The Black Student Alliance at Yale is pleased to announce our keynote speaker for the 13th Black Solidarity Conference:
Tavis Smiley
From his celebrated conversations with world figures, to his work to inspire the next generation of leaders, as a broadcaster, author, advocate and philanthropist, Tavis Smiley continues to be an outstanding voice for change. Newsweek profiled him as one of the “20 people changing how Americans get their news” and dubbed him one of the nation’s “captains of the airwaves.”
Smiley hosts the late night television talk show, Tavis Smiley on PBS, and his radio show The Tavis Smiley Show on public radio is distributed by PRI, Public Radio International. Smiley is the first American ever to simultaneously host signature talk shows on both public television and public radio.
Smiley, who started his career as an aide to the late Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, also offers political commentary twice weekly on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. In addition, he has authored eleven books. Smiley made publishing history when the book he edited, the Covenant with Black America reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. His latest is What I Know For Sure: My Story of Growing up in America (Doubleday).
Smiley's commitment to political empowerment in the black community has made him one of the most known voices of our generation, and the Black Student Alliance at Yale is proud to announce his participation in this year's Black Solidarity Conference. If you would like more information about BSC please contact Stacia Montgomery (stacia.montgomery@yale.edu).