Upcoming Events
Below you’ll find Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé’s forthcoming events. To see them on a map—and easily print directions to and from your home or work—visit the Small Planet GoogleMap, by clicking here.
Event times and locations are subject to change without notice, so please check with the venue or hosting organization to confirm.
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2010 EVENTS
September 12, 2010
Author Appearance
Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, NY
Anna Lappé
September 15-18, 2010
Keynote
Right Livelihood Award 30th Anniversary Conference
Bonn, Germany
Frances
September 24-25, 2010
Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Anna
September 25-26, 2010
Mother Earth News Fair
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Seven Springs, PA
Frances
October 2, 2010
UUCW Food and Environmental Justice 2010 Conference
Brookfield, WI
Anna
October 6, 2010
Weissman Center’s 2010-2011 “Food” Lecture Series
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Anna
October 5-7, 2010
Nobel Conference
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN
Frances
October 7-8, 2010
Community Matters ’10
Grand Hyatt Hotel
Denver, CO
Frances
October 9, 2010
World On Your Plate Forum
Daemen College
Amherst, NY
Anna
October 16-17, 2010
Keynote
Bioneers 2010 Conference
San Rafael, CA
Anna
November 3, 2010
James Beard Book Club Series
New York, NY
Anna
November 5-6, 2010
Diet for a Small Island: Visioning Food Sovereignty in Hawai’i
University of Hawai’i
Frances
November 8-10, 2010
Keynote
“Systems Thinking in Action:Fueling New Cycles Of Success”20th Annual Pegasus Conference “Systems Thinking in Action:Fueling New Cycles Of Success”
Boston, MA
Frances
November 13, 2010
Public Conversation
Spirit & Place Festival
Indianapolis, IN
Frances
PAST EVENTS
August 2010
Foodfight Teacher Training Workshop
New York, NY
Anna
Anna Lappé at Edible Gardens
Bronx, NY
Anna
July 2010
Book Signing
Union Square Greenmarket.
New York, NY
Anna
June 2010
National Cooperative Grocers Association: National Retailer Meeting
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
Frances and Anna
From Small Planet to Hot Planet – Sparking an Intergenerational Food Revolution
Sponsored by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
St. Paul, MN
Frances and Anna
Growing Home, Annual Benefit
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago, IL
Frances
Book Signing
Women and Children First Bookstore
Chicago, IL
Frances
May 2010
Author Talk
Shirlington Branch Library
Arlington, VA
Frances
Presenter
TEDx Potomac
Washington, DC
Frances
Book Signing
Porter Square Books
Cambridge, MA
Frances
April 2010
Author Reading
Brattle Theatre, hosted by Harvard Bookstore
Cambridge, MA
Frances and Anna
Eco-Festival
Kingsborough College, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY
Anna
Author Reading
Powell’s Bookstore
Portland, OR
For more information www.powells.com
Anna
Nielson Kahn Seminar: Ecological Democracy
Lecture series by Randolph Hester, the 2009-10 Neilson Professor at Smith College
Smith College
Northampton, MA
Frances
Benefit for YOMO
Yoga Mendocino
Ukiah, CA
Frances
World Affairs Council
San Francisco, CA
For more information www.itsyourworld.org
Anna
University of California at Santa Cruz talk sponsored by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) & partners
Santa Cruz, California
Anna
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, CA
Frances and Anna
Get Lit! Festival
Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
For more information outreach.ewu.edu/getlit/
Anna
Diet for a Hot Planet
Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom www.tomdouglas.com
Seattle, WA
Anna
Cressman Lecturer in the Humanities
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
View the Lecture live http://ohc.uoregon.edu/webstream.html
Frances
March 2010
NYU IPSA Spring Conference- “Food Security: Strategies for a Malnourished Planet”
New York University,
New York, NY
Frances
College of Lake County
Grayslake, IL
Frances and Anna
February 2010
Green Matters Symposium
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton, MD
For more information www.montgomeryparks.org
Anna
Rivier College
Nashua, NH
Frances
January 2010
Screening of Food Inc.
Princeton Environmental Film Festival
Princeton, New Jersey
For more information www.princeton.edu/sustainability
Anna
Keynote
Developing Hearts that Yearn for Justice
San Diego, CA
For more information click here.
