Blair Imani Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000
Travels From:
LAX - Los Angeles (All Airports)
Primary Topic Category:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) / Social Justice
Secondary Topic Category:
LGBTQIA
Blair Imani Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Blair Imani (she/her) is the LA Times Bestselling author of Read This to Get Smarter. She is an award-winning educator, historian and influencer. She is also the author of Making Our Way Home, and Modern HERstory. Her scholarship spans intersectionality, gender studies, race and racism, sociology, and United States history. She has presented at universities including Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Duke, and many more. She was named to the Root 100 in 2019 and OUT 100 in 2018.
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