02 Apr Amanda Nguyen
Posted at 15:26h
in
Speaker: AMANDA NGUYEN
Astronaut, Civil Rights Activist; 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee; CEO & Founder of Rise
Speech Topics Include:
- Rise: The most successful social justice movement in US history
- AAPI Heritage Month
Amanda will become the first Vietnamese woman to go to space when she flies on Blue Origin’s upcoming launch on the New Shepard rocket. Amanda’s activism focuses on the intersection of race and gender. She ignited the Stop Asian Hate movement and passed sexual assault survivor rights in the United States and United Nations through her work at Rise. For her work she was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and is a 2022 TIME Woman of the Year.
- Rise: The most successful social justice movement in US history
- AAPI Heritage Month
