{"id":28440,"date":"2023-09-05T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=28440"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:51:54","slug":"distinguished-speaker-series-presents-heather-mcghee","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/gsa\/event\/distinguished-speaker-series-presents-heather-mcghee\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Speaker Series presents Heather McGhee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heather McGhee<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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New York Times Bestselling Author of\u00a0 “The Sum of Us”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMEMORATION EVENT<\/p>\n

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Free tickets available for graduate students starting February 14th through the UB Ticket Office<\/a>.\u00a0 1 per UB ID.<\/div>\n
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Public Ticket Information<\/a><\/div>\n
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Wed., Feb. 28, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
\nCenter for the Arts
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More About Heather McGhee<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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What if, in the middle of your live TV appearance, someone asked for advice on overcoming racial prejudice? For Heather McGhee, the response was natural: she helped. The viral exchange, now viewed over 10 million times, also inspired her to kick off a cross-country journey throughout America, where she explored what we lose when we buy into the \u201czero-sum\u201d paradigm\u2014the idea that progress for some, comes at the expense of others. Her deeply personal experiences come together in\u00a0\u201cThe Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.\u201d An analysis of how we arrived at this divided nation,\u00a0\u201cThe Sum of Us\u201d\u00a0illuminates how racism is at the root of some of our most vexing public problems, from collapsing infrastructure to rising student debt. But at the heart of the book are humble stories of people yearning to be a part of a better America, including white supremacy\u2019s collateral victims: white people themselves. Hailed as \u201cilluminating and hopeful,\u201d the critically acclaimed book spent ten weeks on\u00a0<\/i>The New York Times\u00a0bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. McGhee adapted the book into a Spotify podcast series, produced by Michelle and Barack Obama\u2019s production company.<\/p>\n

To date,\u00a0\u201c<\/i>The Sum of Us\u201d\u00a0has been endorsed by the likes of Ibram X. Kendi, #1\u00a0New York<\/i> Times\u00a0bestselling author of\u00a0\u201cHow to Be an Antiracist,\u201d\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert, and Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who calls it a \u201cmust read.\u201d It has also been dubbed \u201cThe book that should change how progressives talk about race\u201d (New York Times) and \u201cRequired reading to move the country forward\u2026\u201d (Chicago Tribune).\u00a0\u201cThe Sum of Us\u201d\u00a0was\u00a0<\/i>named one of the\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0TIME\u2019s\u00a0<\/i>Must-Read Books of 2021, and the Best Business Book of the Year by Porchlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sum of Us: Adapted for Young Readers,\u201d based on her\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/i>bestseller, brings McGhee\u2019s crucial message of solidarity to a new generation of leaders, thinkers and activists. In a starred review,\u00a0Booklist\u00a0said, \u201cAfter challenging readers to rethink their understanding of race, she concludes with strategies on how communities can prosper together.\u201d\u00a0Kirkus\u00a0<\/i>called it \u201cof great value to anyone who values straight-to-the-point, thorough writing on race in America\u201d in a starred review.<\/p>\n

For nearly two decades, McGhee helped build the non-partisan \u201cthink and do\u201d tank Demos, serving four years as president. Under her leadership, Demos moved their original idea for \u201cdebt-free college\u201d into the center of the 2016 presidential debate, argued before the Supreme Court to protect voting rights in January 2018, and provided expert testimony to congressional committees, including a Supreme Court confirmation hearing. As an executive, McGhee led Demos\u2019 own racial equity organizational transformation, resulting in a doubling of the organization\u2019s racial diversity and growth across all measures of organizational impact. In 2018, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz also asked McGhee to advise the company as it designed an anti-bias training for 250,000 employees in the wake of the unjust arrest of two Black men in a Philadelphia store. McGhee wrote a report with recommendations for how Starbucks could apply a racial equity lens to their businesses, and how other companies both large and small can benefit from doing the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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