Tulsa Town Hall 2023 – 2024 Speaker Series

BILL BROWDER – OCTOBER 6, 2023

Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath

• Founder & CEO of Hermitage Capital Management

• Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign

• Author of “Red Notice” and “Freezing Order”

Fraud, theft, torture, and murder were just some of the atrocities that Bill Browder uncovered in Vladimir Putin’s Russia in the early 2000s. Browder’s company, Hermitage Capital, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005 when Browder was expelled from Russia and labeled a “national security threat” for exposing corruption in state-owned Russian companies. Browder successfully lobbied the US Congress to pass The Magnitsky Act, which imposes visa bans and asset freezes on human rights abusers and corrupt officials.

BRIAN GREENE – NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Until The End of Time

• Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University

• Best-selling author

• Chairman and co-founder of the World of Science Festival

A world-renowned physicist and mathematician, Brian Greene is known for his groundbreaking research in cosmology, including the “Multiverse,” and his advances in understanding superstring theory - the idea that all particles are made of tiny vibrating strings of energy. The Washington Post described Greene as “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.”

ROSANNE CASH – FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Americana: A Tour of American Music

• Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

• Advocate of music as a tool for social change

• Highlighted at Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Center

Guitar in hand, Rosanne Cash weaves stories of her life, country music career, and the challenges ahead. She honed her craft traveling with her father, Johnny, and has been one of the most compelling figures in popular music for over 30 years. A singer-songwriter, she is also an activist, philanthropist, and author of “Bird on a Blade” and “Composed: A Memoir.” Rosanne Cash is one of music’s greatest advocates as she challenges industry leaders to preserve the rights critical for musicians to thrive.

MARY LOUISE KELLY – MARCH 8, 2024

The World Considered: Global Flashpoints From a Journalist’s Perspective

• Co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered

• Former National Security Correspondent for NPR

• Novelist

From the Afghan-Pakistan border to Kosovo refugee camps to the deck of an aircraft carrier – among many other places – Mary Louise Kelly traveled the world as a reporter for the BBC and CNN to investigate foreign policy and military issues. In 2001, she launched an intelligence beat at NPR and is currently an anchor of NPR’s All Things Considered.

DAWN PORTER - APRIL 12, 2024

Through The Filmmaker’s Lens: The Art of Documentary Storytelling

• Award-winning filmmaker

• Director and producer of “Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer”

• Founder of Trilogy Films Production Company

Dawn Porter has emerged as a leader in the art of documentary storytelling. Gideon’s Army, her first documentary as a budding director, followed the lives of three Black public defenders working in the South. Critically acclaimed, it won an award at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy. Her work has been featured on HBO, Netflix, CNN, PBS, and other platforms. Porter codirected and produced the mental health documentary series “The Me you Can’t See,” which features a variety of illuminating interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry, Lady Gaga, and Glenn Close.

Season tickets for the 2023-2024 speaker series are on sale now.

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