LaTosha Brown

Martin Luther King's Day | GM Theater

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, will deliver a powerful keynote address on MLK Day January 20, 2025. Her speech will explore the critical need for African Americans and all disenfranchised members of our community to exercise the right to vote as a means of achieving social justice. 

Her remarks will also highlight the healing power of love amidst personal grief and loss. Brown emphasizes that understanding our shared humanity requires embracing pain and compassion providing a perfect start to the Wright’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s enduring legacy.

Join us in the GM Theater on January 20th at 9:30am. 

Get Tickets (keynote only)

Note: This event, held in the GM Theater after the MLK Day Annual Prayer Breakfast, requires a ticket. You may purchase a Keynote-Only ticket (limited availability) or a ticket for the MLK Breakfast (which includes access to the keynote).

See the full Martin Luther King's Day schedule at The Wright.

LaTosha Brown 

LaTosha Brown is an award-winning visionary thought leader, institution builder, Cultural Activist and Artist, and Connector. She is a nationally recognized, “go-to” expert in Black Voting Rights and Voter Suppression, Black Women’s Empowerment, and Philanthropy.  

LaTosha is the Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Fund and Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute. These initiatives are designed to boost Black voter registration and turnout, as well as increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities.  

LaTosha is also the Visionary, Founder and Co-Anchor of a regional network called the Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium. This is $100 million, 10-year initiative to invest in organizations that serve Black women and girls. The goal of the consortium is to create a new approach to philanthropy by allowing every component of the program, inception to execution, to be created by Black girls and women in the South.  

Ms. Brown is also the 2020 Hauser Leader at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, the 2020 Leader in Practice at Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program, and a 2020-2021 American Democracy fellow at the Charles Warren Center at Harvard.  

What’s Next?  

LaTosha has worked in 23 different countries to include Kenya, Guyana, and Brazil. Her next mission involves resourcing and empowering women across the Diaspora. “I don’t want women to be seen as victims; they are the problem solvers for the world. I am convinced that Black Women are going to liberate the world!”  

In the Media  

Ms. Brown has received numerous awards and accolades for her work. She has been featured on ABC, CBS, CNN, Democracy Now, and PBS. Her Op-Eds have been showcased in the New York Times, Politico and Essence. Her work has also been highlighted in several docuseries: What’s Eating America?,  American Swamp, and Finding Justice. To learn more about LaTosha, please visit  www.latoshabrown.com  

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