Beyond Buzzwords
Beyond Buzzwords is a Metro United Way speaker series on diversity, equity and inclusion that is designed to provide thoughtful and meaningful discussions about important topics that promote thinking as well as personal and institutional application.
THANK YOU TO OUR Presenting Partner for helping make this series happen:
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Heather McGhee
author of The Sum of Us
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Ta-Nehisi Coates
author Between The World and Me
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Alejandra Campoverdi
author of First Gen
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Past Events:
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Sally Kohn
The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide To Repairing Our Humanity
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Dr. Kendi is the author of many highly acclaimed books including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, making him the youngest ever winner of that award. He had also produced five straight #1 New York Times bestsellers, including How to Be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby, and Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, co-authored by Jason Reynolds. In 2020, Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the Genius Grant. His next two books, coming out in June, are How to Raise an Antiracist and the picture book, Goodnight Racism.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
America's Caste System with Isabel Wilkerson
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Latinos in the American Conversation on Race with Marco Davis
Featured Marco Davis, President & CEO of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Latino leaders. Davis’ articles The Latino Community Is Uniquely Positioned to Address the Problems of Our Time and Black History Month for Black Latinos: Seeing Ourselves, address the ongoing conversation in America around racial equity.
June 8, 2021
Racial Justice, Faith & Black Womanhood with Austin Channing Brown
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