We’ve got less than a month left of summer, so we’re already gearing up for fall! Between the welcome chill in the air and all-things-cozy, there is so much to celebrate! Check out our preview of notable months, weeks, and days below—and don’t miss your chance to book our speakers to commemorate these dates for in-person or online events for your organization.
Read MoreHere at Outspoken, we are so lucky to represent some of the leading voices within the ongoing black resistance movement. With their contributions ranging across every corner of our society, we’re highlighting some of our speakers below whose work is an undeniable force in social justice, technology, science, wealth, health, education, and more.
Read MoreHow did fitness become inescapable and inaccessible all at the same time? How is it that we seem to be more obsessed with exercise than ever, and yet remain unhealthy? Are we overdue for a revolution in exercise culture? In her most recent book, Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession, Outspoken speaker Natalia Petrzela takes on these questions and many more.
Read MoreDr. Ruha Benjamin talks about the importance of both the dream and the nightmare messaging in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech. Watch her dissection of his famous speech:
2017 has certainly been a standout year for Clint Smith, with his 2016 poetry collection Counting Descent, winning the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. He's a 2017 recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review. He was recently named to the EBONY Power 100 2017 list under "The Luminaries". And this week was announced as a 30 Under 30 Media star for Forbes.
As a featured voice of Crooked Media's popular podcast "Pod Save the People" and one of our most popular speakers, Clint has much to share with us on historical perspectives and the use of poetry as a means to ask about the world—something he often dissects both on the show, in his writing, with his studies and certainly his speeches.
Check out this reflective video and short performance of his piece "What the cicada said the black boy":
