Valarie Kaur

Civil rights activist and celebrated prophetic voice at the forefront of progressive change

Valarie Kaur

Revolutionary Love: The Call of Our Times

New Date: June 2, 2021*

Valarie Kaur is a seasoned civil rights activist and celebrated prophetic voice “at the forefront of progressive change” (Center for American Progress). Valarie burst into American consciousness in the wake of the 2016 election when her Watch Night Service address went viral with 30+ million views worldwide. Her question “What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb — but the darkness of the womb?” reframed the political moment and became a mantra for people fighting for change.

Valarie now leads the Revolutionary Love Project to reclaim love as a force for justice in America. As a lawyer, filmmaker, and innovator, Valarie has won policy change on multiple fronts — hate crimes, racial profiling, immigration detention, solitary confinement, Internet freedom, and more. She founded Groundswell Movement, Faithful Internet, and the Yale Visual Law Project to inspire and equip new generations of advocates. She has been a regular TV commentator on MSNBC and contributor to CNN, NPR, PBS, the Hill, Huffington Post, and the Washington Post. A daughter of Sikh farmers in California’s heartland, Valarie earned degrees at Stanford University, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale Law School. She was named a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum. Valarie’s new book Revolutionary Love expands on her "blockbuster" TED Talk and hits the shelves in February 2020.

*Out of concern for our family of subscribers and with the increasing cases of Coronavirus in Oregon, VOICES Lectures featuring VALARIE KAUR originally scheduled for April 1, 2020 is rescheduled to June 2, 2021. Tickets for April 1 will be redeemed for June, 2021. The early bird promotion for the new season will continue through July 1.

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