APB College Speakers

07/05/2021

Lakota activist, author, college speaker, and producer Sarah Eagle Heart uses storytelling to help enact social and environmental justice—especially for Native communities. Discover why she believes in the power of narrative change:

Lakota activist, author and producer Sarah Eagle Heart uses storytelling to help enact social and environmental justice—especially for Native communities. She d...

06/30/2021

College speaker and women’s march co-founder, Paola Mendoza is fighting to promote inclusive feminism through storytelling. Learn more:

Paola Mendoza is fighting to promote inclusive feminism through storytelling on the Meteor platform.

06/28/2021

Have you seen “Akilla’s Escape” with college speaker and spoken word artist Saul Williams? Learn more about the movie and why Saul was the perfect choice to play Akilla:

“Akilla’s Escape” Not Rated. On Digital Platforms. Grade: B+ From Jamaican-Canadian writer-director Charles Officer comes a unique film noir that appears to take some of its story cues from h…

06/25/2021

WATCH as Olympic Gold Medalist and college speaker Greg Louganis discusses how attitudes about HIV/AIDS have changed since he was diagnosed in 1988:

06/23/2021

“It's important we learn there's more ways to be a mother…” Read as author and educator Rebekah Taussig talks motherhood and her disability:

It's important we learn there's more ways to be a mother, says Rebekah G. Taussig. Read more on Grazia.

06/21/2021

"As a high-schooler, I never saw Black or brown q***rness on screen." Read what college speaker Ryan Jamaal Swain has to say about Pose's legacy and why joy is vital in q***r Black stories:

"What a powerful act to be truthful. To be vulnerable. To be authentic."

06/17/2021

Gun safety advocate and Parkland parent Fred Guttenberg reacts to a California judge overturning the state’s 32-year-long ban on assault weapons. He also discusses his new Father’s Day initiative to help prevent dads from losing their children to gun violence on MSNBC:

Gun safety advocate Fred Guttenberg reacts to a California judge overturning the state’s 32-year-long ban on assault weapons and discusses his new Father’s Day initiative to help prevent dads from losing their children to gun violence

06/14/2021

“I feel that safety and security is definitely something that those in the Asian community have not felt for over a year now,” said college speaker Susie Reynolds Reece to Region 8 News. Hear what she had to say about President Joe Biden signing hate crime bill here: https://bit.ly/3fMNEcH

The law aims to stop discrimination against Asian communities and quicken the process to review and report pandemic-related hate crimes.

06/11/2021

College speaker and spoken word artist Saul Williams and filmaker Donisha Rita-Claire Prendergast star in Charles Officer's Crime Noir “Akilla's Escape.” Watch the trailer here:

I'm doing this my way... Vertical Ent. has released the official trailer for Akilla's Escape, an acclaimed crime noir film that originally premiered at

06/10/2021

The Addy Hour episode, called “Activism, Self-Care & Ending Gun Violence with David Hogg,” combines the viewpoint of an activist, college speaker and co-founder of March For Our Lives David Hogg, and his mental health struggles, as well as a mental health advocate Dr. Nii Addy, who went through adversity. Listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/2SW21T2

06/09/2021

What an amazing DEI showcase! This testimonial from an attendee says it all!

Thank you to all of our APB speakers for participating & for those who attended, listened & are ready to take action!

Did you miss the showcase? You can still watch all the incredible keynotes and panels! REGISTER here to tune in now: https://bit.ly/3g7nsIE

06/09/2021