Mass Incarceration

Mass incarceration speakers address civil rights issues head-on, some drawing from the perspective of being incarcerated themselves. These social-change agents and activists engage audiences by sharing powerful stories of redemption and social justice. 

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Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander

Best-selling author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, (10th Anniversary edition, January 2020)
Keywords:
  • Mass Incarceration;
  • Civil Rights;
  • Human Rights;
  • Race;
  • Black History Month;
  • Exclusive
Benjamin Jealous

Benjamin Jealous

Former NAACP President, Equality activist, and Executive Director of the Sierra Club
Keywords:
  • NAACP;
  • Civil Rights;
  • Social Justice;
  • Activist;
  • Community Organizer;
  • Exclusive
Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Attorney General Loretta Lynch

83rd Attorney General of the United States (2015-2017); Partner, Paul, Weiss
Keywords:
  • Leadership;
  • Social Justice;
  • Diversity & Inclusion;
  • National Security;
  • Legal Affairs;
  • ESG;
  • Exclusive
Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O'Brien

Award-Winning Journalist and Documentarian, Entrepreneur and Host of the Weekly Syndicated Political Show Matter of Fact
Keywords:
  • Journalist;
  • Documentarian;
  • Entrepreneurship;
  • Black History Month;
  • Diversity;
  • Exclusive
Picking Cotton

Picking Cotton

New York Times Best-Selling Book and Story of Truth, Injustice, and Redemption
Keywords:
  • Social Justice;
  • Redemption;
  • Judicial Reform;
  • Author;
  • Overcoming Adversity;
  • Exclusive
Richie Reseda

Richie Reseda

Cell Block Feminist, Hip Hop Artist & Co-founder of Initiate Justice
Keywords:
  • Mass Incarceration;
  • Intersectionality;
  • Exclusive
Mike Africa Jr.

Mike Africa Jr.

Writer, Member of MOVE who was born in prison
Keywords:
  • #BlackLivesMatter;
  • Black History Month;
  • Activist;
  • Diversity;
  • Diversity & Inclusion;
  • Motivation;
  • Hip-Hop
Susan Burton

Susan Burton

Prison reform activist, Executive Director of A New Way of Life, and author of Becoming Ms. Burton
Keywords:
  • Mass Incarceration;
  • Overcoming Adversity;
  • Activist;
  • Social Issues;
  • Substance Abuse;
  • Addiction
Angela Davis

Angela Davis

Gain a new perspective about social justice and civil rights from counterculture legend Angela Davis
Keywords:
  • Activist;
  • Social Justice;
  • Author;
  • Educator;
  • Black History Month
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

Public Intellectual & Best-Selling Author
Keywords:
  • Diversity;
  • Race;
  • Social Issues;
  • Mass Incarceration;
  • Black History Month
Halim Flowers

Halim Flowers

Artist, writer and activist; subject of the Emmy-winning documentary, Thug Life in DC
Keywords:
  • Civil Rights;
  • Mass Incarceration;
  • Artist;
  • Overcoming Adversity
Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza

Principal at Black Futures Lab, author of The Purpose of Power & co-founder of The Black Lives Matter Global Network
Keywords:
  • #BlackLivesMatter;
  • Social Justice;
  • Police Brutality;
  • Black History Month;
  • Activist