Speaking Engagements

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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. "

"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.

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

Past/Future Speaking Engagements:

January 22, 2010
Emory University - King Week
Keynote Speaker - Speech Title: Gender and the Civil Rights Movement
Atlanta, GA

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
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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

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

November 21, 2009
Liberty Hill Foundation
Color Blindness, Fundamentalism, Barack Obama On the Agenda
Panelist
Los Angeles, CA

November 14, 2009
National Women’s Studies Association - 30th Annual Conference
Presenter - Intersectionality Reexamined
Atlanta, GA

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

October 30-November 1, 2009
"Leadership Seminar on Racial Equity & Youth Development"
Workshop Facilitator w/ Luke Harris
Hosted by Community in Schools
Washington, DC

August 8-11, 2009
Presidential Panel Discussion: "Intersectionaility: A Theoretical Paradigm for Community?"
Hosted by the American Sociological Association
San Francisco, CA

June 19-20, 2009 
Community Action Partnership of Riverside & San Bernardino Counties -
Joint Boards Retreat
Facilitator w/Luke Harris - Structural Racism Workshop