A prolific public speaker, Valarie has been invited to 200 cities across the U.S. to lecture at universities, colleges, high schools, corporations, and religious and interfaith organizations. She continues to speak on wide-ranging issues: racial diversity, interfaith dialogue, women’s’ empowerment, generational trends, and civil rights since Sept 11th. Her lectures, film screenings, and workshops aim to cultivate brave new dialogue among her audiences.
You can reach Valarie at valarie@valariekaur.com. Please contact the Leigh Bureau for booking inquiries. For general inquiries, contact Jodi Elliott at groundswell [at] auburnseminary.org.
If you are interested in inviting Valarie to speak at your campus, congregation, or community, please read on.
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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
On the lecture circuit, Valarie has taught students of law, religion, politics, gender, and media at campuses such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley and Dartmouth. For more info, click here.
SCHOOLS
Valarie has spoken at dozens of K-12 schools, public and private, inspiring kids to become agents of change. She has taught at Tubman Middle School in Augusta, Georgia, Chicago Public Schools, Academy of the Sacred Heart in Detroit, Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge, and others. For more, click here.
FAITH GROUPS
Trained at Harvard Divinity School, she offers sermons and workshops for communities of faith in churches, mosques, synagogues, gurdwaras, and more. For more info, click here.
COMPANIES
Bringing fresh and innovative diversity programming to the workplace, Valarie has spoken at General Mills, the YWCA of Minneapolis, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, and the Iowa Mosaic Diversity Conference. For more info, click here.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Valarie offers diversity training on race and religion for police departments. For more info, click here.
You can also download Valarie’s booking guide here. Read endorsements of her work from people who inspire us with their own. Click here for upcoming appearances.
