Appearances
Upcoming
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2018
December 7, 2018
- “Living, Loving, Leading: Do We Need a ‘Big Picture’?” New York, NY. Sponsored by the East Side Institute.
November 19, 2018
- State of Our State conference, Phoenix, AZ. Sponsored by ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy.
May 2, 2018
- “The Rise of Independent Candidates and Reform in 2018 and Beyond (video), University of Kansas. Sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics.
March 14, 2018
- Talkin’ Independence w/ former Congressman Zach Wamp and Nick Penniman, President & CEO, Issue One. Independent Voting national offices, New York, NY.
2017
October 16, 2017
- “The Elephant and the Donkey in the Room: The Future of American Political Parties”, sponsored by American Public Square. (video)
September 22, 2017
- “Finding Otherness“, Sponsored by the East Side Institute as part of the Revolutionary Conversation series. (photos)
2016
December 2, 2016
- “Independents role in the California Senate Race”, sponsored by USC Schwarzenegger Institute of Public Policy. (video)
November 16, 2016
- “How are Independents Driving Political Change?” – State of our State Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Sponsored by ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy.
October 10, 2016
- “Political Revolution or Revolution in Politics”, Sponsored by the East Side Institute as part of the Revolutionary Conversation series. (photos)
October 5, 2016
- 16th Annual Anti-Corruption Awards. Sponsored by the NYC Independence Clubs. Manhattan, NY
September 23, 2016
- Interview with Antanas Mockus, former Mayor of Bogata, Columbia. Performing the World conference.
April 24, 2016
- “Press Conference to Protest NY’s closed Primary – NYC City Hall,” New York, NY. Sponsored by IndependentVoting.org, Open Primaries and the NYC Independence Clubs.
February 6, 2016
- “We the People – A Presidential Primary Tent Convention,” Manchester, NH, Saturday, February 6th at 11:45 am in a segment titled “Voices from the Field: Independents Rising.”
2015
October 2, 2015
- Unscientific and Relational: Psychology’s Other Road. Sponsored by the East Side Institute as part of the Revolutionary Conversation series. With Lois Holzman and Sheila McNamee. Moderated by Jacqueline Salit.
September 24, 2015
- 15th Annual Anti-Corruption Awards. Sponsored by the NYC Independence Clubs.
March 14, 2015
- Partnerships for Independent Power. National Conference of Independents. Sponsored by IndependentVoting.org. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY.
2014
February 24, 2014
- People over Politics: Government and Leadership Conference. Sponsored by USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. Panelist on “Reforms that Get Government Working for the People”. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.
- KTAR 92.3 fm, “The Think Tank” hosted by Mike ONeil and Mike Russell, 5:00 – 5:30 pm / MT.
- KJZZ 91.5 fm, “Here and Now” with Steve Goldstein. ARCHIVED – Listen here.
2013
- 14th Annual Anti-Corruption Awards, New York, NY. Video here.
September 31, 2013
- Bangor Rotary Club – 12:00 – 1 pm
September 30, 2013
- WZON 620 am, The Pulse, 8:00 – 9:00 am / ET
- Panel discussion from 3:00 – 4:30 pm with independent Bangor City Council member Ben Sprague, attorney and independent candidate for Governor Eliot Cutler, former independent state Senator Jill Goldwaithe and Deputy Chief of Staff for independent Congressman Angus King. “Truly Independent? Independent Voters and Independent Candidates – Who are They and Why Don’t they Identify with the Parties?” will take place at the Husson University, Richard E. Dyke Center of Family Business. Co-sponsored by Bangor League of Women Voters and Bangor Public Library. Video here. Local news coverage here.
- Book signing at Bangor Public Library – 6:30 pm
- Wisconsin Public Radio, “The Kathleen Dunn Show”, 2:00 – 2:30 pm/ ET. Archived here.
July 22, 2013
- Hawaii Public Radio, “Hawaii Conversation”, 2:00 – 3:00 pm / ET
February 28th, 2013
- Fairness Radio with host Patrick O’Heffernan @ 2:30 pm.
- National conference of independents, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NY, NY 10:00 – 5:00 pm. Link to CSPAN coverage.
January 8th, 2013
- Politics for the People book club hosted by Cathy L. Stewart. National conference call at 8:00 pm.
- BBC2 @ 10:00 pm. Family Guys? What Sitcoms Say About America Now.
- TED-x New England. 12:30 pm. Link to video of presentation here.
October 17th, 2012
- Taking the Partisan out of Politics, featuring Jackie Salit and former Congressman Mickey Edwards. 5:00 pm. ASU Cronkite School fo Journalism, Cronkite Theater, 555 N. Central Avenue. Phoenix, AZ. Sponsored by the Morrison Institute of Public Policy. Event is free but RSVP to Elisabeth.S.Smith@asu.edu.
- Arizona Horizons. PBS TV – ch 8, Phoenix, AZ (Link to archived coverage.)
- Saratoga, NY. Book signing sponsored by Barbara Glaser and Paul Zachos at Spring Street Gallery, 7 pm.
September 28th, 2012
- Democracy, Development and the Politics of Independence, Community Conversation Series (the social therapy group). Registration $25. Book signing sponsored by Greenlight Bookstore, @ 6:30 pm, A.R.T New York, 138 South Oxford St., Bklyn, NY
- Bringing Culture Change to America: A Conversation with Joan Blades and Jackie Salit, Saturday, September 22, 2012, 3:30 – 5:30 pm, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Rm 675. Sponsored by IndependentVoice.org.
