People of Color Conference
Posted February 10, 2012
StratéGenius is sponsoring Closing conference speaker Baratunde Thurston for the 2012 People of Color Conference!
Closing Ceremonies Speaker: Baratunde Thurston
Baratunde Thurston is a technology-loving comedian. With an ancestry that includes a great-grandfather who taught himself to read, a grandmother who was the first black employee at the U.S. Supreme Court building, and a mother who took over radio stations in the name of the black liberation struggle, Baratunde has long been taught to question authority. His inquisitive mind, forged by his mother's lessons and polished by philosophy degree from Harvard, have found expression in the pages of Vanity Fair, on the radio waves of WNYC, and on the screens of news networks such as CNN, MSNBC, BBC, and Al Jazeera. In 2006 he co-founded Jack & Jill Politics, a black political blog. For the past four years, he has served as Director of Digital for The Onion. His most significant expression, however, is probably his own creative experimentation with new digital platforms, from FourSquare to Twitter and beyond. Fast Company listed him as one of the 100 Most Creative People In Business and then-candidate Barack Obama called him "someone I need to know." Baratunde performs standup comedy regularly in New York City, resides in Brooklyn, lives on Twitter, and has over 30 years’ experience being black. He recently published the book How to Be Black. He is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC). 2012 People of Color Conference |
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