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FBI Director Christopher Wray | Ford School Speaker Events
The Ford School presents FBI Director Christopher Wray as the 2022 Josh Rosenthal Memorial Speaker.
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Featured‘Hope for Flowers’ with Tracy Reese | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
Tracy Reese is an American designer whose signature rich, daring colors and unique prints are crafted into joyful, feminine clothing for modern women. In this talk she will discuss the journey to responsible design and the mission of Hope for Flowers which is to create a positive social impact by empowering women and young people.
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Featured‘The Great Reset’ with SHRM’s Johnny Taylor, Jr. | DEC Speaker Events
Join the Detroit Economic Club and #OneDetroit THIS WEDNESDAY for a live conversation with global leader on the future of employment, culture and leadership Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
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Featured‘To Be Heard: Public Art Interventions’ with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
Fazlalizadeh will discuss her methodology and cover her most well known works such as Stop Telling Women to Smile, the international street art series addressing gender based street harassment, and America is Black, a series of portrait and text pieces that explore and amplify the stories of non-White people in the United States.
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FeaturedTrailblazing Women Writers Talk: Imani Perry
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation with award-winning Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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Featured‘Exploring Our Nation’ with Ken Burns | Author Talk
PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author of Our America: A Photographic History.
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FeaturedThe Future of Work: Author Talk with Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
As a global leader on the future of employment, culture and leadership, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers, and the workplace. Mr. Taylor will discuss the complexities of the modern workplace amid a pandemic, fluctuating unemployment, economic uncertainty and a heightened urgency around inclusion and diversity.
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Featured‘The Inherent Politics of Design’ with Studio Safar | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
Rescheduled for December 8, 2022 - Studio Safar is a design agency and publisher with offices in Beirut and, now, Tiohtia:ke (Montréal). The studio adopts an experimental approach to design.
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FeaturedTrailblazing Women Writers Talk: Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton
PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with legendary Julie Andrews and award winning writer, Emma Walton Hamilton, authors of “The First Notes: The Story of Do Re Mi.”
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FeaturedHighlights of Exploring Our Nation: Ken Burns
PBS Books is pleased to host re-release the highlights of our digital program with award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author of Our America: A Photographic History.
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FeaturedMasterpiece: All Creatures Great and Small with Ben Vanstone
The Magic of Masterpiece Join PBS Books for a conversation with Ben Vanstone, Writer and Executive Producer of MASTERPIECE’s All Creatures Great and Small. As the writer and Executive Producer, Vanstone will discuss and examine the adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, the timeless story written by James Herriot. Season 3 premieres Sunday, January 8, 2023, 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS. All Creatures Great and Small returns for a third season filled with compassion, trials, and triumph in the Yorkshire Dales. Tag along on adventures with Siegfried Farnon, Tristan Farnon, Mrs. Hall, and more as James and Helen prepare for [...]
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FeaturedGenevieve West and Monica Miller | Trailblazing Women Writers
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a program about Zora Neale Hurston’s latest book You Don’t Know Us Negroes & Other Essays with co-editor Genevieve West, Ph.D. in conversation with Monica Miller, Ph.D., in connection with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE.
