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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Upcoming appearances

All appearances

2025

Bates College, Alison Lockwood Endowed Lecture, Keynote

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

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

2024

Cerebral Women, podcast interview for The Unseen Truth

2024

New Books Network, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America

2024

SXSW, Design as a Medium Within Visual Art