OUR EVENTS

SMALL PLANET EVENTS

Together and separately, Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé speak at dozens of conferences, universities and to citizen organizations, community associations, and sustainable living festivals every year.

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One of the wisest women on the planet today. We always walk away with so much to think about—it kindles all of our creative energy—and propels us into action! —Jeri Levitt, Boston, Massachusetts

Your words and thoughts have given us a needed infusion of hope for future action in this challenging time. —Jessica Sawyer, Bethesda, Maryland

Thank you for a truly special series of events in Iowa. Accolades and warm words about your time here are still coming into our office. —Iowa Environmental Council, Des Moines, Iowa

PAST EVENTS

October 22, 2019
Frances spoke during Sustainability Week at Marist College. She spoke during two classes and as the Keynote Speaker. This year's theme for sustainability week was “Innovation For Our Environment.” For her Keynote Speech, Frances focused on environmental issues.

October 8, 2019
Frances attended and introduced the film ‘Winning Back Our Democracy’ at Emerson College's Bright Lights film series

Directed by Hedrick Smith, documentary, English, 57 minutes, USA (2019)

September 27, 2019
Frances was the keynote speaker at the conference "The Lost Alternatives of the Long 1960s: Reflections on the Ideas of the Counterculture." She spoke about what inspired her to write Diet for a Small Planet, provided some perspective on the historical moment in which she wrote it, and described how that moment can inform the present.

September 21, 2019
Presenting a Meal with a conscience, good for the consumer and the planet, The Westmoreland Museum hosted a culinary experience that blends conversation with Frances and food inspired by the recipes from her book and prepared by Chef Taylor Kalasky of Yumzio Bistro.

July 28, 2019
Frances Moore Lappé, David C. Mahood- a sustainability consultant, environmental writer and poet, and Alexa Figueroa- an activist with the Sunrise Movement, co-lead a "Be the Change" discussion on climate change and community engagement at Porter Square Books.

June 20-22, 2019
Frontiers of Democracy is an annual conference hosted by the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University since 2009. Frances Moore Lappé was a panel speaker for the "Fixing American Democracy From the Outside In – Storming the Hill" breakout session.

June 4, 2019
Professor Joshua A. Douglas of the University of Kentucky College of Law gave a book talk at Small Planet Institute’s Cambridge office for his latest release, Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting.

May 31, 2019
Frances was honored to be a guest and panelist at Radcliffe Day where Dolores Huerta was awarded the 2019 Radcliffe Medal. The panel discussed a range of important topics at the intersection of food and justice while examining the social, labor, ecological, and health implications of our modern food system.

May 18, 2019
Frances was honored to receive the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, and she delivered the Commencement Address to USF graduates receiving degrees in the Humanities and Sciences from the College of Arts and Sciences.(Frances' speech begins at 26:23)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

What happens when Frances' book Eco-Mind is used in a classroom?

“I fortuitously assigned Eco-Mind excerpts for reading on Tuesday November 6, 2018 so we talked about democracy and stewardship on election day! The students SO appreciated your perspective. First, one person said - “I’m an environmental science student and I’ve been getting pretty depressed about the planet. This was so refreshingly positive.” Then another person said, “Yes, but what made it so effectively positive is that it was also critical.” Then a third student said, “You know, it made me really hopeful … but it also made me really angry. How can I be 22 and nobody ever told me about these incredible things that people have accomplished! I’m not going to let that happen to anybody else!”

-- Liz Carlisle, Lecturer at Stanford University

SELECTED UNIVERSITIES AT WHICH FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ HAS SPOKEN

University of Delaware

UC Santa Cruz

Eckerd College

Chatham University

Miami Dade College

University of Michigan

Framingham State

Vassar College

Carleton College

Ursinus College

Middlebury College

Ohio University

Connecticut College

Brooklyn College

Salem State

Mt Hokyoke

Northeastern

Utah Valley University

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Depauw University

Oregon State University

Manchester College

Young Harris College

Stanford University

UC Berkeley

UMass Amherst

Smith College

Rivier University

University of Oregon

NYU

University of Hawaii

Suffolk University

Regis College

Lesley University

University of Waterloo

Denison University

Clark University

You are amazing. Your beautiful capacity to connect people to the land, to their bodies, to the food they and we eat is so inspiring.

Karri, Green Festival

Boston, Massachusetts

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Thank you for an amazing talk today that was inspiring and thought-provoking for our group.

E3 Washington

Seattle, Washington

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living democracy, feeding hope

the Institute of writers, speakers, & activists Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé

OUR EVENTS

SMALL PLANET EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

SELECTED UNIVERSITIES AT WHICH FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ HAS SPOKEN