Ella Baker and Supporting Youth Leadership

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"They [Glenn Smiley and Rev. Moore] agreed that the meeting should be youth centered, and that the adults attending would serve in an advisory capacity, and should mutually agree to ‘speak only when asked to do so.’"

–Ella J. Baker, memo to Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy, March 23, 1960, in preparation for the Shaw conference that saw the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

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Drew Dellinger, Ph.D., is an internationally known speaker, poet, writer, and teacher whose keynotes and poetry performances—which address ecology, justice, cosmology, and connectedness—have inspired minds and hearts around the world. He is also a consultant, filmmaker, and founder of Planetize the Movement.

Dellinger has presented at over 1400 events across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. He has spoken and performed at numerous conferences—including TEDWomen, Bioneers, the Green Festival, the Dream Reborn, and the Parliament of the World’s Religions—as well as colleges and universities, poetry venues, protests, and places of worship.

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