Hill Harper

Hill Harper Speaker Biography

Award Winning TV & Film Actor, NY Times Bestselling Author, Education and Youth Advocate

Hill Harper is an award-winning actor. He is also a NY Times bestselling author. Furthermore, he is an education & youth advocate and a well-known diversity keynote speaker. As a humanitarian, he is deeply committed. Moreover, he is an entrepreneur. Harper was the first African American Democratic US Senate Candidate from Michigan in nearly three decades. He starred in ABC’s The Good Doctor. Additionally, he has been in many TV and film projects. These include CSI:NY and He Got Game.

Civil Rights

Harper has served as a National Spokesperson. He worked with social justice groups. These include The Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. He also worked with The Innocence Project. Furthermore, he supported One Fair Wage and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors for the National Black Bank Fund. Moreover, he was named Honorary National Co-Chair of the Redevelopment of Black Wall Street. President Obama appointed Harper to the President’s Cancer Panel. Consequently, he helped shape cancer policy. This diversity speaker has a strong record.

Books

Additionally, Harper has written four NY Times bestsellers. These are Letters to a Young Brother and Letters to a Young Sister. Also, there is Letters to an Incarcerated Brother and The Conversation. Furthermore, his book The Wealth Cure won an award. It addresses solving the racial wealth gap. Letters to a Young Brother was named “Best Book for Young Adults.” Harper has received seven NAACP Image Awards. This was for his writing and acting. As an extension, he founded the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation. He also established The Pierce and Hill Harper Arts Foundation. This diversity speaker promotes empowerment.

Education

Harper graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He was Valedictorian of his department. Then, Harper graduated with a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School. Moreover, he earned a Master’s Degree with honors from Harvard Kennedy School. He holds ten honorary doctorates. These are from Howard University and others. Harper is a proud Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. This inspirational speaker values education.

Entrepreneur

As an investor, Harper owns The Roasting Plant. It is a successful coffee franchise in Detroit. He co-founded A-Frame Brands. Also, he co-owns the award-winning International House hotel in New Orleans. Furthermore, he is on the Board of Directors of LOVED01. This is John Legend’s skincare brand. Harper owns rental properties in several cities. This business speaker has diverse interests.

Diversity Speaker

Hill Harper’s commitment is unwavering. He focuses on individual empowerment. He also emphasizes entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Furthermore, he addresses social and economic justice. This has made him a sought-after speaker globally. His passion uplifts others. He creates lasting change. Consequently, he is at the forefront of crucial conversations. This diversity speaker is highly respected. In 2004 and 2014, People Magazine recognized him. Book this impactful keynote speaker today. His insights on diversity and inclusion are invaluable. He is a powerful voice for social justice.

Hill Harper Speaking Topics

Manifesting Your Destiny & Conquering FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real)

Fear is the number one thing that holds the vast majority of us back from living our best lives and truly manifesting our destiny. Inspired by Nelson Mandela's philosophy "...that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it,” Harper will explore fear and the limitations that fear puts on the individual's potential. Harper helps develop the tool kit we need to identify our most debilitating fears and sharpens our self-awareness to enable us to conquer them. By reinforcing his personal philosophy that we all have our own unique and purposeful driven destiny, Harper's speech teaches us about the critical value of perspective in order to live fulfilled and lives at home, school, or in the workplace.

Black Lives Matter and the Legacy of King

In this speech, Hill Harper encourages the audience to find their purpose and lean into it just like King. Hill Harper first realized how much industry and money affects incarceration when he joined the Innocence Project, an organization that works to exonerate individuals who it claims have been wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system. According to Hill, you can’t have social justice without economic justice. He finds it imperative that the wealth gap in this country is something we need to look at and deal with. We need to see how it’s completely linked to the situation of incarcerated people. Referencing the destruction of the Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 where a flourishing community of Black-owned businesses was looted and bombed by a white mob, Harper envisions a new Black Wall Street that cannot be torn down. Technology will allow us to create our own virtual Black Wall Street. Harper, who is currently working on creating a platform that would facilitate this ideal, connects his work to the Black Lives Matter Movement and legacy of King. He hopes that formerly incarcerated individuals will be able to use the platform to find employment.

The Blueprint: Being an Active Architect of Your Own Life

We all have the potential to create the life we desire. Harper compares the individual's ability to build his or her own life, to an architect's design skills. An architect starts with a blueprint. The building shown on the blueprint is gradually erected and the structure is built. Harper explains how we can develop blueprints with the plans for our own lives. His speech coaches us to be active architects of our own lives, with a few simple tools. Harper leaves his audience inspired to both seek and create opportunities that empower them to use their unique creative skills and abilities.

Energy & Innovation in the Workplace: Reinvigorate Your Mind & Ideas

Harper uses principles from physics and a powerful analogy about energy to explore why many of us experience energy and creativity blocks in the workplace. He explores the power of energy and how critical it is not to let what is going on around you, change what is going on inside of you. Harper will offer a number of methods to stay on course and maximize our highest potential.

The Conversation-- Male/Female Relationships Now and Beyond

Harper presents his findings from his #1 bestselling relationship book The Conversation with an interactive discussion between men and women regarding love and relationships. He offers guidance for how men and women can fortify their relationships with clearer and more consistent communication. Harper not only analyzes the misunderstandings that plague men and women in their interactions, but in his presentation he encourages a real time conversation among the audience. The goal of this conversation is to stimulate both active listening, and self-discovery. The audience will leave with key tips for leveraging honest and direct communication to build new loving and lasting relationships, and to protect and strengthen existing relationships.

Manifest Your Destiny

Hill Harper, the author of Letters to a Young Brother and Letters to a Young Sister, shares the tenets of his acclaimed series of empowering books. Giving practical guidance to young African Americans, he shares his personal story, and in particular, why education is the ultimate stepping stone to success.