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.
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
Brooklyn Public Library, In conversation with Jacqueline Woodson and Hank Willis Thomas on The Unseen Truth
Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC, Race Stories: Celebrating Maurice Berger
Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Tyrone Maurice Adderley Lecture
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arcadia Library Lecture, Keynote
Spelman College Museum of Art, 2022-2023 Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Distinguished Lecture
The Gibbes Museum of Art, Distinguished Lecture Series
All Of It with Alison Stewart, Radio Interview, Richard Avedon at 100
Stephen Friedman Gallery, In Conversation with Deborah Roberts
MIT Museum, Book launch event for Unmasking AI
2 Pages with MBS, Podcast Interview, How to be a Light in the Darkness
Facing History & Ourselves, The Power of Memorials and Public Art: Complex Histories and Legacies Today
The Instructional Coaching Group, Keynote
Activision, Company-wide event, Keynote
PDT Partners, Women & Allies Speaker Series, Keynote
Gartner IT Symposium / Xpo
First Year and Junior Family Weekend, Vision & Justice: The Art of Race and American Citizenship
Muhlenberg College, Vision & Justice, Keynote
Association of Marshall Scholars, Art & Empathy: Through the Lens of Carrie Mae Weems, [Invited]