Cori Bush
Cori Bush on Overcoming Adversity in Her Congressional Race
Cori Bush
Keynote Speaker
Member of Congress–MO-01 (2021-2025); CEO, Cori Bush Enterprises, LLC; Founder, Politivist Power; Author, The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America
As a former member of Congress, Cori Bush has had a nontraditional path from being unhoused to in the US House of Representatives. She brings a wealth of experience from the frontlines of politics, medicine, and activism to provide passionately inspiring addresses with critical insight into legislative and policy needs that impact and uplift the most vulnerable populations. Simply put, Representative Bush taps into her own experience to ignite the spark for people to create meaningful change in their communities, workplaces, and the country.
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Cori Bush is a champion for the health, safety, and human dignity of all people. Her commitment to doing the most to benefit those with the least access to resources comes from her own experiences of homelessness, low-wage earnings, domestic partner abuse, and inadequate, abusive healthcare for herself and her children. These first-hand experiences with injustice and inequity shape her policy and advocacy discussions and demands. Bush fights for and speaks about topics, legislation, and practices that her family, community, and vulnerable populations desperately need. Whether it is abolishing student debt, ending mass incarceration, health care for all, a just economic agenda for working families, or what really happens behind the Congressional curtain, Cori Bush is inspiring generations of people to get off their couches and actively engaged in the conversations and actions that produce freedom and justice for everyone. And after two terms in office, she is just getting started.
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Cori Bush’s Speech Topics
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From Unhoused to the House: A Journey of Resilience Against All Odds
Cori Bush’s life is a testament to resilience: after years as a low-wage worker and single mother facing eviction, utility shut-offs, and hunger, she earned her nursing credential and became a community leader. Drawing on her experiences, she served as a pastor and grassroots organizer, uniting people around practical, solutions-focused efforts. Elected to Congress, she has built coalitions to advance effective policies and strengthen public services. With her authentic story and proven leadership, Cori inspires audiences to turn personal challenges into collective progress.
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Leading Encounters: Learning to Pivot and Masterfully Lead in Every Moment of Life
It’s amazing that in this day and age, we still ask, “What do you want be when you grow up?” as if we are called to be stagnant and fixed all the days of our lives. Having navigated a journey of being underpaid, to a licensed nurse, ordained pastor, and elected member of Congress, Cori Bush has learned to masterfully pivot not just in her career, but in leadership and life. Whether in one’s career, relationships, or life’s calling, “Leading Encounters” helps audiences recognize when they are standing in a pivotal moment and how to shift to always come out ahead effectively.
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Phenomenal Women: A Movement for Equal Rights
Elected to Congress in 2020, Cori Bush was the first and only woman to represent Missouri’s First District in its history. While being the first, it is not her intention to be the last. The quest for equal rights across the globe remains in hot pursuit; to actualize it requires courage, commitment, and champions from all walks of life who recognize that when one rises, we all rise! In this talk, Bush shares lived moments of courage and conviction to elevate the rights of women and girls around the world while celebrating the women who inspire her.
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