Dr. Robert Bullard

Weekly Roundup: Carolina De Robertis, Dr. Robert Bullard, Raffi Cavoukian

Happy Tuesday everyone! Catch up with latest news from some of our headlining speakers:   Hats off to Carolina De Robertis, whose novel The Gods of Tango has received a Stonewall Book Award — the Barbara Gittings Literature Award, from the American Library Association. The book also was named a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year …

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Weekly Roundup: Dr. Robert Bullard, Ted Conover, Spencer Overton

Hope everyone is having a great week! Check out the latest news from a few of our awesome change-makers:   Big congratulations this week to the Father of Environmental Justice, Dr. Robert Bullard – winner of not one but TWO awards: The American Bar Association Award for Excellence in Environment, Energy, and Resources Stewardship, and …

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Getting people to listen!

Jodi Solomon Speakers has been a strong supporter for the People’s Climate March which happened this past Sunday. So what is the next step?  Raising awareness is dependent on getting everyone to listen (governments, companies, and fellow citizens).     The throngs that marched in support of actions to prevent negative climate change got people …

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Trending Now: Enrique Morones, Sandra Steingraber, Robert Bullard

Here is the latest from our speakers who are making headlines:   Amid the controversy and protests of migrants being sent to Southern California –speaker and activist Enrique Morones and his organization, the Border Angels, are leading the efforts to get basic supplies to those families.   Dr. Sandra Steingraber posits that a New York state Court of Appeals …

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Trending now: Robert Bullard, Kyle Thiermann, Ntozake Shange

Here’s the latest from our speakers who are making headlines:   Guernica Magazine talks with Dr. Robert Bullard about the politics of protection and vulnerability.   On June 16, a benefit presentation of Ntozake Shange’s Tony Award-nominated play “For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf” was held at  Harlem Hospital Pavilion.   Head …

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Weekly Round Up – State of the Union and more!

Good afternoon!   We start off with a quick reminder that President Obama will deliver the State of the Union Address this evening. The address is scheduled to begin at 9PM.  Look for fierce crusader and client,  Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, who will be in attendance!   We are very …

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