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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. 

Joanne “Coach P” McCallie, former NCAA Division I women’s basketball head coach for 28 years, has taken on her greatest role yet. She is forging a path to destigmatizing mental health and is coaching those afflicted to paths for full and productive lives. She knows what worked for her as an elite coach under national scrutiny while protecting her secret—a mental health diagnosis hidden across years of her career so as not to impede her success or impact her family’s livelihood. In her high-energy speeches and leadership seminars, Coach P engages, educates and inspires with discussions on mental health, sports, faith and leadership.

50 years ago, Title IX forever changed women's sports when the groundbreaking gender equity law was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, ultimately increasing the participation of girls and women in athletics. However, the significance of Title IX reaches far beyond sports. Touching on themes of gender equity, social change, mental health, overcoming adversity and more, the trailblazing female athletes and coaches below inspire with personal stories of failures and triumphs, reminding us all that it's never to late to achieve our goals in life.

"The Education of David Hogg" BY CHARLOTTE ALTER, TIME MAGAZINE | A lot has changed since I first met DAVID HOGG in 2018. He has a beard now, and a girlfriend. He’s about to be a senior at Harvard, studying the history of conservative political movements. His face has lost what little roundness it had. There’s a new President, and a new party in control of Congress. He’s in therapy these days. At the same time, so much has not changed. In the four years since Hogg and his friends in Parkland, Fla., launched the March for Our Lives movement, there have been at least 611 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Firearm-related deaths have overtaken auto accidents as the leading cause of death for children in the United States.

APB speaker Kelly Corrigan, host of PBS’ hit series Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan was recently featured in USA Today. The article focuses on Corrigan’s views on vulnerability to talking to Melinda French Gates about everything but her divorce to Corrigan’s complete and total love of learning.  

American democracy is at a crossroads and it's time to decide who we are as a nation. Written and narrated by APB exclusive speaker, award-winning author and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr., History is US is a six-part audio documentary about race and the history of the United States produced and directed by C13Originals that asks questions about who we are as a nation, and what race might reveal about our current crisis.

Juneteenth (short for June 19th) marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans throughout Texas learned that they were free—news that took approximately two months after the Confederate surrender of the Civil War and two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation to reach them.  As our nation recognizes the legacy of Juneteenth during a time of heightened consciousness over pervasive racism and persecution in our nation, we urge everyone to continue to do their part in igniting change.

Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dmitry Muratov has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 Most Influential People List for 2022. Muratov was recognized in the Icons category.

In the wake of the recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, members of March for Our Lives, a youth-led organization dedicated to eliminating the epidemic of gun violence, are urging people to join them in a protest on Saturday in Washington D.C. and across the nation. The group’s aim is to implore Congress to pass universal background checks.

June marks the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month! As we honor this month, and celebrate diversity and individuality, we invite you to check out some of our leading voices from the LGBTQ+ community: