Social, Community & Cultural Issues
Children & Family
Children & Family:
Former Chief Engineer at NASA JPL
A renowned science fiction writer who produced the Cosmos series with Carl Sagan, B. Gentry Lee is the former Chief Engineer for the Solar System Exploration Directorate at NASA JPL.
Sociologist / Author
Director of the Program for the Study of Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University, Dr. Jack Levin is an authority on school crime and violence. He offers strategies and solutions for keeping students safe.
Educator & Author of The Price of Privilege
Author of The Price of Privilege, Madeline Levine cautions parents to be cognizant of the harmful influence of media violence and offers instructions on properly supervising their children's viewing habits.
Adventure Sports & Travel Journalist / Author
Writer, educator, public speaker and entertainer Buddy Levy is a co-star of Brad Meltzer's Decoded on The History Channel. As a freelance journalist, he has covered adventure sports and lifestyle/travel worldwide.
CEO, Citizen University & Civic Evangelist
One of the country’s most sought-after speakers on citizen power, civic health, the future of democracy and American identity, civic evangelist Eric Liu celebrates shared values and challenges Americans to live up to them.
Author, Motivational Speaker & MA Retired State Trooper
Vladimir Louissaint is a motivational speaker, empowerment coach, retired Massachusetts State Trooper, and author of The Embrace Method, a transformative guide to healing and purpose-driven leadership.
Filmmaker & Poet
Cynthia Lowen is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and award-winning writer whose work uses the power of story to catalyze meaningful change, confronting timely social issues from bullying to online harassment to reproductive rights.
Best-Selling Author & Community Activist
Author of the New York Times best-seller All Souls, Michael Patrick MacDonald shares his remarkable story of survival and redemption while examining the relationship between poverty and class he witnessed growing up in South Boston.