Celebrated keynote speaker

Lewis is a sought-after public speaker whose mainstage TED Talk has garnered over three million views. She has delivered keynote commencement addresses at venues ranging from the UN General Assembly and the Edinburgh International Festival to World Business Forum and Yale University, as well as numerous universities and organizations across the United States and abroad.

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All appearances

2025

Sam Gilliam Lecture Series, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C.

2025

Bates College, Alison Lockwood Endowed Lecture, Keynote

2025

UN General Assembly, Invited Keynote by the Secretary General, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

2025

Harvard University, ArtsThursdays, “Paint me a Road Out of Here” Screening and Discussion with Cat Gund, Sarah Lewis, Yara Shahidi, and Keri Shahidi, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research

2025

Brooklyn Public Library, Night in the Library

2025

Clemson University, History, Justice, and Representation, Keynote

2025

The Juilliard School, The 12th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture

2025

Bridgewater State University, The Unseen Truth

2025

The Westcott House, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Keynote

2024

Washington National Cathedral, Sacred Spaces: Racial Justice & Spirituality in Action Convening, Unit based on The Unseen Truth

2024

Jane and Robert H. Weiner Lecture in the Fine Arts, Dickinson College