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Every day, teachers prove to their students that they are POSSIBLE. To help you keep on keeping on, we’re providing a link below for you to download the teaching guide for Dr. Richard White’s critically acclaimed book I'm Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream (out in paperback 10/4/22). Now is the time to schedule Dr. White to do an in-person presentation for your faculty and staff during the upcoming school year. He will lead faculty and staff through each element of the teaching guide and he’ll throw in a tuba solo!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. The past year has posed a challenge to just about everything and breast cancer prevention is no exception. Since 1985, individuals, businesses and communities have come together every October to show their support for the many people affected by breast cancer. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time to reflect, give back or even celebrate. Consider one of following speakers to inspire with a hope-filled message at your October event.

August 26 of each year marks the celebration of Women’s Equality Day. This special day commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote nationally. Congress made this day official in 1971 as a national day celebrating  the importance of the women’s suffrage movement and the work to secure and expand equal rights today. Many of our speakers have played a vital role in the pursuit of a gender-equal world and continue to challenge us to be more alert, informed and become catalysts for change. Check out some of our top inspirational, trailblazing female voices: 

Mike Hayes, former Commanding Officer of SEAL Team TWO, Author of Never Enough and APB Speaker, was recently featured in an article in Fast Company on decision-making. Hayes, along with Ryan Angold, former Navy SEAL and CEO of ADS, Inc., shared three steps Navy SEALS use to make the right choices. The pair said they use the same framework for any decision, from the mundane to a life-or-death choice. It includes collecting information, deciding a timeline for the decision, and reassessing and course correction if necessary, the article says.  

Emmy Award winner and bestselling author Sonia Manzano examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life in her latest book—Coming Up Cuban: Rising Past Castro’s Shadow, which was released this week. This is the eighth book for Manzano, who is also an APB exclusive speaker and is best known as “Maria” from Sesame Street. It is published by Scholastic Press. 

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced that APB speakers Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will become permanent hosts for the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! The pair have been filling in temporarily since the death of longtime host Alex Trebek in November 2020 and will continue splitting their hosting duties.  

After a three-year hiatus, Nora McInerny, bestselling author, “Terrible Thanks for Asking” podcast host and APB speaker is hitting the road. Starting Oct. 7, McInerny will begin her Terrible, Thanks for Asking tour in San Francisco. Other tour dates include Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Philadelphia; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.; Boston; Toronto; Chicago; and St. Paul, Minn. Find tickets here.

The popularity of virtual events continues to grow across the world, according to a new report from Allied Market Research. The global Virtual Events Industry size was valued at $57,715.1 million in 2019 and is projected to reach $701,392.4 million by 2028—a compound projected annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6% from 2021 to 2028, says the report. The entertainment segment was the highest contributor to the market in 2019 and is estimated to grow 11.2% during the forecast period. Webinars are projected to experience the highest CAGR of 7.1% in revenue during the forecast period.

After nearly 50 years of living in the Castro in San Francisco, Author and LGBTQ Activist Cleve Jones is moving from his beloved neighborhood. And that, according to a recent article in The New York Times, is happening across the country as “Gayborhoods” are losing LGBTQ residents. Jones was prominently featured in the article, which focused on why so many are choosing to move from their “gayborhoods.” Many are looking for less expensive areas as neighborhoods become gentrified, while others are finding greener pastures with more amenities in communities that are more accepting than in the past. 

Russian journalist and APB speaker Dmitry Muratov has made good on his promise to sell his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal to help Ukrainian child refugees. On World Refugee Day in June, he sold the medal at auction for $103.5 million. All proceeds will go to UNICEF's humanitarian response for Ukrainian ​children displaced by war.