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Speakers & Artists
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 | | Opal Palmer Adisa
Celebrated Novelist, Poet and Educator
American Book Award Winner for her poetry collection Tamarind and Mango Women
Diversity educator focusing on racism, sexism, homophobia and internalized oppression
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 | | Antwi Akom
Award Winning Educator, Scholar and Writer
A Leading Expert on the Green Economy, Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and Climate Change
Greening the Globe: Environmental Health, Educational Equity, and Social Justice
Revolutionary Urbanism: Race, Climate Justice, and the Politics of Pollution in Cities and Schools
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 | | Daniel "Nane" Alejandrez
Founder and Executive Director, Barrios Unidos
Community Organizing: Combating Poverty, Gangs, and Drugs
Creating Youth-Centered Economic Development
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 | | damali ayo
Author, Performing and Visual Artist
Post-Race America? Racism in the Age of Obama
Author of the best selling book How to Rent a Negro
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 | | Michael Benitez Jr.
Scholar & Speaker Integrating Hip Hop Pedagogy & Academic Inquiry
Building Sustained Cross- and Intercultural Unity and Dialogue
Empowerment and Education: Addressing Issues of Diversity and Social Justice
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 | | Mohammed Bilal
Diversity Consultant, Actor, Musician & Poet
Facilitator of over 300 diversity presentations/workshops worldwide
Former castmember of MTV's The Real World San Francisco
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 | | Mohammed Bilal & Josh "BOAC" Goldstein Orange Flash
Hip Hop Duo Looks at Race, Racism, and the Way We Get Along
Challenging notions of Black and White, Jew and Muslim, urban and suburban to build cross-cultural communication and understanding
Ten Tools for Open Interaction
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 | | Peter Bratt
Acclaimed Director and Screenwriter
Award-winning Films include "La Mission" and "Follow Me Home"
Longtime Native Activist and Community Advocate
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 | | Brave New Voices on Tour
...because the next generation can speak for itself.
Includes some of the brightest young performance poets nationwide
These voices of 21st Century America transcend race, class, gender, orientation, and red state/blue state politics to show us what the next generation of leaders looks and sounds like
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 | | Linda Burnham
Activist & Writer for Women's Rights & Racial Justice
Founder and Former Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center
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 | | Shakti Butler
Filmmaker and Facilitator of Diversity Dialogues
Producer & Director of Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible and "The Way Home"
Building sustainable communities through equity and social justice
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 | | Angela Davis
Author, Educator and Activist
Author of numerous books on the prison industrial complex including Abolition Democracy and Are Prisons Obsolete?
- Leader in the movement for economic, racial, and gender equality
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 | | Melanie DeMore
Acclaimed African American Folk Singer
- Available for performances and vocal workshops
- Her "Sound Awareness program explores the political and cultural effects of the media on music and young people
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 | | Jacqueline Elena Featherston
Acclaimed Writer, Educator and Visionary
Works include the book Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity and the film "Alice Walker: Visions of the Spirit"
Weaving Change: Equity and Social Justice Transforming Culture across Differences
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 | | Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Leading Labor, Racial Justice and International Solidarity Leader
Co-author of Solidarity Divided, The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice
Founder of the Center for Labor Renewal and past president of TransAfrica Forum
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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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 | | headRush
Spoken Word Theater and Popular Education Crew
Performances combine elements of Xicano theatre, spoken word and hip hop to ignite critical dialogue and social action
Makes complex issues accessible and relevant to diverse audiences through dramatic multi-media storytelling and interactive workshops
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 | | Alice Y. Hom
Educator and Community Builder
Co-editor of the anthology Q & A: Queer in Asian America
Makes the connections on race, gender, and sexuality as well as address topics of lesbian of color organizing, Asian American feminism, and Asian American lesbian and gay cultural activism
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 | | Ericka Huggins
Human Rights Activist, Poet and Scholar
Former Black Panther leader and political prisoner
Lectures focus on womens' leadership, physical and emotional well-being of women and children, youth incarceration, education, and the role of spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting change
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Politically Sexy, Rambunctiously Entertaining Spoken Word Hip Hop Theater
Fuses spoken word, hip-hop, funk, and experimental theater
Comprised of African American and Asian American artists, they demonstrate the complex history that binds our history
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 | | Andrew Jolivette
Accomplished Educator, Writer and Social/Cultural Critic
Topics include Rethinking Identity: Mixed Race, HIV/AIDS and People of Color, Indigenous Rights and Cultural Survival, LGBT/Queer Community of Color Identity
Author of Cultural Representation in Native America and Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed Race Native American Identity
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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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 | | Frances Kendall
Consultant and Author on Diversity, White Privilege and Organizational Change
Author of Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race and Diversity in the Classroom
Over thirty-five years experience in helping organizations and institutions address diversity and create change
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 | | Paul Kivel
Violence Prevention and Social Justice Educator, Activist and Writer
Author of Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice; Boys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons for Courage, Caring and Community and You call this a Democracy?
