
The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
A speakers bureau that represents the best original thinkers,
writers, and doers for speaking engagements.
The Lavin Agency represents an inspiring body of activists: a group of artists and educators, authors and humanitarians, all working tirelessly for human rights and equity at home or abroad. Our activism and humanitarianism speakers are living proof of how change can be affected at all levels, from grassroots rallies to major lobbying initiatives.
Legendary human rights activist
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
Founder and CEO of Tala
Radical trust is the currency driving the future of our financial institutions.
Founder and CEO of Flikshop | Justice Reform Advocate | TED Speaker
How can we leverage personal challenges into positive social change?
New York Times bestselling author of The Flag, The Cross, and the Station Wagon, Falter, and The End of Nature | Founder of 350.org and Third Act
The one thing that needs to be bigger than climate change is our movement to stop it.
Award-winning photojournalist | TED Senior Fellow
We need to bring the other’s side into focus to recognize our shared humanity.
Director of the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Leadership LAB | Deep canvassing pioneer | Community and political activist
There is a method to reducing prejudice. 15,000 conversations showed us how.
Former Member of the Westboro Baptist Church | Author of Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
We must extend empathy and compassion to the people who show us hostility and contempt.
New Yorker Staff Writer | Columbia Journalism School Dean | Speaker on race, history, politics and culture in America
In the fight for racial justice, we must face the past to forge a better future.
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and God: A Human History | Executive Producer of United States of Al
To stop white nationalism, we must fight the fear that feeds it.
Social justice comedian | Director of The Muslims Are Coming! | Author of How to Make White People Laugh
We can dispel Islamophobia—and other forms of hatred—through jokes.
Award-Winning Black Transgender Activist | Author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom | Co-Founder of the Transgender Week of Visibility and Action
Outdated ideas of gender are holding us all back. When we abandon them and fight for Black transgender liberation, we all flourish.
Author of Hidden Figures: the #1 New York Times bestseller and hit film
A greater diversity of voices in science, in the STEM fields, is key to the future of American innovation.
New York Times bestselling author of Charged | New York Times Magazine staff writer | Political Gabfest co-host
Justice in America is at a crossroads. We have the opportunity to forge a better, fairer future.
An Extraordinary Business and Community Leader
Give people the tools they need, treat them with respect, and they will perform miraculous deeds.
CEO of Phylagen, Inc. | TED Senior Fellow
An unlikely ally in fairness—the microbiome—may hold the key to a more transparent business world.
Author of Juliet Takes a Breath and the Marvel comic series America
Living a revolutionary life starts with joy.
Co-Founder of Kiva, the microlending site, and Author of Clay Water Brick
The connection between two individuals is a powerful agent for social change.
Social Historian, Cultural Critic & Community Organizer | Author of We Gon’ Be Alright and Can't Stop Won't Stop
Real solidarity and racial justice begins when we bring community into everything we do.
Founder of Street Symphony | 2018 MacArthur Genius | TED Senior Fellow
Music speaks to people—touches people—in ways words alone cannot.
Award-winning photographer | Associate professor of photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago | MacArthur Genius
Art is a weapon. Photos can change society—our view of ourselves and our communities.
Author of Living in Data | Former Library of Congress Innovator in Residence | Former NYT Data Artist-in-Residence
The future of data is about to be written—and it’s up to us to imagine a more just data democracy.
Urban space artist behind the "Before I Die" walls
With powerful public art, we can engage communities in real conversations.
Anti-ageism activist | Author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ageism is prejudice against our future selves. What if we were free of it?
Founder of Doctors Without Borders, Canada
We live in a borderless world. Follow what you love—there is a world waiting for you out there.
Internationally bestselling author of On Fire, This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, and No Logo
The climate crisis isn't only fighting for a greener planet—it's fighting for our lives.
Activist | Founder & CEO of The North Star | Author of Make Change
If you've ever wondered what you would do if you were alive in the Civil Rights Movement, now is the time to find out.
Olympian, Activist, and Speaker on Indigenous Health and Reconciliation
Your struggle is your motivation in disguise.
Civil rights legend who helped desegregate public schools
When we challenge what we know to be morally wrong, we grow as a society.
Award-winning artist and journalist | Author of Brothers of the Gun
Beauty is survival, not distraction—a way of fighting, a reason to fight.