- HuffPost Live with Howard Fineman, Robert Self and Karl Denninger, 11 am. ARCHIVED.
September 10th, 2012
- WURD 900 am, Morning Show with Bill Anderson, 9:00 – 10:0 am, Philadelphia, PA
September 13th, 2012
- University of Pennsyvania bookstore signing. Sponsored by Independent Pennsylvanians. 3601 Walnut Street, 6:00 pm.
- Clemens Report w/ John Clemons, syndicated, (taped – air date TBD)
August 28th, 2012
- Interview with Oxford historian Tim Stanley. Producer David Olusoga for QuickSilver Media. Documentary for BBC broadcast. (Taped – air date TBD)
August 27th, 2012
- Free America Radio with host Steven Maggi, (taped – air date TBD)
- WJBC am 1230 / fm 93.7, The Steve Fast Show, Central Illinois, 10:10 am / ET LISTEN LIVE
August 24th, 2012
- Interviews by a Black Independent hosted by Dr. Lenora Fulani, Harlem, NY. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, 163 W. 125th St., 2nd Flr, 6 pm. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
August 22nd, 2012
- Fairness Radio w/ Patrick O’Heffernan and Chuck Morse on Cyberstation USA, 1:15 pm / ET – LISTEN LIVE
August 20th, 2012
- Culture Shocks w/ Barry Lynn, nationally syndicated, 4:00 pm / ET. ARCHIVED – LISTEN HERE
- WLRN 91.3 fm, Tropical Currents w/ Joseph Cooper, South Florida, 1:00 – 2:00 pm/ET. ARCHIVED – LISTEN HERE
August 15th, 2012
- Jim Bohannon, 11:00 pm – midnight / ET. Syndicated. ARCHIVED – LISTEN HERE (Select August 15th, advance to 43:00 minutes into the program)
August 14th, 2012
- KYW 1060 am, Philadelphia, PA (taped – air date TBD)
August 13th, 2012
- KARV 610 am, Little Rock, AR (taped – to air on morning show 8/14)
- Live at Noon w/ Lori & Chris, 2:15 – 2:25 pm / ET – LISTEN LIVE (www.americasradionewsnetwork.com) – America’s Radio News Network
August 10th, 2012
- Fox & Friends, 7:15 am
August 9th, 2012
- Smart Talk Mornings w/ Elisa and Mark, 11:05-11:20 am / ET – LISTEN LIVE – KVI 570 am Seattle, WA.
- WHAM 1180, Rochester, NY (taped – to air Friday 8/10 at 6:08 am and 7:38 am)
- KXL 101 fm, Portland, OR (taped – to air within a week of taping on Portland’s Morning News program w/ Steve Leader)
August 8th, 2012 – Book launch party, NYC
Taking the Partisan out of Politics, sponsored by the Morrison Institute, Phoenix, AZ (10/16/12)
Interviews by a Black Independent, hosted by Dr. Lenora Fulani, Harlem, NY (8/24/12)
The Parties vs. The People, w/ former Congressman Mickey Edwards and host Cathy L. Stewart, Politics for the People, Baruch College, (4/27/12)
Independent Minded: The Inner Workings of Outsider Politics, Sponsored by The East Side Institute, New York, NY (12/2/11)
Is there a “Quick Fix” for Partisanship? IndependentVoting.org national conference call. (2/8/12)
Independents go to Washington: Our case for Congressional Hearings gets a Hearing. IndependentVoting.org national conference call (12/5/11)
Why Independents Won’t Give up our Independence: A Message to the Parties, to Congress and to the President. IndependentVoting.org national conference call (9/27/11)
Was Aristotle an Independent? IndependentVoting.org national conference call (8/25/11)
The Battle Behind the Budget Battle: What Independents Need to Know? IndependentVoting.org national conference call (5/10/11)
Can Independents Reform America? National Conference of Independents, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY(2/18/11)
Featured Guest: Interviews by a Black Independent, Harlem, NY (2/2/11)
What Independents Need to be Talking About. IndependentVoting.org national conference call (1/8/11)
Anti-Corruption Awards, Sponsored by the Independence Party of New York City, NY, NY (12/2010)
Does Power Sharing in Washington Mean that the People will Have more Power? IndependentVoting.org national conference call (12/6/10)
What do Independents Have to Say to Obama? IndependentVoting.org national conference call (10/12/10)
Performing Performing the World, Plenary Session, Brooklyn, NY (10/3/10)
Open Primaries, No Labels Conference Call (8/30/10)
If Independents Hold the Key, What door do we Want to Unlock? IndependentVoting.org national conference call (8/17/10)
How Independents Define Political Reform: What MoveOn.org and the Tea Parties Won’t Tell you About American Politics. IndependentVoting.org national conference call (6/15/10)
Independence Party of New York City, Spring Chairman’s Reception, New York, NY (6/7/10)
Inching Closer to Washington: an Independent Conversation. IndependentVoting.org national conference call (5/2/10)
The Parties, The People and The Press: Independents in the Mix. IndependentVoting.org national conference call (3/21/10)
How the Independent Movement Went Left by Going Right, National Conference of Independents. John Jay College, NY, NY (1/2009)
Interviews by a Black Independent, Harlem, New York (1/14/10)
New Yorkers Rally for True Independence, First AME Church, Harlem, New York (6/4/09)
Let the People Decide, First AME Church, Harlem, New York (10/30/08)
