K-12 Education

Founder of Comfort Cases, APB speaker Rob Scheer recently released the new book A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time about his difficult childhood in the foster care system and how he created his forever family.

APB speakers Wes Moore and Geoffrey Canada have been named some of the most influential people in New York’s nonprofit sector by City & State New York.

Education advocate and APB speaker Geoffrey Canada appeared on Luke Cage, Netflix's new hit show about the evolution of a man with super strength and unbreakable skin as he fights to protect his city of Harlem, New York. 

On September 18th, APB's Wil Haygood will release his highly anticipated new book, Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing. A story about underdogs, poverty, triumph and togetherness, Tigerland focuses on the unification of a racially divided city and students striving to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy.

Wil Haygood, New York Times best-selling author of The Butler and Showdown will be presenting his much-anticipated new book, Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing to incoming first year Miami University (Ohio) students weeks in advance of its national release.

A Chance in the World, the highly anticipated new movie inspired by Steve Pemberton's acclaimed memoir, is releasing May 30th. In addition to the feature, at select showings moviegoers will have the opportunity to enjoy a live panel discussion simulcast with Pemberton, John Sykes (Pemberton’s former guardian and high school mentor), and representatives from Adoption Exchange, Love Without Boundaries and The Felix Organization. Fathom Events will be hosting the nationwide screenings.

A spinoff of the beloved NOVA television program, PBS’s NOVA Wonders is a six-part series in which each episode tackles different aspects of science. Revolutionary in its presentation, the majority of the cast is made up of women, including APB’s own big data expert, Dr. Talithia Williams. Showing kids the beauty of the science and STEM fields, Williams and NOVA have the same mission: to illustrate how to use science to answer the “big” questions about the world.

As you prepare for your October National Bullying Prevention Month event, consider some of our leading speakers on the topic. Believers that bullying must be stopped at its roots, these experts emphasize the crucial importance of social emotional learning to help children successfully navigate the environment around them.

As 2018 marks 50 years since the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the National Civil Rights Museum recently hosted an #MLK50 event honoring the late civil rights leader. APB speakers Clarence B. Jones, Diane Nash, John B. King and Julianne Malveaux all attended the event and gave speeches about King’s contributions, as well as their own involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.

Best-selling thriller author and APB speaker Brad Meltzer is back with another novel exploring US army conspiracy theory. Debuting at #1 on The New York Times Bestseller List, The Escape Artist follows main characters Zig and Nola on their journey to reveal a “sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power or die trying.”