SOCIAL JUSTICE SPEAKER SERIES
SOCIAL JUSTICE SPEAKER SERIES
Unique Speakers Series Opens Dialogue about Social Justice

Dayton Metro Library and our series sponsor, Friends of the Dayton Metro Library, are pleased to continue the Social Justice Speaker Series, which aims to understand and demonstrate the effects of social justice in society.
This series is comprised of unique, award-winning and professional speakers. Patrons will have the opportunity to listen to them discuss some of the most critical social justice issues of today, as they provide insights from their professional fields and personal journeys.
Registration is not required, but each program is designed for a specific age groups.
Help Spread the Word! Download our 2025 Social Justice Speaker Series Flier and Social Media Graphic
Unique Speakers Series Opens Dialogue about Social Justice

Dayton Metro Library and our series sponsor, Friends of the Dayton Metro Library, are pleased to continue the Social Justice Speaker Series, which aims to understand and demonstrate the effects of social justice in society.
This series is comprised of unique, award-winning and professional speakers. Patrons will have the opportunity to listen to them discuss some of the most critical social justice issues of today, as they provide insights from their professional fields and personal journeys.
Registration is not required, but each program is designed for a specific age groups.
Help Spread the Word! Download our 2025 Social Justice Speaker Series Flier and Social Media Graphic
Unique Speakers Series Opens Dialogue about Social Justice

Dayton Metro Library and our series sponsor, Friends of the Dayton Metro Library, are pleased to continue the Social Justice Speaker Series, which aims to understand and demonstrate the effects of social justice in society.
This series is comprised of unique, award-winning and professional speakers. Patrons will have the opportunity to listen to them discuss some of the most critical social justice issues of today, as they provide insights from their professional fields and personal journeys.
Registration is not required, but each program is designed for a specific age groups.
Help Spread the Word! Download our 2025 Social Justice Speaker Series Flier and Social Media Graphic
Our 2025 Speakers

Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz
Dr. Shabazz will discuss the life and legacy of her father, Malcolm X. She is an Award-winning Author, Educator and Producer. She has authored five historical novels, has served as project advisor for the PBS award-winning film, Prince Among Slaves documentary, and is currently producing a television series based on her latest publication, The Awakening of Malcolm X... Read more

Wolf will discuss the intersectional issues of gun violence, policy advocacy, and LGBTQIA+ rights. He is a nationally recognized LGBTQ civil rights advocate, leader in the movement to end gun violence in America, and survivor of the 2016 shooting at Pulse Nightclub. After narrowly escaping that night, during what was the deadliest mass shooting in US history at the time, Brandon channeled his life into fighting for a safer world... Read more

Blake will discuss his heroic journey to becoming a paralympic champion. In March of 2009, Haxton was a High School senior in Columbus, Ohio, when he contracted Necrotizing Fasciitis, more commonly called the flesh-eating disease. Over the course of three days Blake went from being the captain of his school rowing team and a Division I college rowing recruit to suffering major organ failure and the amputation of both of his legs... Read more

They will discuss the brilliant legacy of Black women. Jackson is a queer, androgynous Black woman, lover of all Black people, organizer, and Assistant Professor at Syracuse University in the Department of Political Science. Jackson’s research is in Black Politics with a focus on Black Feminist movements, racial threat, gender and sexuality, policing, and political behavior... Read more
PAST SPEAKERS
PAST SPEAKERS

Cheryl Brown Henderson - 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education – A Daughter’s Reflection
May 30, 2024
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Anthony Ocampo - To Be Brown and Gay in the USA
November 13, 2023
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Chris Smalls: Workers Fight Back - The Worker-Led Movement to Organize Amazon
October 19, 2023 | Event Photos

Dr. ShaDawn "Boobie" Battle and Company: The Chicago Footwork Experience
July 22 , 2023 | Event Photos

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
May 18, 2023 | Event Photos

AAPI Feminist Leadership
May 6, 2023 | Event Photos

Local Children's Authors
Kiara Berry, Henry Benton, & Kwaunisha Moore
July 09, 2022 | Event Photos, opens a new window

Candice Brackeen
General Partner at Lightship Capital
August 6 , 2022
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Dr. Kurt Russell
2022 National Teacher of the Year
April 25, 2023 | Event Photos, opens a new window