Silence, Voice, Strengthening Democracy….What Are We Teaching Students About Love and Power?

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Raising Our Collective VOICES so ALL PEOPLE Have Equal Access to the Future. @PowerOfWomenSeries

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Welcome  

Deborah Quazzo (Co-founder of ASU+GSV Summit & Managing Partner, GSV Ventures)

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2:30 - 3:10 PM PT | A Fireside Chat with Anand Giridharadas, Author of “The Epstein Class,” with Anurima Bhargava, Founder & CEO, Anthem of Us

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Journalist, former New York Times columnist, and bestselling author Anand Giridharadas has written and spoken powerfully about the “Epstein class” — the elite networks of wealth, access, and influence that enabled Jeffrey Epstein to operate in plain sight. From his NYT essay “How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching” to his conversation with Ezra Klein on The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power, Anand examines the crimes and systems that made them possible: cultures of transaction over truth, access over accountability, and silence over moral courage. Anand Giridharadas and Anurima Bhargava will explore what the Epstein case reveals about how power actually works, why so many people and institutions failed to act, and what it will take to build a culture where courage, not complicity, defines leadership.

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3:15 – 4:00 PM PT | Interactive Panel + Audience Q&A

Moderated by Rosa Flores (National Reporter, MS NOW), featuring April Montgomery-Goble (Former Executive Director, KIPP Chicago), Marissa Farrar (Chief People Officer, Turnitin), Marjorie Hass (President, Council of Independent Colleges; Former President, Rhodes College), Larz May (Founder, #HalfTheStory), and Angie Gaylord (Chief Academic Officer, Dallas ISD).

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In the face of ongoing failures to center female victims, hold violators accountable, and confront the inexplicable silence and assaults on global democracy, we must ask: What should we be teaching boys and girls about power, love and moral courage?

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GSV is hosting a Power of Women Series – a broad ranging, interactive conversation, to grapple with deeper questions: How do cultures of power, silence, and complicity take root—and why are they so hard to disrupt? How do we teach and lead “PreK to Gray” in light of this?  How do we ensure ALL people have equal access to the future at school and work?  

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View the full program description & list of questions here.

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