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

2024

Cerebral Women, podcast interview for The Unseen Truth

2024

Time Sensitive, 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

2024

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 2024 NCECA Conference

2024

Aspen Ideas Festival, The Bigger Picture, Roundtable with Vincent Brown

2024

Equal Justice Initiative’s Dedication of Freedom Monument Sculpture Park and the Legacy Sites, The Arts & Justice, Panel discussion with Hank Willis Thomas, Alison Saar, Sarah Lewis, and Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

2024

Saint Louis Art Museum, Advancing Change: Centering Mentorship in Arts, Education, and Community, Keynote

2024

Creative Commonwealth Convening, Keynote

2024

Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, 2024 Women's Healthcare Event, Keynote

2024

Howard Law School, Wiley Branton Symposium

2024

Harvard University, Harvard Black Alumni Global Changemakers Conference

2024

Harvard and The Legacy of Slavery Initiative’s 2024 Symposium: Reckoning with History, Shaping Our Future, Memorializing Through the Arts: Honoring Ancestral Legacies

2024

Harvard Book Store & Cambridge Public Library, In conversation with Imani Perry on The Unseen Truth

2024

Harvard University, Women’s Philanthropy Initiative Summit, Vision & Justice, Keynote

2024

Harvard IT Summit, Keynote, The Rise, Creativity and the Gift of Failure, Sanders Theater

2024

Harvard Kennedy School, Culture of Change: Racial Equity in Art, Entertainment, & Sports, In Conversation with Hank Willis Thomas

2024

Harvardwood, In conversation with Franklin Leonard on The Unseen Truth

2024

Brooklyn Public Library, Night in the Library

2024

CENTER, The Democratic Lens: Photography and Civic Engagement, How We Teach the Truth

2024

Carnegie Corporation of New York, Black History Month, Keynote