Events
February 23
Conversation with
Ralina Joseph, author of Racial Exhaustion
In person in Seattle, WA
March 9
Learning InspirED Student Power Summit
Keynote Speaker
In person in Los Angeles, CA
PAST Events
January 9, 2026
Conversation with
David Horsey, author of Beach of Stars
In person in Seattle, WA
November 13, 2025
Starmanning Democracy FAIR For All Live
webinar speaker
Public virtual event
September 14, 2025
Braver Angels
Live event panelist
Dignity Over Violence
Public Virtual Event
June 26, 2025
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Alumni Leadership Symposium keynote speaker
In person in Minneapolis, MN
June 17, 2025
2025 Annual COSA Seaside Conference keynote speaker
In person in Seaside, Oregon
May 8, 2025
Brigham Young University Peacemaking Conference keynote speaker
In person in Salt Lake City, UT
April 24, 2025
National High School Journalism Convention, Keynote speaker
In person in Seattle, WA
March 21, 2025
Psychotherapy Networker Symposium,
Mainstage speaker
In person in Washington D.C.
December 5, 2024
Obama Foundation Democracy Forum,
Mainstage speaker
In person in Chicago, IL
November 14, 2024
Philanthropy Southeast Annual Meeting, keynote speaker
In person in Nashville, TN
May 30, 2024
Bainbridge Island Community Foundation LeadHERship speaker
In person on Bainbridge Island, WA
May 22, 2024
Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, community conversation
In person in Olympia, WA
May 7, 2024
Council on Foundations Building Together Conference,
keynote speaker
In person in Chicago, IL
April 25, 2024
National Association of Social Workers - Massachusetts Chapter: Virtual Symposium 2024, speaker
Virtual Event
April 12, 2024
25th International Symposium on Online Journalism, panelist
In person in Austin, TX
April 4, 2024
Midland County Inclusion Alliance and Delta College
In person in Midland and Saginaw, MI
March 7, 2024
Pacific Lutheran University Wang Center Symposium: The Matter of Loneliness, speaker
In person in Tacoma, WA
Feb. 28-March 1, 2024
The Greater Good Science Center intellectual humility initiative closing event
In person in Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2024
Penguin Random House 43rd Annual First-Year Experience® Conference, Author Breakfast speaker
In person in Seattle, WA
November 14, 2023
Community Foundation of Northern Virginia — Library Book Circle speaker
In person in Fairfax, VA
November 9, 2023
Academy for Human Rights Conference for Educators — Speaker
Private Virtual Event
October 12, 2023
University of Missouri - Kansas City —RoosRead speaker
In person in Kansas City, MO
October 11, 2023
St. Louis County Health and Human Services Conference — Opening Keynote
In person in Duluth, MN
October 3, 2023
University of Florida — McGurn Fellowship campus visit
In person in Gainesville, FL
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September 28, 2023
Bridge Entertainment Labs — 2023 Summit speaker
In person in Los Angeles, CA
September 21, 2023
Elon University — Common Reading 2023-2024 speaker and campus visit
In person in Elon, NC
September 13, 2023
Enrollment Management Association Annual Conference —
Keynote Speaker
In person in Las Vegas, NV
August 31, 2023
Stanford Law School — Freshman Orientation speaker and campus read
In person in Stanford, CA
July 21, 2023
Chautauqua Institution Lecture Series Speaker — Week Four: The State of Believing
In person in Chautauqua, NY
July 14, 2023
National Governors Association 2023 Annual Meeting — Moderator
In person in Atlantic City, NJ
June 21, 2023
Association of Washington Cities Annual Conference, — Conversation with Deanna Dawson
In person in Spokane, WA
June 14, 2023
Asheville Ideas Festival — Conversation with John E. Jones III
In person in Ashville, NC
April 27, 2023
Connecticut Public Television — Bridging Our Differences: How To Have Curious Conversations
In person in Westport, CT
April 19, 2023
Philanthropy Northwest — Having Curious Conversations in Divided Times with Mónica Guzmán
In person in Vancouver, WA
April 4, 2023
University of Washington — 2023 Equity in Graduate Education Summit closing keynote speaker
In person in Seattle, WA
March 7-9, 2023
See Change Sessions — Bridge Building for a Successful Multiracial Democracy
Virtual & In person in Burlington, VT
March 8, 2023
Chittenden County Alliance of Braver Angels | Conversation with Lincoln Earl-Centers
In person in Burlington, VT
February 8, 2023
University of Arkansas at Little Rock — Campus visit and Conversation with Christine Jones
In person in Little Rock, AR
January 29, 2023
Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church — Conversation with Reverend Dan Lillie
In person in Woodinville, WA
January 10, 2023
Calvin University January Series — Keynote Address
In person in Grand Rapids, MI
November 15-16, 2022
Delaware Community Foundation Building Opportunity Conference – Keynote Address
In person in Wilmington, DE
November 11, 2022
North Carolina Braver Angels – Conversation with Penelope Gardner
In person in Raleigh, NC
November 1, 2022
UW Department of Communication - Journalism class visit
In person in Seattle, WA
October 26, 2022
Stanford University – Classroom workshop
In person in Stanford, California
