Weekly Roundup — Lateefah Simon, Jessica Valenti, Steve Brodner
Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with the latest news from our headlining speakers! Lateefah Simon, a rising star in the California Democratic Party, is a delegate at the DNC in Philadelphia this week. We’ll be interested in getting ‘the scoop’ when she returns! She says “Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for live updates while I proudly …Read More
Weekly Roundup – Arsalan Iftikhar, Daisy Hernandez, Derrick Pitts
Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with the latest news from our headlining speakers! Arsalan Iftikhar has a thoughtful piece in this weeks TIME Magazine about the misunderstandings of what “Sharia Law” really is, and how it contributes to an unnecessary hostility towards Muslim Americans. Congratulations to Daisy Hernandez, who starts her new teaching position at …Read More
Weekly Roundup – Annie Leonard, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Spencer Overton
Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with the latest news from our headlining speakers! Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, has an interesting (and troubling) blog post on Huffington Post this week, entitled The Hidden Consequences of Food Waste. It’s more than what you scrape off your plate at the end of a meal – …Read More
Weekly Roundup – Lilly Ledbetter, Christine McKinley, Sonia Shah
Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with the latest news from our headlining speakers! Lilly Ledbetter spoke at the inaugural “United State of Women Summit”, hosted by the White House, where she shared the podium with luminaries such as President Obama and Vice President Biden, as well as First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. Christine …Read More
Weekly Roundup – Michal Mann, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jessica Valenti
Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with the latest news from our headlining speakers – Hot enough for you? According to climatologist Michael Mann, it’s only going to get hotter. Quoted in a recent TIME Magazine article, Mann says “If we continue to burn fossil fuels and increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, …Read More
Weekly Roundup – Arsalan Iftikhar, Kathleen Hanna
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Catch up with latest news from some of our headlining speakers: Arsalan Iftikhar’s new book Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms is gaining a lot of attention, as seen in this interview . Riot Grrrl Kathleen Hanna has a most unexpected song coming out – a funny, folky …Read More
Weekly Round Up: David Quammen, Lilly Ledbetter
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Catch up with latest news from some of our headlining speakers: Congratulations to David Quammen! National Geographic Magazine has devoted the May issue to the centennial of Yellowstone Park, and David wrote and edited the entire issue (first time in NatGeo history!). Taking her equal pay message internationally, Lilly Ledbetter …Read More
Weekly Round Up: Kate Harding, Jim Lucas, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with latest news from some of our headlining speakers: Congratulations to Kate Harding who has been named one of two visiting writers for the Cornell College Center for the Literary Arts! Be sure to check out the newest book from Sonia Shah, Pandemic. Available now! Head over to …Read More