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APB speaker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court. The book, written especially for young readers, chronicles how Abdul-Jabbar overcame a childhood made difficult by racism and prejudice to become a basketball legend and icon.

APB speaker Gina McCarthy, former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been appointed Professor of the Practice of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

As featured opening and closing speakers at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago this week, APB’s Anand Giridharadas and Eric Liu inspired audiences with their visions of the American Dream, democracy and creating change.

APB's Eric Liu has been selected as a keynote speaker at the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit, a two-day immersive event in Chicago that will welcome hundreds of leaders from around the world, including Prince Harry and former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy.

We are excited to share with you our NEW CommunityWatch catalog, a directory of speakers that features nationally recognized and widely respected authorities on education, family and social issues. 

With the release of the new major motion picture, MARSHALL, John Marshall, son of the nation’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall,  is welcoming renewed interest in his father’s legacy as a groundbreaking champion of civil rights.

Marking the close of her final term as President of Liberia, APB speaker and Nobel Peace Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed the UN General Assembly, highlighting Liberia’s advances and celebrating an unprecedented transfer of power for a country that endured a decade of civil war.

On October 1, 2017, over 55 people were killed and over 500 people were injured by a gunman in Las Vegas, making it the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. On June 16, 2016, 49 people were killed and dozens were wounded at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. APB speaker and Pulse Nightclub survivor Angel Colon recently made a statement regarding these devastating patterns of mass shootings:

With healthcare conferences becoming increasingly inclusive, new questions arise about the importance of the patient. Should patients be involved in healthcare conferences? Or should the conferences be restricted solely to professionals in the field?

Two of our leading truth-tellers—together! Sarah Bloom Raskin, Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury & Fed Governor and Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Former Wall Street Journal Reporter & Financial Author. Get an unprecedented insider’s look at the past 25 years and the minds and mindsets of those currently holding the levers at the Fed and Treasury.