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New York Times Bestselling Author and Award-winning Historian Dr. Keisha Blain has just released her latest book: Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy. In this exhilarating anthology of original essays, Blain brings together the voices of major progressive Black women politicians, grassroots activists and intellectuals to offer critical insights on how we can create a more equitable political future.

Veteran Journalist, Author, Broadcaster and APB speaker Ray Suarez will release his latest book next month. We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century—an Oral History will be available on April 23.

Soft power strategist and APB exclusive speaker Penny Abeywardena has been selected as a 2024 Fellow-in-Residence at the McSilver Institute of Poverty Policy and Research at NYU. Also chosen was Jeffrey Ginsburg, who is the incoming President and CEO of Volunteers of America Greater New York.

More than just the familiar face from Netflix's international hit Bling, Empire and now the #1 streamed show, The Traitors on Peacock, Kevin Kreider has a remarkable story to share. Born in Seoul, South Korea and adopted at the age of three to a German/Irish family in Philadelphia, he grew up with a loving family. But he soon found out that the outside world was not as caring. By the time he was in kindergarten, Kevin was bullied, beaten up and made fun of for being Asian. That continued through the years and he began to believe the hateful things others were telling him: Asian men were not as attractive. They were effeminate, skinny and weak.

Called one of 2024's most anticipated movies by IMDb, Mean Girls is set to release this weekend, 20 years after the original became a box office hit in 2004. Based on Rosalind Wiseman's New York Times Bestseller, Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World, the movie—also an award-winning Broadway musical—has become more than just a cultural phenomenon. It artfully brings to life the intricate dynamics and complexities of the ever-changing landscape of adolescence.

New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Bestselling Author Nicholas D. Kristof will release a new memoir on May 14. Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life is available for preorder now and is an intimate and gripping portrait of Kristof’s life in journalism.

APB is excited to share that two of our exclusive speakers have been honored on the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List. In the social impact category, Wanjiku Gatheru was celebrated for leveraging her business smarts to save the world. In the education category, Justin Shaifer was recognized for bringing access and opportunity to the classroom and beyond. Learn more about each speaker below!

APB is excited and proud to share that two of our most popular speakers, Amal Clooney and Sophia Kianni, were recently named to the BBC’s list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023.

One of the nation’s most respected voices on the environment and public health, former White House National Climate Advisor and former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy recently sat down with GreenBiz to discuss "practical strategies on how to advocate for controversial plans; to untangle intractable problems; to drive change in slow-moving organizations; to maintain personal resilience; and to know when to take risks." Read her valuable insights and advice below.

APB is proud to exclusively represent Cheryl Brown Henderson, one of the three daughters of the late Rev. Oliver L. Brown who, in the fall of 1950, along with 12 other parents in Topeka, Kansas, led by attorneys for the NAACP, filed suit on behalf of their children against the local Board of Education. Their case joined with cases from Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C., on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. On May 17, 1954, it became known as the landmark decision Brown v. the Board of Education when the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. Cheryl is booking out now for next May. Hear a message from her below and consider bringing her to speak to your community: