by Charlie Albanetti | Jun 20, 2012 | Speakers
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. Recently named one of “25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World,” by Utne Reader, Wise has spoken in 49 states, on over 600 college campuses, and to community groups across...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jun 20, 2012 | Speakers
Deepak Bhargava is Executive Director of the Center for Community Change, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop the power and capacity of low-income people, especially low-income people of color, to change the policies and institutions that...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jun 20, 2012 | Speakers
Khalid Pitts is the newly elected Board Chair and President of USAction, having served on the Board since 2006. Mr. Pitts holds the Board seat of USAction’s national affiliate the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest labor union in North America...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jun 20, 2012 | Speakers
Julianne Hing is a reporter and blogger for Colorlines.com covering immigration, education, criminal justice, and occasionally fashion and pop culture. In 2009 Julianne was the recipient of USC Annenberg’s Institute for Justice and Journalism fellowship, which...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jun 20, 2012 | Speakers
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli was elected to a full four-year term as New York State Comptroller in November 2010. Since first taking the position in February 2007, DiNapoli has transformed the way his office does business, instilling reforms to make government...
by Charlie Albanetti | Jun 20, 2012 | Speakers
First elected to the New York State Senate in a February 2002 special election, Liz Krueger is the ranking Democratic member on the Senate Finance Committee. She also serves on five other committees: Banking, Higher Education, Housing, Construction and Community...