Tim Wise Speaking Fee: $10,000 to $20,000
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Primary Topic Category:
Education
Secondary Topic Category:
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) / Social Justice
Tim Wise Speaker Profile: At A Glance
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1500 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the country. Wise is the author of nine books, including his latest, Dispatches from the Race War, appears alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, “Vocabulary of Change.”
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