Social Justice Speakers

Diversity and inclusion initiatives can’t succeed if they don’t support all employees. It’s time to step up and embrace effective social justice to create a truly equitable business. Tap WSB’s social justice speakers to shed light on the stories of the oppressed and how to design social justice initiatives that work. Available for in-person or virtual events and meetings.

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Platon

World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio

$40K - $70K
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Kevin Carroll

Best-Selling Author, Expert on Creativity and Innovation, Agent for Social Change

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Eugene Robinson

Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist, The Washington Post and Political Analyst, MSNBC

Under $25,000
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Richard Montañez

Former Vice President, Multicultural Sales and Community Activation for PepsiCo North America, Author, Philanthropist, Creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos brand

$25K - $40K
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John Heilemann

Partner, Chief Political Columnist, and Host of the Impolitic With John Heilemann podcast for Puck; National Affairs Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC; Host, Creator, and Executive Producer of Showtime's The Circus; New York Times No. 1 Best Selling Author of Game Change and Double Down

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Katie Couric

Founder, Katie Couric Media

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Douglas Brinkley

American Historian and Best-Selling Author; Presidential Historian, CNN; Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University

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Richard Fowler

American Storyteller; Cable News Commentator; Journalist 

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Brooke Goldstein

Human Rights Attorney, Author, and Award-Winning Filmmaker

$25K - $40K
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Reggie Butler

Founder and CEO, Performance Paradigm

$25K - $40K
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Erin Gruwell

Educator and Founder, Freedom Writers Foundation

Under $25,000
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Sheila Johnson

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Co-founder, Black Entertainment Television and President, WNBA's Washington Mystics

$40K - $70K
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Kahlil Greene

Yale’s First Black Student Body President

Under $25,000
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Ashley Allison

CEO, Turner Conoly Group; Senior Biden Harris Campaign Official; Civil Rights and Political Strategist

Under $25,000
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Jenna Arnold

Bestselling Author, Raising Our Hands ; Activist, Nat’l Organizer of the Women’s March; Education and Media Specialist at the United Nations

Under $25,000
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Sally Kohn

CNN Political Commentator, Daily Beast Columnist, Community Organizer and Activist

Under $25,000
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Ashleigh Shelby Rosette

James L. Vincent Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

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Patti Solis Doyle

Partner, Brunswick Group; Political Commentator, CNN

Under $25,000
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James Blake

ATP World Tour Player and Best-Selling Author

Under $25,000
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Carson Kressley

Emmy-Award Winning TV Personality, Style Expert, Fashion Designer, and NYT Bestselling Author

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Holly Ransom

CEO of Emergent; Author of The Leading Edge; Co-Founder, Chief Curator and Catalyst at Energy Disruptors; Non-executive Director at Port Adelaide Football Club; Board member of Pride Cup, Porter Davis and Hudson 

$25K - $40K
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John Carlin

Award-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation, Inspiration for the Oscar-Nominated Film, Invictus

Under $25,000
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Andy Bernstein

Founder and CEO, Resilience Academy; Author of The Myth of Stress/Breaking the Stress Cycle

$40K - $70K

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