Upcoming Events
Below you’ll find Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé’s forthcoming events. To see them on a map—and easily print directions to and from your home or work—visit the Small Planet GoogleMap, by clicking here.
Event times and locations are subject to change without notice, so please check with the venue or hosting organization to confirm.
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2010 EVENTS
March 23, 2010
College of Lake County
Grayslake, IL
Frances and Anna
March 26, 2010
Keynote
NYU School of Public Service, Annual Spring Conference
New York, NY
Frances
April 5, 2010
Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Frances
April 12, 2010
World Affairs Council
San Francisco, CA
For more information www.itsyourworld.org
Anna
April 12, 2010, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Lecture Series, Education for Sustainability Living
UCSC
Santa Cruz, CA
Anna
April 13, 2010, 6:30 pm
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, CA
For more information http://www.commonwealthclub.org
Anna
April 14, 2010, 7pm; April 15, 2010, 9.30am
Get Lit! Festival
Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
For more information www.outreach.ewu.edu/getlit
Anna
April 15, 2010, 6:30 pm
Diet for a Hot Planet
Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom
Seattle, WA
For more information www.tomdouglas.com
Anna
April 18, 2010, 7:30 pm
Author Reading
Powell’s Bookstore
Portland, OR
For more information www.powells.com
Anna
April 19, 2010, 4.30pm
Nielson Kahn Seminar: Ecological Democracy
Lecture series by Randolph Hester, the 2009-10 Neilson Professor at Smith College
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Frances
April 27, 2010, 6pm
Author Reading
Brattle Theater
Cambridge, MA
For more information www.brattlefilm.org
Frances and Anna
April 29, 2010, 10am
Eco-Festival
Kingsborough College, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY
Anna
May 20, 2010
Presenter
TEDx Potomac
Washington, DC
Frances
June 3, 2010
Growing Home, Annual Benefit
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Frances
September 24-25, 2010
Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference
University of Louisville, KY
www.healthyfoodslocalfarmsconference.org
Anna
PAST EVENTS
February 2010
Green Matters Symposium
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton, MD
For more information www.montgomeryparks.org
Anna
Rivier College
Nashua, NH
Frances
January 2010
Screening of Food Inc.
Princeton Environmental Film Festival
Princeton, New Jersey
For more information www.princeton.edu/sustainability
Anna
Keynote
Developing Hearts that Yearn for Justice
San Diego, CA
For more information click here.
Frances
Keynote
30th Annual Ecological Farming Conference
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA
Frances
December 2009
Not Eating Out in New York Filmakers’ Panel
Anthology Film Archives, Yew York, NY
For more information www.noteatingoutinny.com
Anna
Small Planet Fund Annual Party and Auction
Private loft in SoHo, NY
View invitation, buy tickets, or contact:
Frances and Anna
New York City Food and Climate Summit: Creating a Platform for Change
Breakout Session, Introduction to Food and Climate Issues
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South
For more information www.justfood.org
Anna
November 2009
Guest Speaker, Suffolk University
McDermott Conference Room
Free and open to the public
Frances
“Food, Finance, Climate Change- Seeing Common Roots, Searching for Solutions”
Lecture and Panel Discussion (see poster)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Frances
Ecologic Development Fund Annual Fall Benefit: The Taste of Sustainable Food
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
Frances
Keynote address: Living Democracy: Food, Environment, Health (Nov. 20, 7.30pm)
Workshop: Spiral of Powerlessness/Spiral of Empowerment (Nov. 21, 9.15am)
Wisdom Ways Fall Soul Conference
St. Paul, MN
Frances
Closing Keynote for Greening the City: Fostering Inspired and Innovative
Leadership for Just and Sustainable Urban Communities, at Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
Frances
Guest lecture at Commonwealth high school
Boston, MA
Frances
October 2009
Guest lecture as part of Talbert Lecture series
Emory and Henry College
Emory, VA
Frances
Keynote Speaker
Relocalization Conference
Download the flyer
Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities
Reggie Lewis Center
Roxbury, MA
Frances
Keynote Address: Getting a Grip on Democracy
Western Colorado Congress
Event poster
Grand Junction, CO
Frances
Lecture and book signing: open to the public
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois
Frances
September 2009
Closing Address
“Year of the Harvest” series
Visitor Center, Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA
Frances
Closing keynote
Greening of the Campus VIII: Embracing Change
Hosted by Ball State University
Indiana Convention Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Frances
Dialogue on Food Kick off Event: “From Sustenance to Community”
Followed by a book signing
Munger Auditorium, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
Frances
Keynote Address
Sustainable Living Fair
Postcard/Press release
Fort Collins, CO
Frances
Presentation and book signing
Kluge Auditorium, United World College
Montezuma, NM
Frances
Convocation Speech: Why Hunger in a World of Plenty?
Denison College; Granville, Ohio
Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive); free and open to the public
Frances
Town Hall Auditorium, Belmont
Hosted by Belmont Public Library
Kickoff lecture for the 2009 One Book—One Belmont, town-wide reading program
Belmont, Massachusetts
Frances
5th Annual Peace Festival
Ewam Montana
Frances
August 2009
Keynote Address
Eastern Conference Workplace Democracy, (brochure)
Pittsburgh, PA
Press Release
Frances
July 2009
Commencement Speech
Duquesne University, Sustainable MBA Program Commencement
Pittsburgh, PA
Frances
June 2009
Keynote Address
EarthWorks Annual Meeting
Roxbury, MA
Frances
May 2009
Keynote Address
Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC)
In conjunction with Congress 2009
Ottawa, Canada
Frances
Getting a Grip book release and tour in Germany
View cities and dates
Frances
Keynote Address
Statewide Community Service-Learning Conference
Hosted by: Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Service Alliance
Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Frances
Brooklyn Food Conference
For more information or to register visit the link above; or read the blog post
A project of the Brooklyn food coalition, free admission and open to the public
Anna
April 2009
Miami Dade College
10th Annual Animal Ethics Week Keynote Speech
Faculty Workshop
Miami, Florida
Frances
Clark University (open to the public)
Worcester, MA
Hosted by Real Food Challenge and Campus Accountability Now
Frances
March 2009
World Future Council
Expert Commission on Finance & the Economy
Hosted by SEKEM, http://www.sekem.com
Cairo, Egypt
Frances
Regis College
Speech: Getting a Grip on the Environmental Crisis
Weston, MA
Frances
Food Film Festival
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
Frances
Special tour of farm worker conditions
Hosted by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Ft. Myers, FL
Frances
February 2009
Luncheon Keynote
International Convocation for Unitarian-Universalist Women
Houston, TX
Frances
2009 Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future
La Casa de Maria Retreat
800 El Bosque Road
Montecito, CA
Frances
Recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Public Scholar Award
Presented by the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association (ISA)
New York, NY
Frances