Educator, organizer, and visionary Dr. Angela Davis is a globally recognized voice in the ongoing pursuit of justice. Her work has catalyzed generations to engage in collective liberation, deep cultural reflection, and reimagining systems rooted in equity and care.
For over five decades, Dr. Davis has brought purpose-driven leadership and intergenerational insight to the forefront of movement. Her lifelong commitment to learning in community and transformational change has made her one of the most impactful thinkers and organizers of our time.
As a scholar, Dr. Davis has helped shape inclusive educational spaces at institutions including San Francisco State, UCLA, Vassar, Stanford, and the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she is now Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies. Her classrooms, whether academic or grassroots, have long served as brave spaces for open-minded inquiry, collective reflection, and building connection across difference.
Dr. Davis is the author of nine influential books, including Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. Her work continues to make the invisible visible, linking struggles for Black liberation, Palestinian freedom, feminist resistance, and global solidarity through a lens of intersectional justice and cultural awareness. She draws on her lived experience as a political prisoner and longtime organizer to call for collective care and the dismantling of the prison industrial complex, a concept she helped bring into public consciousness.
A founding member of Critical Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial complex, Dr. Davis continues to offer strategies for resilience, compassionate communication, and radical imagination as tools for movement-building. She is also a longtime collaborator with Sisters Inside, an abolitionist organization in Australia working alongside incarcerated women.
At a time of global reckoning, Angela Davis invites us into honest conversations, community-rooted action, and the ongoing work of reimagining justice. Through her voice, we’re reminded that freedom is not only possible, it’s a practice we build together.
An Evening with Angela Davis: A Fireside Conversation on a Life of Resistance and Radical Imagination
Join renowned scholar, abolitionist, and freedom dreamer Dr. Angela Davis for an intimate, story-driven dialogue. In this conversation as connection, Dr. Davis reflects on her life’s journey through activism, academia, incarceration, and global solidarity work. From her early days as a political prisoner to her role in shaping intersectional feminist thought and abolitionist movements, she offers personal and political insight into the evolving landscape of justice work. This evening will be a space for honest conversation, collective reflection, and learning through story—a chance to engage with one of the most powerful voices of our time.
Democracy in Motion: Civil Engagement as a Practice of Freedom
In this urgent and reflective presentation, Dr. Angela Davis explores democracy not as a fixed system, but as a living practice shaped by everyday people committed to community well-being and shared purpose. Drawing on decades of organizing, teaching, and resistance, she challenges us to see civic participation as more than voting, inviting us into brave dialogue, deep reflection, and collective action as essential strategies for keeping democracy alive. In an era of rising authoritarianism and systemic inequality, Davis offers tools for change, critical insight, and hope grounded in action.
Education or Incarceration? Reimagining Learning Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex
Angela Davis, who helped bring the term “prison industrial complex” into public discourse, offers a bold, intersectional critique of how resources are distributed in our society. This talk explores how disinvestment in education and overinvestment in punishment have shaped generational cycles of harm, particularly in Black and Brown communities. Davis calls on us to create human-centered learning environments, embrace popular education, and build a culture where learning, not locking up, is the priority. Through lived experience, scholarship, and activism, she urges us to envision a future where education is liberation.
Building Connection Across Movements for Justice
What does solidarity look like in a fragmented world? In this globally-focused conversation, Dr. Angela Davis shares how struggles for justice are deeply interconnected. With reflections on labor and abolition, feminism and climate justice, she invites us into a relationship-centered movement culture rooted in shared purpose and collective care. Dr. Davis explores how inclusive culture and narrative reflection can deepen our understanding and strengthen our organizing, offering a vision of justice that is global, intersectional, and grounded in connection
Intersectional Insights: Centering Gender, Identity, and Community Care in Addressing Gender-Based Harm
In this thoughtful and reflective presentation, Dr. Angela Davis invites us to explore how gender-based harm intersects with broader challenges like economics, limited access to support systems, and social marginalization. Through a lens of intersectional feminism and community care, Dr. Davis encourages constructive conversations around safety, healing-centered practices, and inclusive culture. She offers grounded insight and relationship-centered strategies for building environments where everyone, across identities and experiences, can thrive.
