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2018 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Melissa Harris-Perry           Dorian Warren

Maya Angelou Presidential Chair Wake Forest
University. Professor. Founding Director of the
Anna Julia Cooper Center.Author. Political Commentator

President of Center for Community Change Action.
Vice-President of Center for Community Change.
Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.

Freedom on Tap is a live event series featuring Dorian Warren and Melissa Harris-Perry. The series includes segments titled Freedom Stories, Freedom Shots, MHP #NoFilter, and Woke and Well. During Woke and Well for example, Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren (both have Ph.Ds so they are doctors of politics!) take on issues of race, gender, power, politics and popular culture to address issues of physical, mental, and emotional health. Woke and Well is a reminder we can’t reach peak fitness until we find real justice