Happy Tuesday! Get into the week by checking out what some of our headlining speakers are up to: Reporting live from Paris: Dr. Sandra Steingraber gives us a first-hand account of the Paris Climate Summit, where the enthusiasm is palpable for making change and paving the way toward renewable energy and a decarbonized future. …
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Hope everyone is having a great week! Here’s the latest news from some of our speakers who are making headlines: Bruce Campbell stars in the new television incarnation of the cult classic Evil Dead series: Ash Vs Evil Dead. Read what he has to say before it premiers on STARZ on Halloween! Astrophysicist …
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Happy Tuesday! Check out the latest from some of our amazing speakers: Read Jessica Valenti’s piece from The Guardian on the significance of growing up feminist in the modern technological world, as she enlightens us on how young people can inspire change through being informed. Watch Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson describe what he …
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Today (April 14, 2015) is Equal Pay Day. This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. We want to applaud fair pay champion and speaker Lilly Ledbetter for her tireless efforts to highlight this issue and ensure it remains a part of …
Check out what our speaker’s have been up to this week! Head over to the Guardian and check out Dr. Stephanie Coontz’ article about the UK’s new parental leave laws. Feminist author and Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti has secured her latest book deal: She told the Cut that her fifth book, Sex Object, …
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Check out the latest updates from our awesome speakers, activists and change makers: Materials scientist Dr. Ainissa Ramirez explains how frog legs actually helped to make the Academy Awards possible. Head over to Ebony and read about how You Belong Co-Founders, former NFL player Wade Davis and writer Darnell L. Moore, teamed up …
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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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Get the latest from our speakers with this collection of good reads from around the web: The New York Times reviews famed science writer David Quammen’s timely new release. “In Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus, Mr. Quammen puts the frightening reality of Ebola — and the heightened language and hyperbole surrounding it — …
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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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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 what our speakers have been up to this week: In an open letter to the NYT, Dr. Sandra Steingraber challenges the claim that there exists a “right way” to frack. Arsalan Iftikhar talks with NPR about the tragic kidnappings in Nigeria and discusses how groups like Boko Haram are distorting the Muslim …
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Here’s what is trending from some of our speakers, activists, and change makers: The Huffington Post interviews Michael Tubbs and proclaims that the 23 year old councilman from Stockton, California will restore your faith in politicians. True Son, a documentary film about councilman Tubbs, debuted last week at the Tribeca Film Festival. In …
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We would like to take a minute to honor and remember two fallen hometown heroes: Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh Jr. and Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy of the Boston Fire Department. A Lieutenant Walsh – Firefighter Kennedy Memorial Fund has been established, donations can be made here. *************************************************************************************************************** Here’s what some of our speakers have …
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