Rich Benjamin

Events & Speaking

Areas of Expertise: Whites, money, class, the American Dream, the economy, social relations, Trump’s ascendancy and politics, global center-right populism, space & place, lifestyle & living, cities & suburbs, demographics, Western cultural anxiety, Latinos, the Gays, and our demographic future.

• Blue Sky Institute 9th Annual DEI Summit

  Keynote: “Cities of Tomorrow: Treasuring Difference, Getting Present, Succeeding Ahead”
  Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 2pm
  JUMP | Boise State University
  Boise, Idaho

• The Anschutz Lecture, Princeton University

  “Talk to Me: A Story of Racial Capitalism, Coup, and Democracy”
  Talk | Q & A
  Friday, April 13, 2023 4:30pm
  Princeton, NJ

• Raue Center for the Arts

  “The Divided States of America: Small Towns, Big National Transformations”
  Talk | Q & A
  Friday, October 14, 2022, 7pm
  Crystal Lake, Illinois

• Princeton University

  
  Constitution Anniversary Event:
  “Citizenship and Its Discontents in Our Evolving Democratic Republic”
  Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 4:30pm
  Effron Center for the Study of America

• Yale University

  Poynter Lecture: “Whiteness, Conservatism, and Democracy in the Digital Age”
  Monday, March 17, 2021, 12pm
  Virtual Lecture

• South Puget Sound Community College

  Keynote: “Dr. King and the More Perfect Union”
  Monday, January 20, 2020, 7pm
  Minneart Center for the Arts
  Olympia, WA

• “Think & Drink: A Conversation w/ Rich Benjamin”

  Oregon Council for the Humanities | Deschutes Public Library
  Monday, October 21, 2019, 7PM
  10 Barrel Brewing
  62950 NE 18th Street
  Bend, OR

• Oregon State University, Cascades

  Keynote: “What’s Race Got to Do With It?”
  Monday, October 21, 2019, Noon
  OSU, Obsidian Hall
  Bend, OR

• Opportunity 2020: The Way to Win

  Keynote: “I Am, Because of You: A Vision and Politics for 2020”
  Monday, June 17, 2019, 7pm
  Sponsored by Third Way
  Charleston Gaillard Center
  Charleston, SC

• TECHONOMY 2019

  “Interview: Democratic Presidential Candidates”
  Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 12pm
  Convene Center
  New York, NY

• The Museum of Modern Art

  Presentation: “The White Male”
  Monday, March 25, 2019, 7pm
  Celeste Bartos Theatre
  New York, NY

• Indiana Wesleyan University MLK

  “Keynote: King and The More Perfect Union”
  Friday, January 18, 2019, 7pm
  Phillippe Performing Arts Center
  Marion, IN

• Non-Profits and the Call to Moral Leadership

  Presentation: “Toward a Beloved Community: Non-Profits, Everyday Whiteness, and Confronting Rightwing Terror”
  November 14, 2018
  Private Reflection/Convening
  Pittsburgh, PA

• TECHONOMY 2018

  “Post-Midterm Election Townhall”
  Sunday, November 11, 2018, 5:30pm
  Ritz-Carlton
  Half Moon Bay, CA

• Book Expo 2018

  Live Podcast Panel: “But That’s Another Story”
  Co-Panelists: Bestselling Authors Will Schwalbe, Leigh Bardugo, and Wayétu Moore
  Tues, May 31, 2018, 5:15pm
  Jacob Jatiz Center, Downtown Stage
  New Yor, NY

• Techonomy 2018

  Moderator: “Creating a More Equitable Workplace”
  Panelists: Maggie Chan Jones, Sarah Gerber, & Gina Hadley
  Tues, May 8, 2018, 2pm
  117 W. 46th Street
  New Yor, NY

• Elon University

  Keynote: “Whitopia: Our Culture, Politics, and Disruption”
  September 26, 2017
  Whitley Auditorium
  106 E. Lebanon Avenue
  Elon, NC

• My City Summit, 2017

  Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana
  Keynote: “The Color of Tomorrow: Economic Development & Community Inclusion in the Age of Trump”
  January 24, 2017
  University of St. Francis Performing Arts Center
  Fort Wayne, IN

• “MEN OF LETTERS: The Woman Who Changed My Life”

  Co-Performers: Josh Radnor (Star/Director, “How I Met Your Mother”), Ben Sinclair (Star/Producer, “High Maintenance”), Julio Torres (comedian/space prince)
  July 14, 2016, 9pm
  Joe’s Pub, The Public Theatre
  425 Lafayette Street
  New York, NY

• 2016 Fair Housing Conference

  Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan
  Keynote: “How We Live Now: Society and Our Community Designs”
  April 29, 2016
  Fetzer Center
  Kalamazoo, MI

• “20/20: The Future in Focus”

  Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies, 2016 Conference
  Keynote: “Latinos, Whites, and America’s Social Future”
  April 20, 2016, 11:30am
  Nobu Eden Rock
  Miami, FL

• Association of California Community College Administrators

  Keynote: “Mission Possible: Initiate, Innovate, Integrate”
  February 18, 2016, Noon-2pm
  Riverside Convention Center
  Riverside, CA

• Ripon College

  Keynote: “Economic Progress: 2016”
  January 26, 2016, 7-8:30pm
  Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union
  Ripon, WI

• Brooklyn Book Festival 2015

  Moderator: “Writing About Place in the Age of the Global City”
  Panelists: Luc Sante, Vivian Gornick, David Ulin
  Sun, Sep 20, 2015, 2pm
  Brooklyn Law School Moot Court Room
  250 Joralemon Street
  Brooklyn, NY

• TEDWomen 2015

  May 27 – 29, 2015
  Monterey, CA

• Evergreen State College

  Keynote: “Day of Absence, Day of Presence”
  April 10, 2015, 1pm
  Olympia, WA

• Borough of Manhattan Community College

  Keynote: “Inequality Forum”
  February 18, 2015, 12-2pm
  New York, NY

• “Losing Our Way”: An Evening with Bob Herbert and Lesley Stahl

  Emcee: Rich Benjamin
  Wed, October 15, 2014, 7pm
  NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
  New York, NY

• City College, New York. Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership

  Keynote: Powell Fellows’ Graduating Ceremony
  Tues, May 9, 2014, 5pm
  New York, NY

• Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity

  Sat, April 26, 2014, 9am
  Debate: “What’s Really in the US Best Interest?”
  Debaters: Rich Benjamin, Stephen Moore (Chief Economist, Heritage Foundation), Don Watkins (Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute)
  Kingston, RI

• Progressive US Congress Strategy Summit

  Fri, February 14, 2014, 11am
  Panel: “What the Right Gets Right”
  Panelists: Rich Benjamin, Thomas Frank, Rick Perlstein
  Moderator: Rep. Gwen Moore (D, WI)
  Philadelphia, PA

• Chicago Ideas Week 2013

  Wed, Oct 17, 2013, 3-4pm
  “Great Debate: Markets and Morality Featuring Yaron Brook and Rich Benjamin”
  Morningstar
  22 W Washington St
  Chicago, IL

• Brooklyn Book Festival 2013

  Sun, Sep 22, 2013, 1pm
  Panel Moderator: “Get a Job!: To Have and Not Have In America Today”
  Brooklyn Historical Society Library
  128 Pierrepont Street
  Brooklyn, NY

• The Aspen Institute, Roundtable on Community Change

  MAY 28 – Jun 1, 2013
  Racial Equity Leadership Development Program
  Aspen, CO

• Yeshiva University

  Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 8pm
  “America’s Demographic Future”
  Beren Campus, 245 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY

• Phillips Exeter Academy

  Fri, Jan 18, 2013, 10am-Noon
  “Inequality in America”
  Grangier Auditorium
  Exeter, NH

• Strand Bookstore

  Thurs, Sep 27, 2012, 7-9pm
  “Elites and the Jobless: What Comes Next?”
  Rich Benjamin in Conversation with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes & DW Gibson
  New York, NY

• City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate School of Public Health

  Wed, May 9, 2012, 6-8pm
  “Anthropology and Epidemiology: Researching Change”
  5th Avenue (@34th Street)
  New York, NY

• The Jefferson Center

  Sat, May 5, 2012, Noon-2pm
  “Moving Millions to the Middle Class: A 21st Century Economy”
  Double Tree Park Place
  Minneapolis, MN

• Poly Prep Country Day School

  Tues, Apr 2, 2012, 8-10am
  “The Gated Community Mentality”
  9216 Seventh Avenue
  Brooklyn, NY

• Book Court

  Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 7-9pm
  “Maps and Memory”
  Rich reads from his new book-in-progress
  163 Court Street
  Brooklyn, NY

• California State University, Fullerton

  Tues, Nov 15, 2011, 3-4:30pm
  “The Color of Tomorrow: Whites, Latinos, and America’s ‘Post-Racial’ Future”
  Lecture / Discussion
  CSU, Fullerton
  800 N. State College Blvd
  Fullerton, CA

• What Can a Crisis Tell Us?

