Benjamin Jealous

<ul><li><strong>The Secret to Unleashing Inner Greatness</strong></li><li>A Rhodes scholar and the youngest person ever to lead the NAACP, Ben Jealous is known for being one of the most effective civil rights leaders of our day. However, it was not always clear that he would follow this path. In this speech, Jealous tells the inside history of more than 50 years of great civil rights battles, both known and unknown. He offers insight both into what our nation&#39;s greatest change agents have in common, and shows how we can all dramatically increase our capacity to make the world a better place.</li><li><strong>Brothers, Unlimited</strong></li><li>From the street-level movement to end racial profiling, to the White House&#39;s "My Brother’s Keeper" initiative, there is a growing movement to ensure that young Black men and all young men of color have access to the American Dream. Drawing from stories of men he knows and admires, Ben Jealous reflects on the importance of treating young men of color as assets to our communities rather than liabilities, and lays out what it will take for our country to finally realize the dream of "One Nation" written into the Pledge of Allegiance.</li><li><strong>The Forgotten Origins and Consequences of Race in America</strong></li><li>Do you remember the details of how President McKinley was killed? Did you know that Georgetown University&#39;s first president was black? Most Americans don&#39;t. And yet our forgotten history of race continues to haunt us in ways big and small, and to shape the making of modern America. In this speech, Ben Jealous tells the story behind lessons learned and unlearned, and what we all need to internalize if we aim to create a country where children are judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.</li><li><strong>Why We Will Win</strong></li><li>Ben Jealous founded the first high school chapter of the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) in the 1980s. Today, he is the seventh Executive Director of the Sierra Club. Jealous describes his own journey into environmental activism and why he is convinced humanity will rise to overcome the urgent challenge of climate change.  In this speech, he outlines the major victories we are already winning, the path forward, and most importantly, what each of us can and must do to hasten the coming of the day that our children will never have to fear for the future of planet earth itself.</li></ul>