To invite Ellis Cose to speak at your next event, please contact his speakers bureau:
313 Washington Street, Suite 225
Newton, Massachusetts 02458
P: 800.228.4575 F: 617.965.6610
Some upcoming Events
New York :
May 25, book signing, Book Expo America, 1 p.m. Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street.
June 13, talk at Barnes and Noble, 7 p.m., 82nd & Broadway, 2289 Broadway.
June 16, talk at Harvard Club, 7 p.m., 35 West 44th Street.
June 23, talk at New York County Lawyer’s Association, 6 p.m., 14 Vesey Street
Washington:
June 6, The Root website panel, The Washington Post auditorium, 6:30 p.m., 1150 15thStreet, N.W.
June 21, talk at Politics & Prose, 7 p.m., 5015 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
Chicago:
June 5th , Printer’s Row Book Fair, 3:00 P.M. – 3:45 P.M., Ellis Cose in conversation with Bruce Dold , University Center/Lake Room, 525 S. State St.
Some past Events
ASPEN Ideals Festival 2010
Post Racial America: Is Obama a Symbol of the New American Dilemma?” click here
We’re Not Post-Racial Yet: click here
America’s two-speed economy: click here
Other Appearances
Ellis Cose accepts North Star News Prize at a ceremony in New York, Thursday, October 29. For more information: click here
On Saturday, October 17, Ellis Cose was the keynote speaker for a gala in Washington, D.C. to benefit the Sonrise School in Rwanda. The boarding school was founded by Anglican Bishop John Ruchyahana to educate children orphaned by the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The gala, held at the Washington Post building, attracted 200 people. To sponsor a child at Sonrise, you can go to: www.mustardseedproject.org and click on Sponsor. Ellis is pictured above with Bishop Rucyahana.
The 24th Annual Crime Victims’ Candlelight Vigil, held Sunday, April, 26 2009 – Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered to commune together and to hear crime victims talk about recovery. The keynote speaker was Ellis Cose.
Watch Ellis speak at The Aspen Institute and Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute’s convers
Watch Ellis address the Chicago Urban League’s business and political community on issues concerning African American men February 15, 2008.
MPR NewsQ: In The Loop
Hosted by: Jeff Horwich
Newsweek’s Ellis Cose: An “almost universal experience or black men”
August 3, 2009
ARTICLES
Uptown interview with Ellis Cose
Essence review of The End of Anger
The Race Gap in the Economic Recovery
Fallen Star
Artur Davis was on track to be Alabama’s first African-American governor—till he took black voters for granted.
Want to See Obama’s Future? Take a Look at Cory Booker.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is converting campaign inspiration into capable governance.
Movement ‘Mother’
The legacy of Dorothy Height.
Don’t Dismiss Michael Steele
Just because he has been an ineffective RNC
chairman doesn’t mean he isn’t also held to a different standard.
Ugly rhetoric perverts our politic
What’s the Moral Price for Playing Politics?
Antigay policies can be attributed to populist,
even democratic, politics, but that does not absolve
their perpetrators of bigotry.
David Paterson’s Dilemma
Black solidarity no longer trumps all.
Black and Blue at the Times
A top editor’s bruising experience.
A New Jim Crow?
The tragedy of America’s jails.
Children Are Not Too Old to Change
Rehabilitative approaches work better than punitive ones in reforming juvenile offenders. So why don’t more states adopt them?
Red, Brown, and Blue
America’s color lines are shifting
The GOP’s Civil-Rights Problem
The ‘Un-Palin’
Oprah is the real unifier in chief.
LEARNING THE LESSONS OF SESAME STREET
For 40 years it has taught children diversity and the alphabet, but what else should we be teaching them?
FIRED IS THE NEW RETIRED
The idiocy of axing older employees.
ACORN, Heal Thyself
The group’s problems lie within
How Obama Made Earth Wind & Fire Cool Again
Some 40 years later, the funk band is still selling out stadiums. Thank you, Mr. President
What Sotomayor is Starting
The evolution of Latino politics
Actual Innocense
A death-row case tests whether swift justice can also be certain.
Caricature Witness
The ugly assumptions behind the case against Judge Sotomayor.
A Message of Hope From a Pile of Bones
If Rwanda can recover, says an Anglican bishop, others can, too.
A New Mission for the NAACP
The youngest president in association history leads at a time when many question the body’s very necessity. .
Changing The GOP
Steele’s task: transforming a party that likes the way it is.
Revisiting ‘The Rage of a Privileged Class’
Obama’s presidency renders absurd the argument that blacks are barred from playing at the highest levels. But do isolated victories add up to systemic change?
An Epic Moment, Yes. But Transcendent? No.
Americans are getting more comfortable with one another
To Dream a Little Dream of Us
This contest is not about who is the best orator; it is more about who is the best dream merchant.
So What If He Were Muslim?
We haven’t fully accepted the notion that all religions should have equal access to the Oval Office.
The Meaning of a Milestone
Obama exceeded expectations. Can he raise them, too?
Ready, But Are We Willing?
We may have arrived at the point where race, even as it remains a potent factor, is not the only or most important one.
McCain’s Hidden Advantage
No matter what Obama does or what issue he takes, many voters may vote purely on demographic and racial terms.
The Lessons of Rwanda
The important thing is not how quickly the country is healing but how easily it descended into madness.
It Was Always Headed Here
Obama invited some serious thinking, an invitation that’s been extended many times in the past.
Understanding Obama’s Appeal
What his fans see—and why it’s trouble for Clinton.
A Dispute Over The Dream
This election is about making history; each campaign sees the other one as an obstacle to that effort.
An Obama-Carter Reality Check
Obama’s candidacy, even if he loses, has already had a huge impact on American perceptions.
The Rise of a New American Underclass
The real issue is not how many people to let in, but how to help them all fit in.
The Harm of ‘Get Tough’ Policies
The Supreme Court’s ruling on federal cocaine sentences could be a turning point—toward justice and righting an old wrong.
Why I Write
I pondered why it was that my city, my world, was so divided by color.
Opening Doors for Fellow Refugees
Solis fled Nicaragua. Now she’s forming a foundation to help other refugees come to U.S. universities.
From A Prison to Princeton
His dorm room was ‘beautiful,’ he says. ‘I didn’t have to use my kerosene lamp.’
Ignore the Noose Makers
Because of lynching’s violent, racist history, the mere invocation of it can make people insanely angry.
Obama: Go On Offense
Democrats should rely on appeals that evoke fairness, equality and a common destiny.
Little Rock, 50 Years Later
