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Charlene Carruthers

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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Charlene Carruthers Biography

Charlene A. Carruthers (she/her) is a writer, filmmaker, community organizer, and Black Studies PhD Candidate at Northwestern University. A practitioner of telling more complete stories, her work interrogates historical conjunctures of Black freedom-making post-emancipation and decolonial revolution, Black governance, and Black feminist abolitionist geographies. She is a 2020 Marguerite Casey Presidential Freedom Scholar and Mellon Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her work spans more than 15 years of community organizing across racial, gender and economic justice movements. Carruthers wrote and directed The Funnel, a short film, which received the Queer Black Voices Award at the 35th Annual aGLIFF Prism Film Festival.

As the founding national director of BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100), she worked alongside hundreds of young Black activists to build a member-led organization dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. Her work has been covered in several publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Chicago Reader, The Nation, Ebony and Essence Magazines. She has appeared on CNN, Democracy Now!, BBC and MSNBC. The Chicago native has also written for theRoot.com, CRISIS Magazine, Teen Vogue, Truthout, Colorlines and the Boston Review. She is recognized as one of the top 10 most influential African Americans by The Root 100, one of Ebony Magazine's "Woke 100," an Emerging Power Player in Chicago Magazine and is the 2017 recipient of the YWCA's Dr. Dorothy I. Height Award.

A believer in telling more complete stories about the Black Radical Tradition, Carruthers is a highly sought after speaker at various institutions including Wellesley College, Shaw University, Princeton University, Northwestern University and her alma mater Illinois Wesleyan University. She is author of the bestselling book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements.

Speaking Topics
  • So Much Is Possible: A Meditation on Black Feminism, Abolition and Love

  • Building on the Dream: Continuing a Black Radical Tradition in the Movement for Black Lives

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Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

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  • What are the speaker fees for Charlene Carruthers

    Speaking fees for Charlene Carruthers, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Charlene Carruthers are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and under $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Charlene Carruthers, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Charlene Carruthers speak about?

  • Where does Charlene Carruthers travel from?

    Charlene Carruthers generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Charlene Carruthers’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Charlene Carruthers for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Charlene Carruthers for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Charlene Carruthers or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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Charlene Carruthers Biography

Charlene A. Carruthers (she/her) is a writer, filmmaker, community organizer, and Black Studies PhD Candidate at Northwestern University. A practitioner of telling more complete stories, her work interrogates historical conjunctures of Black freedom-making post-emancipation and decolonial revolution, Black governance, and Black feminist abolitionist geographies. She is a 2020 Marguerite Casey Presidential Freedom Scholar and Mellon Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellow in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her work spans more than 15 years of community organizing across racial, gender and economic justice movements. Carruthers wrote and directed The Funnel, a short film, which received the Queer Black Voices Award at the 35th Annual aGLIFF Prism Film Festival.

As the founding national director of BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100), she worked alongside hundreds of young Black activists to build a member-led organization dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. Her work has been covered in several publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Chicago Reader, The Nation, Ebony and Essence Magazines. She has appeared on CNN, Democracy Now!, BBC and MSNBC. The Chicago native has also written for theRoot.com, CRISIS Magazine, Teen Vogue, Truthout, Colorlines and the Boston Review. She is recognized as one of the top 10 most influential African Americans by The Root 100, one of Ebony Magazine's "Woke 100," an Emerging Power Player in Chicago Magazine and is the 2017 recipient of the YWCA's Dr. Dorothy I. Height Award.

A believer in telling more complete stories about the Black Radical Tradition, Carruthers is a highly sought after speaker at various institutions including Wellesley College, Shaw University, Princeton University, Northwestern University and her alma mater Illinois Wesleyan University. She is author of the bestselling book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements.

Charlene Carruthers Speaking Topics

  • So Much Is Possible: A Meditation on Black Feminism, Abolition and Love

  • Building on the Dream: Continuing a Black Radical Tradition in the Movement for Black Lives

Charlene Carruthers Videos

  • Charlene Carruthers and adrienne maree brown in Conversation
    It’s not a stretch to suggest that true revolutionary power lies in a group’s ability to come together, organize, learn, share and experiment...
  • Charlene Carruthers on Her Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate
    Charlene Carruthers, national director of the Black Youth Project 100, joins us for a wide-ranging discussion upon the publication of her timely new...
  • Charlene Carruthers, BYP100
    Unapologetic is a 21st-century activist’s guide to upending mainstream ideas about race, class, and gender carves out a path to collective...

Charlene Carruthers Books

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  • How do I book Charlene Carruthers to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Charlene Carruthers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Charlene Carruthers, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Charlene Carruthers or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Charlene Carruthers

    Speaking fees for Charlene Carruthers, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Charlene Carruthers are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and under $10,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Charlene Carruthers, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Charlene Carruthers speak about?

  • Where does Charlene Carruthers travel from?

    Charlene Carruthers generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Charlene Carruthers’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Charlene Carruthers for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Charlene Carruthers for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Charlene Carruthers or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Charlene Carruthers is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as So Much Is Possible: A Meditation on Black Feminism, Abolition and Love and Building on the Dream: Continuing a Black Radical Tradition in the Movement for Black Lives. The estimated speaking fee range to book Charlene Carruthers for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Charlene Carruthers generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Tamika D. Mallory, Nikki Giovanni, Ellen McGirt, Renee Montgomery and Ijeoma Oluo. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Charlene Carruthers for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Charlene Carruthers Speaking Topics

  • So Much Is Possible: A Meditation on Black Feminism, Abolition and Love

  • Building on the Dream: Continuing a Black Radical Tradition in the Movement for Black Lives

Charlene Carruthers Speaker Videos

  • Charlene Carruthers and adrienne maree brown in Conversation
    It’s not a stretch to suggest that true revolutionary power lies in a group’s ability to come together, organize, learn, share and experiment with new ways to meet social challenges. Charlene...
    Charlene Carruthers on Her Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate
    Charlene Carruthers, national director of the Black Youth Project 100, joins us for a wide-ranging discussion upon the publication of her timely new book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist...
  • Charlene Carruthers, BYP100
    Unapologetic is a 21st-century activist’s guide to upending mainstream ideas about race, class, and gender carves out a path to collective liberation. Charlene Carruthers, BYP100 National...
    The 30th Annual MLK Community Celebration with Charlene Carruthers
    Charlene A. Carruthers is an award winning community organizer advocating for racial justice and youth leadership development. Carruthers is the National Director of the Black Youth Project 100, an...

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