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Speakers & Artists
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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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 | | Amer Ahmed
Acclaimed Scholar Examining Islamophobia
• Islam: Beyond the Myths, Breaking down the Barriers
• Hip Hop Activism Within Multicultural and Academic Arenas
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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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 | | Ana María Alvarez
Founding Artistic Director of the Acclaimed Salsa-based, Urban-Latin Dance Theater Company Contra-Tiempo
• Taking the Lead: Redefining Afro Latin Dance to Empower and Connect Communities
• Reclaiming the Latino Voice in Latino Dance and Salsa
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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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 | | AXIS Dance Company
Disability and Dance
• A Pioneer in the World of Dance - Dancers With and Without Disabilities
• Award-winning Dance Company offering Performances, Workshops and Lectures
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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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 | | 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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 | | 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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 | | 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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 | | 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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 | | Dawn-Elissa Fischer
The “DEF” Professor
• Professor of Africana Studies and a Leading Hip Hop Scholar
• Co-founder of the National Hip Hop Political Convention
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 | | Carolyn Gage
Award-winning Lesbian Playwright and Performer
• Plays include The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Ugly Ducklings and Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist
• Books include Take Stage! How to Direct and Produce a Lesbian Play
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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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 | | 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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 | | Marc Bamuthi Joseph
A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education
• National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran, dancer/choreographer and featured artist on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on HBO
• Recipient of the U.S. Artists Rockefeller Fellowship which annually recognizes 50 of the country's "greatest living artists"
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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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 | | 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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 | | 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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 | | Ariel Luckey
Hip Hop Theater Artist, Poet, and Educator
• Exposes White Privilege and the Theft of Native Land through his solo show "Free Land: A Hip Hop Journey from the Streets of Oakland to the Wild Wild West"
• Director of the Free Land Project, which produces dynamic hip hop theater, keynotes, workshops, forums and cultural events
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 | | Ise Lyfe
Premier Spoken Word Artists, Emcee, and Educator
• Available for solo shows that include Is Everybody Stupid.(?) and Who's Krazy? as well as lectures, performances and workshops
• One of the top “101 Black Men in California Making a Difference”
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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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 | | 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 Women’s History
• Co-Founder and Director of the Institute for MultiRacial Justice
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 | | Peggy McIntosh
Lecturer & Writer on White Privilege, Male Privilege and Equitable Curricula
• Author of the ground-breaking essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
•Founder and co-director of the National SEED(Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project on Inclusive Curriculum
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 | | Reanae McNeal
Awarding Winning Performer, Playwright, Oral Herstorian
• Active in the anti-violence movement focusing on rape/sexual assualt
• Solo shows include Don't Speak My Mother's Name In Vain and Blues Women Don't Wear No Shoes
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 | | Pamela Means
Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter and Acoustic Artist
- A favorite at Black History Month, Women’s Month, Gay Pride, and Take Back the Night events.
- Seven CD releases including her latest, Precedent
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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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 | | Leroy Moore Jr.
African American Disabled Writer, Poet, Activist
• Author of a spoken word CD and chapbook Black Disabled Man with a Big Mouth & a High IQ
• Lectures on the intersection of race and disability, among other topics
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 | | Jesus "Chuy" Negrete
Nationally-Recognized Entertainer and Educator
• One of the nation's foremost musicologists and interpreters of Mexican and Chicano music
• Founder and Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute
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 | | Alix Olson
Folk Poet and Progressive Queer Artist-Activist
• Editor of the acclaimed book Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken World Revolution and author of several books of poetry and spoken word CDS
• Poetry slam champion and subject of award-winning documentary Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson
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 | | Ishle Park
Award-Winning Poet and Singer
• Author of The Temperature of This Water, her poetry is also featured on her CD, Work is Love
• Winner of numerous writing awards and former Poet Laureate of Queens
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 | | Sofía 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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 | | Michael Reyes
Spoken Word Poet and Youth Organizer
• Featured in the independent film "Urban Poet," his poetry CD is My Voice
• Co-founder of Chicago youth centers Batey Urbano and Zocalo Urbano
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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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 | | 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 University’s 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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 | | Walter Turner
Leading Authority on Africa - its History, Development and Current Events
• Co-author of No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000
• Host and producer of the acclaimed weekly Pacifica Radio program, "Africa Today"
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 | | Hugh Vasquez
Top Diversity Educator and Consultant
- Well-known for his role in the award-winning documentary film "The Color of Fear"
• Co-author of the curriculum Lessons from "The Color of Fear" and the book No Boundaries: Unlearning Oppression and Building Multicultural Alliances and Making Allies
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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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 | | Family Diversity Exhibits
Traveling Photo-Text Exhibits for Diversity Education
• LOVE MAKES A FAMILY: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People and Their Families
• NOTHING TO HIDE: Mental Illness in the Family
•IN OUR FAMILY: Portraits of All Kinds of Families
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 | | Salud!
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