Past Neves Evans Lectures

Recent Lecturers

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones - April 2025

Julián Castro

Julián Castro - February 2024

Ijeoma Oluo

Ijeoma Oluo - April 2023

Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Kristof - February 2022

Past Lecture Recordings

Angela Davis

An Evening with Angela Davis

March 2020

Charles Blow

Selected Highlights from An Evening with Charles Blow

February 2019

Ralph Nader

"Ralph Nader: One Person Can Make a Difference: Social Justice and World Affairs"

March 2018

Richard Wolff

"Our Economic Future: Teaching Real Choices" with Richard Wolff

February 2017

Mira Sorvino

"Human Trafficking" with Mira Sorvino

February 2016

Dolores Huerta

"An Evening with Dolores Huerta"

March 2014

Cornel West

"An Evening with Cornel West"

April 2013

Michael Kirst

"California K-12 Education: Challenges and Solutions" with Michael Kirst

March 2012

Jamaica Kincaid

"In a Small Place: Reading and Writing" with Jamaica Kincaid

February 2011

Martin Carnoy

"Educational Equity and Social Justice as Smart Economic Policy: An International Perspective" with Martin Carnoy

March 2010

Julian Bond

"The Road to Freedom: From Alabama to Obama" with Julian Bond

March 2009

Alejandro Toledo

"A New Social Agenda for Democracy" with Alejandro Toledo

September 2008

Morris Dees

"With Justice for All" with Morris Dees

March 2008

Lani Guinier

"Rethinking Race & Class: A New Vision of Social Justice" with Lani Guinier

February 2007

Jonathan Kozol

"The Shame of a Nation" with Jonathan Kozol

November 2005