Appearances
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.
Upcoming appearances
Case Western Reserve University, Baker-Nord Center 30th Anniversary Celebration, Keynote
Filmed appearances
All appearances
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, 2024 NCECA Conference
Aspen Ideas Festival, The Bigger Picture, Roundtable with Vincent Brown
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
Saint Louis Art Museum, Advancing Change: Centering Mentorship in Arts, Education, and Community, Keynote
Creative Commonwealth Convening, Keynote
Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, 2024 Women's Healthcare Event, Keynote
Howard Law School, Wiley Branton Symposium
Harvard University, Harvard Black Alumni Global Changemakers Conference
Harvard and The Legacy of Slavery Initiative’s 2024 Symposium: Reckoning with History, Shaping Our Future, Memorializing Through the Arts: Honoring Ancestral Legacies
Harvard Book Store & Cambridge Public Library, Sarah Lewis in conversation with Imani Perry on The Unseen Truth
Harvard University, Women’s Philanthropy Initiative Summit, Vision & Justice, Keynote
Harvard IT Summit, Keynote, The Rise, Creativity and the Gift of Failure, Sanders Theater
Harvard Kennedy School, Culture of Change: Racial Equity in Art, Entertainment, & Sports, In conversation with Hank Willis Thomas
Harvardwood, In conversation with Franklin Leonard on The Unseen Truth
Brooklyn Public Library, Night in the Library
CENTER, The Democratic Lens: Photography and Civic Engagement, How We Teach the Truth
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Black History Month, Keynote
Library Company of Philadelphia, In conversation with Huey Copeland on The Unseen Truth
Clark Art Institute, The Unseen Truth
Ford Foundation, Book launch for The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America with Darren Walker and Sherrilyn Ifill
Boston Book Festival, Panel discussion with Eddie Glaude, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Thulani Davis
First Light Books, Book event with Casey Gerald for The Unseen Truth