Swanee Hunt chairs the Washington-based Institute for Inclusive Security. She served as U.S. ambassador to Austria (1993–97), She is the Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and CEO of Hunt Alternatives.
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Mugambi Jouet teaches at Stanford Law School and is a frequent media commentator. His research focuses on U.S. criminal law, constitutional law, and policymaking from a multidisciplinary perspective encompassing history, sociology, political science, and the humanities.
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Krista Tippett, host of award-winning NPR program "On Being", In 2014, Tippett received the National Humanities Medal at the White House for ‘thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.’ Krista Tippett's program, On Being, “shines a light on the most extraordinary voices on the great questions of meaning for our time. Scientists in a variety of fields; theologians from an array of faiths; poets, activists, and many others have all opened themselves up to Tippett’s compassionate but searching conversation. In Becoming Wise, Tippett distills the insights she has gleaned from this luminous conversation in its many dimensions into a coherent narrative journey, over time and from mind to mind, into what it means to be human. Critics says the book is “a master class in living, individually and collectively. Wisdom emerges through the raw materials of the everyday.” David Whyte is a revered poet whose work delves into "the conversational nature of reality." An equally interesting an thoughtful figure, he will help drive the conversation with Krista Tippet and explore art of living.
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Dr. Brett Finlay, author of the book of the same name, and microbiologist at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia.
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Bill McKibben, author, educator, founder of 350.org; Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy; Tim DeChristopher, climate activist; Zahra Hirji, science writer and reporter for InsideClimate News
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The speakers will include Betsy Siggins, raconteur and staffer at the legendary Club 47, who will be interviewed by folklorist Millie Rahn. The conversation will be interspersed with music from multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Jake Armerding
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The speakers will include three authors who have all reflected and written on the complex issues of race and structural injustice. Tommie Shelby, Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform; Elizabeth Hinton, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America; Khalil Gibran Muhammad, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America The moderator, Danielle Allen is a Professor of Government at Harvard.
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Alison Gopnik, author of the New York Times bestseller The Gardener and the Carpenter, and professor of psychology and philosophy at UC Berkeley
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Amy Goodman, host of the syndicated television show Democracy Now! and author of the book, Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America.
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In recognition of Earth Day, Cambridge Forum is examining the plight of honey bees with the help of Noah Wilson-Rich from Best Bees and apiarist David Hackenberg of Buffy Bees from Lewisburg, PA.
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