Child Poverty Speakers - Speakerpedia, Discover & Follow a World of Compelling Voices

Viola Davis

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Los Angeles, CA, USA

America Ferrera

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Humanitarian

New York, NY, USA

Shawn Harper

Former NFL Football Player; Successful Businessman & Life Coach

Columbus, OH, USA

Alezandra Russell

Mother Teresa Award Winner, Anti-Trafficking Expert & Human Rights Activist

Cancún, Mexico

Cynthia Nixon

Emmy-winning Actress, Political Activist, LGBTQ Advocate

New York, NY, USA

A.C. Green

3-Time NBA Champion, NBA Ironman, Author & Founder of the A.C. Green Youth Foundation

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Pedro Noguera

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Pedro Noguera - USC Office of Religious & Spiritual Life

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Mia Birdsong

Executive Director of Next River & Author, "How We Show Up"

The Story We Tell About Poverty Isn't True | Mia Birdsong | TED Talks

San Francisco, CA, USA

Amy Brenneman

Actress, perhaps best known for her roles on "NYPD Blue," "Judging Amy," and "Private Practice"

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Thomas Pogge

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

New Haven, CT, USA

Jonathan Kozol

Educator & Social Justice Advocate

Massachusetts, USA

Michael Sheldrick

Co-Founder, Global Citizen; Author of “From Ideas to Impact: A Playbook for Influencing and Implementing Change in a Divided World”

New York, NY, USA

Kathryn Edin

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Baltimore, MD, USA