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

2016

International Baccalaureate Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain, The Rise, Keynote

2016

“Powerful Words,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

2016

Kent Presents, Panel on the legacy of Gordon Parks with Deborah Willis, LaToya Ruby Frazier, moderated by Carter Foster

2016

Yale University, Creative Careers in the Arts, In conversation with Shana Waterman

2016

WNYC (Radio program), Segment on the “Vision & Justice” issue of Aperture magazine with Carrie Mae Weems, LaToya Ruby Frazier, moderated by Rebecca Carroll

2016

WGBH segment on the “Vision & Justice” issue of Aperture magazine and the related Harvard course and teaching gallery installation

2016

Aspen Ideas Festival, Vision & Justice

2016

Harvard Art Museums, In conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier, moderated by Sebastian Smee (Washington Post)

2016

Harvard Art Museums, Vision & Justice: The Art of Citizenship, Keynote

2016

Harvard University, Hutchins Center, Du Bois Lecture

2016

Ford Foundation, Launch of the “Vision & Justice” issue of Aperture magazine. Co-hosted by Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, [Co-organizer]

2016

Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars, Work-in-Progress presentation, New York Public Library

2016

The Getty, Los Angeles, “What does blackness mean?”

2016

University of Iowa, Writers' Workshop, Creative Matters series, Keynote

2016

Conversation with Ford Foundation President, Darren Walker, on Art and Inequality, Rothko Chapel

2016

Boston Book Festival

2015

Duke University, Jean Fox O'Barr Distinguished Lecture, The Rise

2015

American Library Association, San Francisco, CA, President’s Keynote

2015

National Association of Independent Schools, Annual Conference, Boston, MA, Keynote

2015

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Houston, TX, Keynote

2015

Texas Municipal League, Annual Conference Delegate Luncheon, Keynote

2015

Covenant Church, Flourish Conference, Keynote

2015

Berkshire Partners, Investor Conference, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Keynote

2015

Arts Orange County, Santa Ana, CA, Keynote

2015

American Studies Department, Un-Conference on Racial Passing, Brown University