Hope everyone is having a great week! Check out the latest from some of our awesome change-makers in the news: Have a listen to Marc Steiner’s recent WEAA radio show, in which he sits down for a conversation with the great writer and thinker Charles Johnson to discuss Dr. Johnson’s powerful book The Words …
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Happy Tuesday! Stay updated with what some of our change-making speakers are up to: Haven’t you always wanted to know why that age-old decision maker – the classic coin toss – is random? Let award winning scientist Dr. Ainissa Ramirez explain! Renowned author and living legend Charles Johnson invites us to take a …
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Hope everyone is having a fantastic week! Here is what a few of our speakers have been up to: Discussing the NY Prison break over at CNN, Ted Conover describes how one decent snitch could hold the key. Slowly, West Africa is prying itself free from the grip of the Ebola virus. Krys Boyd …
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Check out the latest updates from some of our awesome speakers and change-makers: Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson makes Tuvok’s cloaking frequency cake from Star Trek Voyager on the set of Nerdy Nummies. Innovation Hub has a great article on two of our favorite science evangelists, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson! Don’t …
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Check out the latest updates from some of our awesome speakers and change-makers: We are pleased to announce that Charles Johnson’s newest book: The Adventures of Emery Jones Boy Science Wonder – The Hard Problem, will be officially published this Sunday 2/15/2015. Activist and speaker Enrique Morones explained the history of Border Angels and water …
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Ian Cheney’s latest film, The Search for General Tso, will be available in theaters and video-on-demand on January 2. Check out the newest trailer here! Lateefah Simon, a MacArthur Fellowship winner for her civil rights work, has been nominated for the San Francisco Chronicle’s newest award honoring the top Bay Area visionary. Head over to The Guardian …
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These days, if you turn on the TV or radio or read a newspaper, you’re bound to see something about Ebola. Here’s what two experts –Sonia Shah and David Quammen– have to say: Quammen gives readers a bigger picture of the current Ebola outbreak in his newest book, writing, …”it’s already ten times …
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This week’s post starts by quoting something the great Tom Hanks who once said: “A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.” All of us have “unknowns” in our lives that can be particularly frightening or uncomfortable to face- the new job/school, moving into a new neighborhood, raising a child for …
What does the anti-fracking and the climate movements have to do with one another? EcoWatch posted a speech by Sandra Steingraber, who has been campaigning for anti-fracking, explaining the correlation between the two. Host of “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” Neil deGrasse Tyson, was featured on a “StarTalk” broadcast with the creator of “Cosmos,” Ann Druyan. Get a peek into what it’s …
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Congratulations to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey for winning four Emmy awards. Compliments to the Director of Project Censored, Mickey Huff, and President, Peter Phillips, for recently receiving a Pillar Award for Persons of Conscience in New Media and Journalism from the National Whistleblower Summit in Washington, D.C. Follow their Facebook page for more exciting …
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Here is the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: In connection with her tenure as the Ottaway Prof of Journalism at SUNY, Sonia Shah has launched a new investigative website on Lyme disease. Lorene Cary, author of If Sons, Then Heirs and Black Ice, speaks about her novels in-depth through an online interview with Deborah …
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Here is the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: Enrique Morones, the founder and executive director of Border Angels, an organization which supplies food and water to the many undocumented immigrants, speaks about the border crises and how we can stop it. Gary Hirshberg, co-founder of organic yogurt company Stonyfield Farm, talks with Inc. …
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Here’s the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: Congratulations to Wade Davis on being inducted into the National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. Over at Discover Magazine, Amir Aczel gives readers a rundown of the latest developments concerning the recently discovered Higgs Boson Particle. The Khmer edition of Never Fall …
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Here’s the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: We start by recognizing the efforts of longtime Native American activist and speaker, Suzan Harjo, who was the driving force behind the cases that led the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office to cancel the federal trademarks for the Washington Redskins. Congratulations to Dr. …
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Here’s the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: Salon gives us 11 reasons why Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is their favorite scientist! Head over to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and check out Hassan Abbas‘ latest podcast on militancy and the pause in Pakistan drone strikes. Check out Dr. Sandra Steingraber‘s …
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Here’s the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: A BIG congratulations to Wade Davis on being one of the 2014 inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. Spencer Overton writes for the Huffington Post how the “White House Provides Leadership on Challenges Confronting Males of Color”. …
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We hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Here’s the latest from some of our speakers who are making headlines: Congratulations to Annie Leonard on being recognized as one of the 2014 Prime Mover Fellows. You Can Play executive director Wade Davis spent a full day this week helping the St. …
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Here’s the latest from some of our speakers who are making headlines: Greenpeace USA has announced new leadership, tapping filmmaker, author, environmental activist and speaker Annie Leonard to serve as its next executive director. Wade Davis, executive director of the You Can Play Project, speaks with PEOPLE Magazine as part of their exclusive …
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