Works to end male violence and build alliances across race, gender, class, sexual orientation and age
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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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 | | Victor Lewis
Leader in the Field of Anti-Oppression Diversity Work and Alliance Building
Known for his inspiring role in the award-winning race relations documentary, "The Color of Fear"
Co-author of the curriculum, Lessons from "The Color of Fear"
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 | | Victor Lewis and Hugh Vasquez
Two of the Men from "The Color of Fear," the Breakthrough Film about Race Relations
Co-authors of the curriculum, Lessons from "The Color of Fear"
Offer engaging workshops and presentations based on the film and moving beyond "The Color of Fear"
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 | | James W. Loewen
Award-Winning Sociologist, Historian, and Best-Selling Author
Author of numerous books including Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America and Sundown Towns and his latest, Teaching What Really Happened
Topics cover U.S. history, multicultural education, civil rights, race relations, voting rights, law and social science
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 | | Roberto Lovato
One of the Nations 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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 | | Ben Manski
Executive Director of the Liberty Tree Foundation
Former co-chair of the Green Party and past National Director of Campus Greens USA
Efforts focus on building a new democracy movement in the U.S. and democratizing education
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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 Womens History
Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for MultiRacial Justice
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 | | Jeb Middlebrook
Anti-Racist Speaker and Organizer
Director of the Solidarity Institute and co-founder of the spoken word and hip-hop duo, Anti-Racist Fifteen
Author of A Different Shade of White, Another Kind of Male: A Guide to Using Privilege Responsibly
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 | | Jeb Middlebrook and Trevor Wysling: Anti-Racist Fifteen
Anti-Racist Spoken Word and HipHop Duo
Performances accompanied by workshops and discussions on creating anti-racist culture on campus and in local communities
Featured in the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible
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 | | Rev. Irene Monroe
Lesbian Theologian, Scholar, Writer and Activist
Popular columnist for New England Blade, The Advocate Magazine, Black Commentator and Huffington Post
Sought-after speaker on race, women's spirituality and gender issues.
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 | | Carlos Muρoz 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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 | | Sofνa Quintero (aka Black Artemis)
Novelist, Filmmaker & Social Justice Activist
Author of the hip hop novels Explicit Content and Picture Me Rollin and the "chica-lit" novel Divas Don't Yield
Co-founder of Chica Luna Productions
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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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 | | Bill Santiago
Stand-up Comedian and Comedy Writer
Author of Pardon My Spanglish ‘Porque Because!
Performs Spanglish 101: A Total Immersion Comedic Excursion into Latino USA
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 | | Renee Saucedo
Prominent Immigrant Rights Attorney & Human Rights Activist
Founder of the grassroots organization, INS Watch
Director of the San Francisco Day Laborer Program
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 | | Scott Turner Schofield
Award-Winning Transgender Performer, Writer and Educator
Stage performances include Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps and Debutante Balls
Author of Two Truths and a Lie
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 | | Molly Secours
Writer & Filmmaker for Racial Equity and Social Justice
- Advisory Board Member of Fisk Universitys Race Relations Institute and a leading voice on white privilege
- Films include Faces Of TennCare,""College On The Brain," and "Welcome To My Hood"
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 | | Mab Segrest
Lesbian Feminist Scholar, Writer and Activist
- Adressses topics of White Privilege, GLBT and Women's issues, Mental Health and Ending Campus Sexual Assault
- Author of Memoir of a Race Traitor and Born to Belonging: Writings on Spirit and Justice
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 | | Rinku Sen
Leading Figure in the Racial Justice Movement
Executive Director of Applied Research Center and Publisher of Colorlines magazine
Books include The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization and Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing
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 | | A Slice of Rice, Frijoles & Greens
Multicultural Program of Spoken Word, Music, Movement and Song
African American(Chic Street Man), Latina(Paulina Sahagun) and Asian American(Dan Kwong) artists come together to take audiences beyond cultural borders in a show that entertains and enlightens
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 | | Noemi Sohn
Activist for Disability Rights and Racial Equality, and Media Advocate
Lectures, workshops and poetry explore disability & identity, looking at ableism & other oppressions
Working on a documentary film on women, race and disability.
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 | | Cathi Tactaquin
Executive Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- The Immigrant Rights Agenda and the Election of Barack Obama
- Immigration and Migration in the Global Era
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 | | Upsurge!
High Octane Jazz Poetry Duo
Jazz Poets Raymond Nat Turner & Zigi Lowenberg move minds and incite action while always holding true to the rhythm
CD releases include Chromatology and All Hands on Deck
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 | | Rev. C.T. Vivian
A Living Legend of the Civil Rights Movement
A Baptist Minister who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for many years
Speaks on building a Civil Rights Movement for the New Millennium
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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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 | | Tim Wise
One of the Country's Leading Anti-Racist Writers and Activists
Author of Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity and Between Barack and a Hard Place: Challenging Racism, Privilege and Denial in the Age of Obama, among other titles
Available for lectures, workshops and trainings
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 | | Follow Me Home
An Exploration of Race & Identity from Director-Writer Peter Bratt
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