  Tues, Oct 18, 2011, 7-8pm
  Bestselling Author Nomi Prins and Rolling Stone Contributor Matt Taibbi in conversation w/ Rich
  Strand Bookstore
  828 Broadway (@12th St)
  New York, NY

• Utah Housing Coalition 2011 Conference

  Tues, Oct 3, 2011, 12pm
  Keynote Address
  Utah Cultural Celebration Center
  1355 W 3100 S
  West Valley City, UT

• Facing History

  Fri, Jul 15, 2011, 9am
  Talk / Tutorial
  Friends Seminary
  222 East 16th Street
  New York, NY

• New York University, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

  Tues, Feb 15, 2011, 3:30pm
  “Obama in the Age of Whitopia”
  Lecture / Discussion
  20 Cooper Sq.
  New York, NY

• Pomona College

  Tues, Sep 21, 2010 7pm
  “Whitopias Rising: Race an Rage in America”
  Debate w/ Gerard Alexander (American Enterprise Institute)
  Rose Hills Theater, Pomona College
  Claremont, CA

• Facing History

  Fri, Aug 13, 2010, 9am
  Talk / Tutorial
  Urban Assembly School for Law and Justic
  283 Adams Street
  New York, NY

• Columbia Basin College

  Mon, Jun 7, 2010, 6:30pm
  Talk / Q&A
  Hawk Union Building, Main Stage
  Pasco, WA

• The Little Professor Bookstore

  Mon, May 17, 2010, 4:30-5:30pm
  Reading / Q&A
  15. N. Main Street
  St. George, UT

• Democrats of Southern Utah Luncheon

  Mon, May 17, 2010, 11:30am-12:30pm
  Talk / Q&A
  The Best Western Abbey Inn
  1129 S. Bluff Street
  Cost: $15
  St. George, UT

• Columbia University

  Wed, Apr 7, 2010, 12-1:30pm
  Talk/Q&A
  Faculty House, 2nd Floor
  64 Morningside Dr. (@ W. 116 St)
  New York, NY

• Tides Foundation / Commonweal Institute

  Fri, Mar 12, 2010, 12-1:30pm
  Lecture / Brown Bag: “America’s Demographic Future and the Common Good”
  Tides Foundation, The Pacific Room
  1014 Tourney Avenue, The Presidio
  San Francisco, CA

• Stanford Bookstore

  Thurs, Mar 11, 2010, 5:30-6:30pm
  Book Signing / Reception
  519 Lasuen Mall
  Palo Alto, CA

• Stanford University

  Thurs, Mar 11, 2010, 4pm
  Lecture/Q&A
  Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
  424 Santa Teresa Street
  Palo Alto, CA

• Colgate University

  Wed, Mar 3, 2010, 6:30pm
  Lecture/Q&A
  Persson Auditorium
  Persson Hall
  Hamilton, NY

• Rutgers University-New Brunswick

  Thurs, Jan 28, 2010, 6pm
  Lecture/Q&A
  Student Center, Multi-Purpose Room B
  New Brunswick, NJ

• Happy Ending Reading Series: “America Night”

  Wed, Jan 6, 2010, 7pm
  Reading / Signing w/ Musical Guest
  Joe’s Pub
  425 Lafayette Street (@ E. 4th)
  New York, NY

• Open Society Institute / Enoch Pratt Free Public Library

  Tues, Dec 1, 2009, 7pm
  Talk/Signing/Conversation
  Wheeler Main Auditorium
  400 Cathedral St.
  Baltimore, MD

• New York University, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

  Tues, Dec 1, 2009, 11am
  Panel Discussion with Rich Benjamin, Ted Conover (New Jack City), Bryan Mealer (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) & more
  Stern School of Business, Schimmel Auditorium, 40 W. 4th Street
  New York, NY

• New York Writers Benefit for Public School 8

  Thurs, Nov 19, 2009, 7pm
  Featuring Rich Benjamin, Gabriel Byrne, Warren St. John & more
  Umbrage Gallery
  111 Front Street
  New York, NY

• Paragraph Reading Series

  Wed, Nov 11, 2009, 7pm
  Talk/Signing/Q&A
  85 E. 4th Street
  New York, NY

• Town Hall Seattle

  Tues, Nov 3, 2009, 7:30pm
  Talk/Signing/Q&A
  1119 8th Ave (@Seneca St)
  Seattle, WA

• Tattered Cover Book Store

  Thurs, Oct 29, 2009, 7:30pm
  Talk/Signing/Q&A
  2526 East Colfax Avenue
  Denver, CO

• The Commonwealth Club & Santa Clara University

  Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 12pm
  Talk/Signing/Q&A
  500 El Camino Real, SCU campus
  Santa Clara, CA

• Idlewild Books

  Mon, Oct 19, 2009, 7pm
  Talk/Signing/ Conversation w/ Joseph O’Neill (Netherland)
  12 W. 19th Street (@ 5th Ave.)
  New York, NY

• Politics and Prose

  Sat, Oct 17, 2009, 1pm
  Talk/Signing/Q&A
  5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC

• National Launch, Demos

  Thurs, Oct 8, 2009, 6pm
  Talk/Signing/Q&A
  220 Fifth Avenue (@26th Street), 5th Floor
  New York, NY