Appearances

Brooklyn Historical Society, In conversation with Nell Painter

The Getty, Los Angeles, CA, “The Art of Justice,” Keynote

University of Houston, Freshman Reading in Common, Keynote about The Rise, selected as the Provost Summer reading for all incoming freshman

Case Western Reserve University, Keynote

Aspen Institute Arts Summit at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

Contemporary African Art at Cooper Gallery, Hutchins Center, Harvard University, [Co-organizer]

Sundance Film Festival, Panel with Robert Redford, Dave Eggers, Chris Stone, and Jill Soloway, (Moderator), book launch event for The Rise

Guest on The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, segment about The Rise

Appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers, interview about The Rise

Featured on Minnesota Public Radio, segment about The Rise

Boston Book Festival, The Rise, Keynote

Guest on NPR: TED Radio Hour

Danville Regional Foundation, Keynote

Federal Reserve Bank, annual conference, Keynote

TED2014, Embrace the Near Win, Main stage talk, Vancouver, Canada

Guest on MSNBC, The Cycle, segment about The Rise

International Association of Privacy Professionals, Keynote

Segment for the “Big Think,” Art and Social Justice

Guest appearance on Charlie Rose, Interview about The Rise

Law School Admissions Council, Asheville, NC, The Rise, Keynote

Aspen Ideas Festival, invited lecture about The Rise

Global American Studies Symposium, Warren Center, Harvard University

The New York Public Library, Conversation with Anna Deavere Smith [Book launch for The Rise]

Callaloo Conference, Oxford University

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, panel on “African Art, New York and the Avant Garde”