Frances
Keynote
30th Annual Ecological Farming Conference
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA
Frances
December 2009
Not Eating Out in New York Filmakers’ Panel
Anthology Film Archives, Yew York, NY
For more information www.noteatingoutinny.com
Anna
Small Planet Fund Annual Party and Auction
Private loft in SoHo, NY
View invitation, buy tickets, or contact:
Frances and Anna
New York City Food and Climate Summit: Creating a Platform for Change
Breakout Session, Introduction to Food and Climate Issues
Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South
For more information www.justfood.org
Anna
November 2009
Guest Speaker, Suffolk University
McDermott Conference Room
Free and open to the public
Frances
“Food, Finance, Climate Change- Seeing Common Roots, Searching for Solutions”
Lecture and Panel Discussion (see poster)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Frances
Ecologic Development Fund Annual Fall Benefit: The Taste of Sustainable Food
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston, MA
Frances
Keynote address: Living Democracy: Food, Environment, Health (Nov. 20, 7.30pm)
Workshop: Spiral of Powerlessness/Spiral of Empowerment (Nov. 21, 9.15am)
Wisdom Ways Fall Soul Conference
St. Paul, MN
Frances
Closing Keynote for “Greening the City: Fostering Inspired and Innovative
Leadership for Just and Sustainable Urban Communities,” at Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
Frances
Guest lecture at Commonwealth high school
Boston, MA
Frances
October 2009
Guest lecture as part of Talbert Lecture series
Emory and Henry College
Emory, VA
Frances
Keynote Speaker
Relocalization Conference
Download the flyer
Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities
Reggie Lewis Center
Roxbury, MA
Frances
Keynote Address: Getting a Grip on Democracy
Western Colorado Congress
Event poster
Grand Junction, CO
Frances
Lecture and book signing: open to the public
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois
Frances
September 2009
Closing Address
“Year of the Harvest” series
Visitor Center, Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA
Frances
Closing keynote
Greening of the Campus VIII: Embracing Change
Hosted by Ball State University
Indiana Convention Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Frances
Dialogue on Food Kick off Event: “From Sustenance to Community”
Followed by a book signing
Munger Auditorium, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
Frances
Keynote Address
Sustainable Living Fair
Postcard/Press release
Fort Collins, CO
Frances
Presentation and book signing
Kluge Auditorium, United World College
Montezuma, NM
Frances
Convocation Speech: Why Hunger in a World of Plenty?
Denison College; Granville, Ohio
Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive); free and open to the public
Frances
Town Hall Auditorium, Belmont
Hosted by Belmont Public Library
Kickoff lecture for the 2009 One Book—One Belmont, town-wide reading program
Belmont, Massachusetts
Frances
5th Annual Peace Festival
Ewam Montana
Frances
August 2009
Keynote Address
Eastern Conference Workplace Democracy, (brochure)
Pittsburgh, PA
Press Release
Frances
July 2009
Commencement Speech
Duquesne University, Sustainable MBA Program Commencement
Pittsburgh, PA
Frances
June 2009
Keynote Address
EarthWorks Annual Meeting
Roxbury, MA
Frances
May 2009
Keynote Address
Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC)
In conjunction with Congress 2009
Ottawa, Canada
Frances
Getting a Grip book release and tour in Germany
View cities and dates
Frances
Keynote Address
Statewide Community Service-Learning Conference
Hosted by: Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Service Alliance
Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
Frances
Brooklyn Food Conference
For more information or to register visit the link above; or read the blog post
A project of the Brooklyn food coalition, free admission and open to the public
Anna
April 2009
Miami Dade College
10th Annual Animal Ethics Week Keynote Speech
Faculty Workshop
Miami, Florida
Frances
Clark University (open to the public)
Worcester, MA
Hosted by Real Food Challenge and Campus Accountability Now
Frances
March 2009
World Future Council
Expert Commission on Finance & the Economy
Hosted by SEKEM, http://www.sekem.com
Cairo, Egypt
Frances
Regis College
Speech: Getting a Grip on the Environmental Crisis
Weston, MA
Frances
Food Film Festival
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
Frances
Special tour of farm worker conditions
Hosted by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Ft. Myers, FL
Frances
February 2009
Luncheon Keynote
International Convocation for Unitarian-Universalist Women
Houston, TX
Frances
2009 Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future
La Casa de Maria Retreat
800 El Bosque Road
Montecito, CA
Frances
Recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Public Scholar Award
Presented by the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association (ISA)
New York, NY
Frances