Momentum Speaker Directory
 
Speaker Title Plenary Year

Kevin Bales

The Price of a Human Life

Bales discusses the definition of slavery, how the population explosion has transformed slavery in the modern age, and how changing the patterns of global demand can effectively increase the value of human beings.

Rights 2009

Colin Finlay

The Impact of Images

Photojournalist Colin Finlay shares striking images from the tip of the arctic to the plains of Africa that speak to the connections between people, places, wildlife, and our planet.

Media 2008

Tanya Harris

Katrina: 3 Years Later

As a an ACORN organizer born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Tanya Harris shares a firsthand experience of what has happened--and what still needs to happen--since the hurricane.

Neighborhood 2008

Kirk Johnson

What values are we fighting for?

In the war on terror, sending a clear signal that "our friends are our friends" is how we demonstrate our moral compass. Arabist and writer Kirk Johnson narrates the story behind The List Project to resettle Iraqi Allies.

Wars 2008

Heidi Lehmann

The War on Women and Girls

Lehmann draws dark and fundamental parallels between gender and sexual violence--from war torn villages to major American cities. But there is hope and still time for the United States to be a leader in the international effort to end this epidemic.

Wars 2008

Daniel Levy

Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

Wars 2008

Stephen Lewis

A Crisis of Gender Violence

A forceful and moving indictment of violence against women.  Former U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis delivers a rallying cry to stop the systemic use of rape and abuse against girls and women across the globe.

Health 2008

Gihan Perera

The Right to the City

The co-founder of the Miami Worker's Center traces the dangerous route our infrastructure has taken from public to private benefit, and the effort to build a nationwide movement to reverse this trend in support of democracy and human rights.

Neighborhood 2008

Angelica Salas

Fighting for Immigration Reform

Community organizer Angelica Salas discusses the grueling battles people fight to secure legal status and shares lessons in organizing and developing policy proposals for immigration reform.

Neighborhood 2008