She is the chair of the board of Color of Change, the country’s largest online racial justice organization, and volunteers for numerous other boards in the fields of philanthropy and social justice. Through her regular media appearances, she elevates the concerns of working families on programs including NBC’s “Meet the Press”. For nearly two decades, she helped build the non-partisan “think and do” tank Demos, serving four years as president. Heather has testified in Congress, drafted legislation, and developed strategies for organizations and campaigns that won changes to improve the lives of millions. In the coming year, she will launch an original podcast on how to create cross-racial solidarity in challenging times. Her 2020 TED talk, “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone” reached 1 million views in just two months online.

Her new book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together” is now available from One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Heather McGhee designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Why does the American economy so often fail the American people? McGhee explains why racism hurts all of us and what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm-the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.

Featuring Heather McGhee, author of “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” and former president and current distinguished senior fellow of Demos, in conversation with Peggy Clark, vice president of Policy Programs and executive director of Aspen Global Innovators Group at The Aspen Institute.

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