Press Releases
Robert Reich at The Progressive Forum April 6, 2020
Released 01/06/20 (PDF file, 123 KB)
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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn at The Progressive Forum January 16, 2020
Released 01/06/20 (PDF file, 103 KB)
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Karen Armstrong Returns to The Progressive Forum November 11, 2019
Released 07/31/19 (PDF file, 103 KB)
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben at The Progressive Forum September 15, 2019
Released 07/31/19 (PDF file, 87 KB)
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Jared Diamond at The Progressive Forum May 12, 2019
Released 02/13/19 (PDF file, 136 KB)
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John Kerry at The Progressive Forum September 29, 2018
Released 08/15/18 (PDF file, 463 KB)
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Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Leading Climate Scientist, at The Progressive Forum April 19, 2018
Released 02/22/18 (PDF file, 463 KB)
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Anthony Romero, Executive Director of ACLU at The Progressive Forum November 6, 2017
Released 09/14/17 (PDF file, 463 KB)
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The Progressive Forum to Host a Reunion Event, November 7, 2016
Released 09/22/16 (PDF file, 463 KB)
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Bill McKibben at The Progressive Forum, April 21, 2014
Released 09/25/13 (PDF file, 463 KB)
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Cecile Richards at The Progressive Forum, January 27, 2014
Released 12/04/13 (PDF file, 438 KB)
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Barry Scheck at The Progressive Forum, November 18, 2013
Released 06/10/13 (PDF file, 564 KB)
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Lester Brown at The Progressive Forum, October 6, 2013
Released 06/25/13 (PDF file, 584 KB)
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Eric Schlosser at The Progressive Forum, September 24, 2013
Released 06/19/13 (PDF file, 569 KB)
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Rachel Maddow at The Progressive Forum, March 10, 2013
Released 02/14/13 (PDF file, 1.47 MB)
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at The Progressive Forum, January 22, 2013
Released 12/05/12 (PDF file, 931 KB)
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at The Progressive Forum, November 5, 2012
Released 02/17/12 (PDF file, 168 KB)
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Michelle Alexander at The Progressive Forum, October 2, 2012
Released 06/19/12 (PDF file, 895 KB)
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Gail Collins, New York Times columnist, at The Progressive Forum, June 26, 2012
Released 02/17/12 (PDF file, 168 KB)
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William McDonough at The Progressive Forum, April 24, 2012
Released 11/15/11 (PDF file, 172 KB)
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Sir Ken Robinson at The Progressive Forum, March 20, 2012
Released 11/15/11 (PDF file, 168 KB)
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Alice Waters at The Progressive Forum, February 27, 2012
Released 12/22/11 (PDF file, 168 KB)
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Bill Moyers at The Progressive Forum, November 17, 2011
Released 6/17/11 (PDF file, 167 KB)
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Michael Pollan at The Progressive Forum, October 27, 2011
Released 7/5/11 (PDF file, 206 KB)
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Premier Oceanographer Sylvia Earle at The Progressive Forum, April 5, 2011
Released 12/21/10 (PDF file, 172 KB)
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Jane Goodall, Ph.D. DBE, at The Progressive Forum, March 9, 2011
Released 1/12/11 (PDF file, 176 KB)
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John Paul Stevens, November 16, 2010, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Released 8/23/10 (PDF file, 180 KB)
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Fall 2010: Arianna Huffington, Eric Schlosser, Richard Dawkins, Richard Leakey, John Paul Stevens
Released 6/29/10 (PDF file, 180 KB)
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Richard Leakey to Appear October 28, 2010
Released 6/05/10 (PDF file, 160 KB)
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Evolutionary Biologist, Richard Dawkins, Will Appear at The Progressive Forum, October 5,
2010
Released 7/06/10 (PDF file, 168 KB)
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Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, to Appear September 30, 2010
Released 6/02/10 (PDF file, 168 KB)
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Arianna Huffington, September 15, 2010
Released 8/13/10 (PDF file, 172 KB)
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Premier Climatologist James Hansen To Appear December 7, 2009
Released 11/01/09 (PDF file, 128 KB)
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Brian Greene, Karen Armstrong, James Hansen, Fall Season 2009
Released 8/24/09 (PDF file, 160 KB)
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Karen Armstrong, Leading Religious Author, to Appear October 8, 2009
Released 8/03/09 (PDF file, 156 KB)
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Theoretical physicist Brian Greene, September 29, 2009
Released 8/24/09 (PDF file, 158 KB)
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Nancy Pelosi Appearing June 12, 2009
Released 4/24/09 (PDF file, 144 KB)
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Lester Brown Appearing April 28, 2009
Released 4/01/09 (PDF file, 144 KB)
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Lester Brown, President of Earth Policy Institute, April 28, 2009
Released 4/1/2009 (PDF file, 143 KB)
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T. Boone Pickens to Appear March 29, 2009
Released 2/19/09 (PDF file, 144 KB)
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The Daily Show “Senior Black Correspondent,” Larry Wilmore, February 25, 2009
Released 2/19/2009 (PDF file, 178 KB)
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Breast Cancer Survivor Elizabeth Edwards To Speak May 21, 2008
Released 5/08/08 (PDF file, 142 KB)
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Robert Redford Will Appear at The Progressive Forum March 27 to Premiere His Documentary Film,
Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars, March 27, 2008
Released 3/03/08 (PDF file, 296 KB)
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Gloria Steinem Leads Fall Season, Which Includes James Hansen and Ken Burns, September 17, 2007
Released 8/13/07 (PDF file, 251 KB)
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Gloria Steinmen, Houston and History: The First National Women’s Conference in 1977, September 17, 2007
Released 8/13/07 (PDF file, 146 KB)
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Acclaimed Playwright, Performing Artist, Anna Deavere Smith, In Program Called “Snapshots:
Glimpses of American in Change," May 21, 2007
Released 4/9/07 (PDF file, 136 KB)
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Senior Time Magazine Columnist, Joe Klein,To Speak On “Islam, Iraq, and The War On Terror," April 12, 2007
Released 3/26/07 (PDF file, 124 KB)
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Acclaimed Scientist Tim Flannery and Mayor Bill White to Speak on Global Warming, March 19, 2007
Released 2/28/07 (PDF file, 148 KB)
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Garrison Keillor to Start Second Year of Events for The Progressive Forum, February 19, 2007
Released 12/8/06 (PDF file, 160 KB)
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George Soros Leads Fall Season of The Progressive Forum, Which Includes Edward O. Wilson
and Frank Rich, September 7, 2006
Released 8/7/06 (PDF file, 172 KB)
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Al Gore to Speak in Houston on Global Warming, June 7, 2006
Released 4/19/06 (PDF file, 148 KB)
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Jared Diamond to Lead Progressive Forum’s First Full Season. Includes Seymour Hersh and
Molly Ivins, February 24, 2006
Released 1/23/06 (PDF file, 140 KB)
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