Speakers Bureau : Current Speakers

Science and Technology

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Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad

When Your Grandpa Is a Bot: AI, Death, and Digital Doppelgangers

old computers and pixel heart graphic

Avery Dame-Griff

Love and Modems: The Early Internet and LGBT Communities

Art and Music

kids making a mural

Madhubani Painting: Ancient Art, Modern Freedom

old picture of musicians

Stomp and Shout: The Untold Story of Northwest Rock & Roll

Jimi Hendrix

LaToya Brackett

They Want Our Rhythm, but Not Our Blues: African American Innovation through Pop Culture

Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance

Piyali Biswas De

Beyond Words: Storytelling through Indian Classical Dance

hip hop dancer

Annabel Quintero

Mambo 2 Hip Hop

Woody Guthrie

That Ribbon of Highway: Woody Guthrie in the Pacific Northwest

Literature

Imagining the Future: A Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop

Imagining the Future: A Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop

kids looking at comic book

Sequential: The Storytelling Power of Comic Books

old photos

Kristen Millares Young

How to Write a Family Portrait / Cómo escribir un retrato familiar

Society

The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the United States

The Firsts: Latina Struggles in the United States

Homelessness and the Meaning of Home

Josephine Ensign

Homelessness and the Meaning of Home

people toasting with beer

Michael Goldsby

How Beer Might Save Democracy

teddy bear wearing american flag tshirt

Have You No Sense of Decency? Shame in American Politics

Honoring Women Peacebuilders in Africa and Beyond

Richard Middleton-Kaplan

Honoring Women Peacebuilders in Africa and Beyond

History

painting of person on brick wall

Luther Adams - Free Man of Color

A Space for Black History

women at civil rights protest

Quin’Nita Cobbins-Modica

We Are Also in Bondage Here: Black Women in the Washington Civil Rights Movement

UFO illustration

UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black

womens track and field

Fast Girls: Trailblazing Women Olympians

Two Quinault tribal members fishing in 1910

Fish Wars: Tribal Rights and Resiliency in the Pacific Northwest

washington apples advertisement

Amanda Van Lanen

Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State

Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty

Aaron Whitefoot

Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty

Culture

teapot house

Weird, Wonderful, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State's Museums

Nez Perce artifact

Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage

scissors yarn and candle

Measuring Mourning: A Ritual for Loss

oyster shells

David George Gordon

Heaven on the Half Shell: Washington State’s Oyster Odyssey

native american drum

What Is a Chief? How Native Values Can Teach Resilience

Ubuntu: How an Ancient African Concept Can Help Human Flourishing

Itohan M. Idumwonyi

Ubuntu: How an Ancient African Concept Can Help Human Flourishing

skirt with pockets

And It Has Pockets! The Battle for Women's Clothing Equality

mosaic menorah

Nancy Koppelman

"The Oldest Hatred": Coming to Terms with Antisemitism

The Messages We Carry

Mac Scotty McGregor

The Messages We Carry

letter from asia

Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life

colored chalk

Resisting Erasure through Storytelling

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Jennifer Sherman

Bad People and Good Ol’ Boys: The Criminalization of Rural Disadvantage

Philosophy

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William Kabasenche

Morality and Medicine: How Philosophy Can Help with Healthcare Decisions

fox wearing a suit

Shepherd Siegel

The Trickster: How this Ancient Archetype Helps Us to Imagine a Better World

Keeping It Real: How Conversation Creates Truth

Mike VanQuickenborne

Keeping It Real: How Conversation Creates Truth