African American Heritage House
2021 Speakers
The African American Heritage House (AAHH) at Chautauqua is pleased to announce its list of distinguished speakers for the 2021 Assembly Season. Each Friday at 1:00 pm EDT on the CHQ virtual platform (www.Assembly.CHQ.org), AAHH speakers will address the Chautauqua Institution's lecture theme of the week from the perspective of African Americans, the underserved and/or the marginalized. As in years past, our speakers, many of whom are eminent scholars or activists, will tell the stories of the lived experiences of people of color in America. The speeches will be posted to the AAHH website on the weekend following the talk.
Presentation Week ~ Weekly Theme ~ Speaker
Week One: 6/26-7/3
China and the World: Collaboration, Competition, Confrontation?
Paula Madison Chairman and CEO, Madison Media Management LLC 88 and Madison Media Works Inc.
Week Two: 7/3-7/10
New Frontiers: Exploring Today's Unknowns
Rev. Dr. Heber Brown Senior Pastor, Pleasant Hope Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD Founder, Black Church Food Security Network
Week Three: 7/10-7/17
Trust, Society, and Democracy
Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock Senior Pastor, Ebeneezer Baptist Church U.S. Senator from the state of Georgia
Week Four: 7/17-7/24
Many Americas: Navigating Our Divides
DeRay McKesson Civil Rights Activist, Author, On the Other Side of Freedom
Week Five: 7/24-7/31
The Authentic Comedic Voice
Steve Capers Managing Partner, Martha’s Vineyard Comedy Fest
Week Six: 7/31-8/7
Building a Culture of Empathy
Wes Moore Combat Veteran, Best Selling Author, Social Entrepreneur, and Former CEO of Robin Hood Foundation
Week Seven: 8/7-8/14
The State of the Economy: Where Do We Go From Here?
Andre Perry Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution.
Raphael Bostic* President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Week Eight: 8/14-8/21
The Human Brain: Our Greatest Mystery
Carl L Hart, Ph.D. Ziff Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry), Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Columbia University
Week Nine: 8/21- 8/29
Resilience
Rev. Shantell Hinton Hill Equity Officer, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation
*Dr. Bostic's appearance as the Amphitheatre speaker on 8/11 is the result of a partnership between Chautauqua Institution and AAHH.
