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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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Championing the South Side: Channyn Parker on Justice & LGBTQ+ Advocacy

February 27, 2025

  • Chicago/Illinois
  • Chicago Style
  • LGBTQ+
  • activism
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David Hogg: American Activism in the Balance

Dylan Wells

February 24, 2025

  • democrats
  • activism
  • democracy
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Walls are Witnesses: The Future of Black Chicago

Eve Ewing, Natalie Moore

February 04, 2025

  • Chicago/Illinois
  • activism
  • culture
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Effective Activism Across Generations

Barbara Lee, Peter Staley, Rami Nashashibi

October 10, 2024

  • activism
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90s Kids: Getting Sh*t Done Outside Government

Rachel Sumekh, Benji Backer, Lily Rocha, Anna Galland

October 03, 2022

  • activism
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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Liz Planck, Nicole Newnham

May 12, 2021

  • disability
  • activism
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Portraits of Activism with Photographer KK Ottesen

Grace Hauck, KK Ottesen

January 15, 2020

  • activism
  • culture
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So You Want to Start a Movement? Ai-jen Poo & George Goehl

George Goehl, Osita Nwanevu (AB'15, MPP'16), Ai-jen Poo

April 25, 2019

  • activism
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From Birmingham to Barack: The Politics and Progress of the Civil Rights Movement, 1963 to 2014

Timuel Black, Will Burns, Diane McWhorter, Tonya Lewis Lee, Adam Green, Anika Noni Rose, Juan Williams

October 07, 2013

  • activism
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