2024 Leadership Appreciation Brunch
Groundswell: How the 2024 Election Harnessed the Energy, Enthusiasm & Joy of Progressive Voters
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Steve Phillips
Steve Phillips is a national political leader, bestselling author, and long-time donor activist. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority and the recently released book How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good. He is a columnist for The Guardian and The Nation, and an opinion contributor to The New York Times. He is also the host of “Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips,” a color-conscious podcast on politics. Click here to listen to his conversation with Shane Murphy Goldsmith on the Liberty Hill Podcast!
Manuel Pastor
Dr. Manuel Pastor is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He currently directs the Equity Research Institute at USC. Pastor holds an economics Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is the inaugural holder of the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change at USC. Pastor’s research has generally focused on issues of the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities – and the social movements seeking to change those realities.