Speaker Bio - Yakima Town Hall

Yakima Town Hall - Speaker Bio

Geena Davis

• Academy Award-winning Actress

A Conversation with Geena Davis

More than just an Academy Award winning actress, Geena Davis is a member of the Mensa society and a semifinalist for the US Olympic trials in archery. She is also founder of the non-profit Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, with the groundbreaking See Jane project for children's programming. No matter what she sets out to achieve, her passion is the reason she is making a difference in the world. Spoke at Town Hall on October 2, 2013.

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"This has been an extremely gratifying trip. If you'll have me back again, I'll come back.This is what's really happening in our country, not the gloom and doom coming from our politicians.It's a great relief to be here in Yakima, really to see and be a part of something like this It's refreshing to come to a pace where people still come together for a true town hall. " - Frank McCourt- Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes