Speaking Engagements
Kimberlé Crenshaw
AAPF co-founder, Kimberlé Crenshaw is a specialist on race and gender equality, and has facilitated workshops for human rights activists in Brazil, India and for constitutional court judges in South Africa. Her voice has also resonated nationally; from her recent speech at the presidential Inauguration Peace Ball, to the Anniversary of V-day, her experience and words have inspired many.
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“The experience was life-changing for me…I know that I will forever see the world through a different lens…I opened my eyes for the first time to the harsh reality of duality in this country. It’s as if I have been battling an invisible entity that I can now see and name. My experience in Aspen has caused me to fundamentally question many of the dominant beliefs in America…and to see my work…as a much higher calling than I ever imagined.” “Kimberlé your input was crucial to our work to strengthen the cadre of racial equity champions in our community and I appreciate you serving as moderator…. I think our time spent together was constructive and tremendously informative…. Now more than ever, we understand that achieving racial equity is a long-term effort and real progress will require leadership, public will, and collaboration across a variety of sectors and among all of Jacksonville’s citizens and communities.” – Mayor John Peyton, Jacksonville, Florida. |
Testimonials“It would be impossible to overstate Professor Crenshaw’s brilliance as the seminar leader. The seminar participants start out with varying |
levels of knowledge about race in America, different degrees of comfort with addressing the subject, and different ideological backgrounds. Professor Crenshaw is able to guide these diverse groups through challenging intellectual terrain, such as the constitutional roots of colorblindness, and then bring them up to the present in a manner that allows them to understand the causes of current racial inequities and the debates around alternative solutions. She combines a keen intellect with social, psychological, and communicative skills to create a learning experience that many have said has changed the way they look at the world.”Past/Future Speaking Engagements:
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April 30, 2010 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lecturer 10th Annual Women & the Law Conference: Women of Color & Intersectionality Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego, CA |
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April 8, 2010 Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Featured Speaker – Educating all our Children: A Constitutional Perspective A Wade Smith Memorial Lecture on Race Relations Tempe, AZ |
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March 13, 2010 Keynote Speaker -” Intersectionality: Challenging Theory, Reframing Politics & Transforming Movements” UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, CA |
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| READ COVERAGE | March 5, 2010 Panelist – The Scholarship of Catharine MacKinnon Symposium University of Tulsa College of Law Tulsa, OK |
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February 17, 2010 Featured Speaker – Leadership for Equity & Excellence Forum Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
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| January 22, 2010 Emory University – King Week Keynote Speaker – Speech Title: Gender and the Civil Rights Movement Atlanta, GA |
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| READ COVERAGE | January 21, 2010 Columbia University – Reaching for Post-Racialism: What’s Behind the Debate? Panel Discussion w/Prof. Ian F. Haney Lopez, UC Berkeley New York, NY View Flyer |
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| READ COVERAGE | January 18, 2010 Dartmouth College’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in January Keynote Address – Speech Title: MLK & the New Politics of Racism – A Dream Realized or Denied? Part of Where Do We Go from Here? Leading for Change Hanover, NH |
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| READ COVERAGE | December 1, 2009 Panelist – “Two Decades & Counting: Critical Reflections on Intersectionality” Social & Cultural Analysis Speaker Series NYU Law School New York, NY View Flyer |
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| November 24, 2009 Conference: Gender in Cultures of Knowledge. Postcolonial and Queer-Theoretical Perspectives Speech titled: “Historicizing Intersectionality: A Disciplinary Tale” Hosted by Humbolt University Berlin, Germany |
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| November 21, 2009 Liberty Hill Foundation Color Blindness, Fundamentalism, Barack Obama On the Agenda Panelist Los Angeles, CA |
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| READ COVERAGE | November 14, 2009 National Women’s Studies Association – 30th Annual Conference Presenter – Intersectionality Reexamined Atlanta, GA |
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| READ COVERAGE | November 6, 2009 Women Donor’s Network – 2009 Annual Conference “Women’s Stories, Women’s Leadership: Social Change in Times of Crisis” Panelist – Women’s Leadership in Challenging Systemic Structures New Orleans, LA View Flyer |
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| READ COVERAGE | November 2009 – March 2010 Lead Organizer - “Intersectionality: Challenging Theory, Reframing Politics & Transforming Movements” 4th Annual CRS Symposium – UCLA School of Law – Critical Race Studies Program Los Angeles, CA |
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| October 30-November 1, 2009 “Leadership Seminar on Racial Equity & Youth Development” Workshop Facilitator w/ Luke Harris Hosted by Community in Schools Washington, DC |
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| READ COVERAGE | October 9, 2009 Panelist – “The Limits of Human Rights” An event commemorating the launch of the 15th Edition of UCL Prudence Review University of College London London, UK |
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| VIEW COVERAGE | September 14, 2009 Panelist – “Whither the Court: A Review of the 2008 Supreme Court Term” Critical Race Studies Program UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, CA |
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| READ COVERAGE | August 25, 2009 Panelist – The New Rhetoric of Racism” Critical Race Studies Program (CRS) UCLA School of Law Los Angeles, CA |
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| August 20, 2009 Panelist-”Talking B(l)ack to Post-Racialism: Why We Must Do It and What Will Happen if We Don’t” Weekend Renewing America’s Promise (WRAP) Martha’s Vineyard, MA View Flyer |
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| August 8-11, 2009 Presidential Panel Discussion: “Intersectionaility: A Theoretical Paradigm for Community?” Hosted by the American Sociological Association San Francisco, CA |
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| June 19-20, 2009 Community Action Partnership of Riverside & San Bernardino Counties - Joint Boards Retreat Facilitator w/Luke Harris – Structural Racism Workshop |
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| July 2008 “Different Worlds” Keynote Speaker, Women’s World Day Madrid, Spain |
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| June 9, 2008 ACLU Membership Conference Panelist, Sponsored by ACLU Washington, DC |
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| READ COVERAGE | April 11, 2008 “V-Day Superlove” Speaker New Orleans, LA |
Notable Media Appearances
* HBO Documentary, OJ: A Study in Black and White, Commentator – November 2002
* National Public Radio “The Tavis Smiley Show,” Bi-Weekly Commentator – 2003-2005
* Dateline, NBC
* KCET-TV Talk Live
* Mike Tyson: The Movie
* CNN Headline News
* CNN & Company
* “The Michael Eric Dyson Radio Show,” Invitee with special guests for two weeks in a 13-Part Series – October 2006
