from 2002-2006
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 | | Elizabeth Martinez
Veteran Social Justice Organizer and Author
• Books include the classic 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures, De Colores Means All of Us:Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century and 500 Years of Chicana Women’s History
• Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for MultiRacial Justice
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 | | Camilo Mejía
The New Face of the Anti-War Movement
• The First Iraq War Veteran to Refuse to Fight
• Author of the book Road from Ar Ramidi: The Private Rebellion of Staff Sergeant Mejía
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 | | Carlos Muñoz Jr.
Prominent Political Scientist, Historian and Public Intellectual
• Author of Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement and the forthcoming Diversity and The Challenge for a Multiracial Democracy In America
• Founding chair of the first Chicano Studies department in the nation
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 | | Greg Palast
Award-Winning Investigative Reporter
- Author of the bestsellers, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse
• DVDs include Palast Investigates: On the Trail: From 8-Mile to the Amazon with Investigative Reporter Greg Palast
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 | | Boots Riley
Hip Hop Artist and Raptivist for Social Justice
• Co-founder of the hip hop group The Coup whose award-winning albums include Party Music and Pick a Bigger Weapon
• Spoken word poet and community organizer
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 | | Loretta J. Ross
Women's Rights & Human Rights Leader
• National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
• Co-author of Undivided Right: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice
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 | | Carmen Mitzi Sinnott
Award-Winning Actress and Arts Educator
• Her solo show based on her own parents, SNAPSHOT: a true story of love interrupted by invasion, explores the forces of history, race, and war
• Best Actress nominee at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival & recipient of a Brooklyn Arts Council’s NYSCA Individual Artist Award
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 | | Alice Walker
The Essential Writer of Our Times
• Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple as well as numerous other novels, books of poetry, short stories and essay collections
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 | | Bob Wing
Senior Organizer with Southern Coalition for Social Justice
- Race, Elections and the Changing Electorate
- Crossing Race and Nationality: the Racial Formation of Asian Americans
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