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Kileah (she/her) is a writer, musician, knitter, and lover of all things Middle Earth. She and her husband raise hobbits and chickens in the verda...

One of the greatest tennis players in the history of the sport, Billie Jean King (she/her) used her success on the court as a platform to create a ...

Sara (she/her) and Stewart (he/him) Scott-Curran are a wife and husband super team with the coolest secret weapon: their daughter Skyler! They all ...

Kendall Clawson (she/her) lives in the Pacific Northwest and was the first executive director of Q Center, Oregon’s LGBTQIA+ community center. She...

TEDxPortland is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization. Our speakers and performers share ideas on a wide range of topics to bring people toge...

LeVar Burton (he/him) is an actor, director, and educator best known for his iconic roles as Kunta Kinte in ROOTS, Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: ...

Ara Katz wants you to meet the trillions of microbes that live in and on your body—your microbiome! She co-founded Seed to pioneer the applicati...

The National Coalition Against Censorship is an alliance of more than 50 national nonprofits. NCAC has been fighting for kids’ right to read for a...