In 2024, Women’s History Month celebrates the theme Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Let yourself be inspired by the speakers on our roster who are fighting for equity and fairness.
Every May, we celebrate the rich cultural diversity and honor the contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
We asked some of our speakers to reflect on what the 250th anniversary of the United States means to them.
Searching for a new book and speaker for your community reading program? Here are some suggestions.
From hilarious, heartwarming series to gripping documentaries and major motion pictures, these speakers’ books have been the inspirations for some of the most talked-about adaptations.
Brawler is an electric story collection filled with characters motived by love, impeded by the double edges of other peoples’ good intentions, as they try to do the right thing. Ranging from the 1950s to the present and moving across age, class, and region, Brawler reveals the turning points between love and fear, compassion and violence, reason and instinct, and altruism and survival.
Revealing explores the surprising potential of sharing more of ourselves with others. Drawing on over a decade of research, Leslie John provides a roadmap for making smarter, bolder, and ultimately more satisfying decisions about how much to share and why. Revealing guides readers to closer friendships, more robust professional connections, improved well-being, and even love by learning how to open up.
Psychiatrist Dr. Suzan Song's debut book, Why We Suffer and How We Heal described as “a gift of empathy and lived wisdom—rare, real, and deeply human," brings together clinical insight, humanitarian experience, and personal narrative to offer readers a clear framework for healing in uncertain times.
In AQ, Liz Tran introduces the Agility Quotient, a new kind of intelligence essential for navigating constant change, uncertainty, and disruption. Drawing on her work with hundreds of founders, executives, and organizations, the book offers a wealth of tools and resources for developing the “durable skills” needed to thrive in unpredictable environments.
I Identify As Blind challenges mainstream views on disability and neurodivergence, flipping the script to build a new narrative around disability identity. With magnetic storytelling, radical honesty, humor and heart, Lachi invites readers to a new cultural movement that celebrates disabilities as a source of power and pride.
Until the Last Gun Is Silent tells the untold story of the Black patriots—from soldiers in combat to peace protesters—who ended the Vietnam War and defended the soul of American democracy, from a pre-eminent civil rights historian and the award-winning author of Half American.
