Speakers

#MeToo: Overcoming Sexism and Harassment Hollywood Style / Lauren LoGiudice

#MeToo:  Overcoming Sexism and Harassment Hollywood Style / Lauren LoGiudice

    #metoo happened and #TIMESUP was created … now what? In this entertaining interactive, multi-media lecture, students will find out how to navigate the terrain between #metoo and a new world. Through video clips, audio samples, and rare photos, students will uncover the stories of the fierce women and LGBT people  of Hollywood’s scandalous [Read more…]

Addicted to Plastic / Ian Connacher

Addicted to Plastic / Ian Connacher

For better and for worse, no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic. ADDICTED TO PLASTIC is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses and why there’s so darn much of it. On the way we discover a toxic legacy, [Read more…]

Anxiety, Depression and You / Tom Ryan

Anxiety, Depression and You / Tom Ryan

Crazy in College: An Uncensored Look Inside the Mind of Mental Illness: Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder Learn Tom’s 8 Ways to Kick ASS with Mental Illness! Harness the power of mental illness and use it to your advantage! Tom Ryan’s, program is an interactive, compelling, RAW, UNCENSORED exploration of depression, anxiety and bi-polar complete with [Read more…]

Bake It Till You Make It: Mental Health

Bake It Till You Make It:  Mental Health

Dayna Altman on WCVB Boston Using Baking To Empower Mental Health Healing Bake it Till You Make it is a presentation in which mental health author and speaker,  Dayna Altman facilitates a live cooking demonstration while telling her mental health story.   Using ingredients as metaphors, Dayna takes a simple baking recipe and shares her road to [Read more…]

Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice / Jim Keady

Behind the Swoosh: Sweatshops and Social Justice / Jim Keady

  With the launch of their 30th Anniversary re-boot of their JUST DO IT ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick, Nike set the internet on fire and the social media blaze is still burning. But this deal had raised some really big social justice questions. •Should Colin Kaepernick have signed his multi-million Nike deal given Nike’s [Read more…]

Believe in MAYBE / Finding Your True Self

Believe in MAYBE / Finding Your True Self

  Believe in Maybe College can come with a lot of expectations, academically and socially. In a world that often prioritizes uniformity and predictability, Maybe Burke invites you to embrace your inner misfit and discover the strength that comes from navigating life’s uncertainties while staying true to yourself. This event is designed to empower college [Read more…]

Can I REALLY make a difference?: A Game Plan to Identify and Pursue Your Purpose / Dan Parris

Can I REALLY make a difference?: A Game Plan to Identify and Pursue Your Purpose / Dan Parris

  We all want to pursue our purpose and want to change the world in the process. The trouble is figuring out how to start, overcome doubt, push through struggles that are bound to come and ultimately, leave the world better than you found it. In this presentation, audiences will take-away: •The two questions that [Read more…]

Diversity University / Monti Washington

Diversity University / Monti Washington

Beginning at a very young age, Monti  had every excuse in the world to give up and be unsuccessful. From broken homes, poverty, abuse and foster care, he could have easily fallen under the radar. Using slam poetry and role-playing, there has never been a more powerful young speaker who can connect with and inspire [Read more…]

Election 2024: How Will YOU Decide? / Rick Shenkman

Election 2024:  How Will YOU Decide? / Rick Shenkman

2024 is likely to be the most challenging election of the 21st century in America. A majority of Americans believe our democracy is at stake! How can you vaccinate yourself against the political lies? New York Times bestselling author Rick Shenkman shows you how, in this EXCITING NEW lecture that features the latest CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH [Read more…]

Empowering LGBTQ+ Community Today With Yesterday / Lauren LoGiudice

Empowering LGBTQ+ Community Today With Yesterday / Lauren LoGiudice

  The world may feel like it’s falling apart for LGBTQ+ people. Find solace, inspiration, and laughs in this multimedia lecture that brings you directly into the lives of our LGBTQ+ ancestors. Delve into the community of thriving queers in silver screen Hollywood who were conquering the world from inside and out of the closet. By the end you’ll feel [Read more…]