Selected Past Events

2006
• Sustainable World, Pasadena, CA
• Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
• Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
• White Dog Café, Philadelphia, PA
• Better Pueblo Benefit, Pueblo, Co
• First Church Belmont, Unitarian Universalist, Belmont, MA
• One Connecticut, Connecticut Legislature, Hartford, CT
• Media That Matters Film Festival, Judge, New York, NY
• Brookline Booksmith, Booksigning and Discussion, Brookline, MA
• International Women’s Day, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
• Sloan School of Management, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Porter Square Books, Booksigning and Discussion, Somerville, MA
• California Boards of Education Conference, Sacramento, CA
• Anna Lappé on Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman on Free Speech TV
• Anna Lappe and Bryant Terry on The Beyond Organic Show

2005
• Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
• Women’s Agricultural Network Conference Keynote, Burlington, VT
• Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• Williams College, Williamstown, MA
• UC Retreat - Zaca Lake, Ynez Mountains, CA
• Earth Spirit Rising, Cincinnati, OH
• APA, Washington, DC
• Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
• Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
• ACR Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
• Wisconsin Green Fair and Conference, Oshkosh, WI
• World Food Day, Washington, DC
• Bioneers Conference, San Rafael, CA
• Unitarian Universalist Church, Ann Arbor, MI
• WCR Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
• rEVOLUTIONary Women Conference (Utne), Austin, TX
• Northfield Mt.Hermon School, MA
• Land Stewardship Project Event, Minneapolis, MN
• ClifBar Annual Employee Meeting, Oakland, CA
• Harvard Coop, Book Discussion & Signing, Cambridge, MA

2004
• Hudson High School, Hudson, MA
• Grinnell College, Iowa
• Bergen Community College, Newark, NJ
• Thiel College, Greenville, PA
• Colby Sawyer College, NH
• Boston Social Forum
• Stanford University, CA
• Heifer International, Little Rock, AR
• Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Plymouth State University, NH

2003
• Villanova University
• Lycoming College (Lycoming, Pennsylvania)
• Natick Public Library (Natick, Massachusetts)
• Heifer International (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Oriana Food Coop
• Ohio Wesleyan
• Vermont Natural Resources Council
• UU General Assembly (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Hope In Action (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Northfield Mount Hermon
• Association for Enterprise Opportunity
• Boulder Bookstore (Boulder, Colorado)
• Pikes Peak Peace and Justice Commission
• Stonehill College (Easton, Massachusetts)
• Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, Florida)
• Earth Day Celebration, Penn State University (State College, Pennsylvania)
• The Food Project (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Park Symposium, North Carolina State University
• John Pesek Colloquium, Endowed Lectureship, University of Iowa
• Iowa State University
• Aurora Forum, Stanford University, with Alice Waters (Stanford, California)
• Ursinus College
• Dickenson College
• Women of Wisdom (Seattle, Washington)
• Commission of Future of Food (Florence, Italy)

2002
• University of Oregon, Sustainable Business Forum (Eugene, Oregon)
• University of Montana, Distinguished Lecturer (Missoula, Montana)
• United Nations World Conference on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• National Family Therapists Annual Meeting (Washington, DC)
• Missouri Historical Society (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
• Allegheny College (Meadville, Pennsylvania)
• Boston College (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Chatham College (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Columbia, School of International and Public Affairs (New York, New York)
• Mt. Holyoke College (Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts)
• San Francisco State University (San Francisco, California)
• The Graduate Center, City University of New York (New York, New York)
• The Interfaith Center of New York (New York City, New York)
• Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts)
• Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California)
• University of Texas at Houston, El Paso, and San Marcos

2001
• Food/Farming Conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana)
• International Forum on Globalization Teach-In (New York, New York)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• Black Hawk College (Moline, Illinois)
• Arlington Street Church, sponsored by the Cambridge Adult Learning Center, (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
• Yale University, Institute for Social and Policy Studies (New Haven, CT)
• Cornell University, Polson Institute Dedication
• Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (Boston, MA)
• Foundation for Global Community
• Bioneers Conference (San Rafael, California)
• Center for the Study of Social Justice at The College of New Jersey, Featured Speaker


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Friday, September 5th, 2008, time TBA
Visiting Speaker
Albuquerque Academy
Simms Auditorium
6400 Wyoming Boulevard, NE
Albuquerque, NM
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of the McKinley Hightower Beyah Award
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