Natalie Warne
Human Rights Activist, Advocacy Educator, Engagement Strategist & TED Speaker
Natalie Warne is an Activist, Youth Engagement Strategist, Advocacy Educator, and TED Speaker..
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Natalie Warne is an Activist, Youth Engagement Strategist, Advocacy Educator, and TED Speaker. Her career as a Human Rights Activist began at the age of 17 when she began working for the humanitarian aid organization, Invisible Children. What began as a six-month internship resulted in Natalie leading award-winning international human rights awareness campaigns that mobilized over 150,000 people globally capturing international attention. These campaigns resulted in two pieces of legislation being passed through Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama. Natalie’s advocacy initiatives have been featured on CNN, NPR, LA Times, and The Oprah Winfrey Show ultimately landing her a TED Talk about engaging youth in social justice movements. Her acclaimed talks have accumulated over a million views.
To further her experience in social justice, Natalie produced documentary content in Rwanda highlighting the stories of women who were survivors of the Rwandan Genocide that went on to become successful entrepreneurs. Her time spent living in Rwanda was also dedicated to furthering her knowledge and the first-hand experience researching the personal stories, aftermath, and outcomes of a post-conflict region to learn how to better address the human rights crises that are currently taking place around the world. Upon returning back to the United States, Natalie began working for TaskForce, an independent agency that works at the intersection of arts, culture, and social change. TaskForce is acclaimed for creating the 2008 Obama HOPE Campaign with Shepard Fairey. Together, Natalie and her team at TaskForce partnered with local non-profits, artists, and brands to create immersive events and art exhibitions that addressed relevant societal issues such as criminal justice reform, educational equity, and voter activation through Rock the Vote.
After her work with TaskForce, Natalie joined the MacArthur Foundation as a multimedia producer, an event producer, and a millennial ambassador for a newly established communications and creative branch of the foundation. She worked with a network of educators, experts, and youth-serving organizations that promoted access to participatory, interest-driven learning. She produced their major events and created branding and engagement strategies for their youth audience.
Since then, Natalie has been sought out by the U.S. Department of State, Obama Foundation, Disney, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Forbes Women, Novartis, Salesforce, Stanford University, SAP, Amnesty International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the MacArthur Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of America, and hundreds of additional organizations, corporations, and educational institutions to travel the world to empower, educate, and equip movement builders with the tools needed to build momentum towards lasting change around the most pressing issues facing their communities. Natalie has addressed over 600 audiences worldwide and whether she is serving as a keynote speaker, event host or emcee, facilitator, panelist, advisor, or consultant, Natalie’s mission with all of her clients is to help them prioritize equity, social justice, and inclusion in their work making activism lifestyle. Natalie is based in Los Angeles.
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Ernie was perfect for our Elders Conference at Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. We will definitely be using PDA again!
LITTLE RIVER BAND OF OTTAWA INDIANS
Our speaker was great and the crowd enjoyed her! She was very engaging. Thank you again PDA for the great list of suggestions!
MEDTRONIC
Everything went great! and our speaker was wonderful! Thank you so much for all your help PDA! Looking forward to the next one.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – KANSAS CITY
I hope that this message finds you well. We had a phenomenal time with Atsuko this past Thursday. We wanted to just let you know how amazing she was. All those that were in attendance thoroughly enjoyed her and had nothing but amazing things to say about her. Thank you for working with us to make sure this happened!
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
We had a fantastic day with Inge! She was very engaging with all those that attended. Her personal stories about the holocaust were very special and we were moved that she was willing to share them with everyone. Thank you again, PDA for all your hard work and dedication to make this program such a success!
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Dear PDA Group, Thank you so much for your hard work in scheduling our speaker! From the moment we reached out to you the first time, you worked with us on all details and logistics and kept us up-to-date on the progress. Thank you for all your hard work on making our event such a success! We couldn't have done it without you and your team!
SAP COMPANY
Thank you again, Dr. Kimbrough, for a great presentation, our attendees are still talking about it!
CAMPUS LABS
Dr. Henry Lee's presentation was entertaining, insightful and wise. I, and everyone at Pfizer, especially appreciate the remarks you directed about following your passion and preparing yourself to excel. Thank you, everyone, at PDA for helping to make this happen!
PFIZER
The event was successful! I received many messages expressing how awesome, outstanding and inspiring Ms. Webb-Christburg's speech was."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL BREAKFAST, BOSTON, MLK SPEAKER
Everything went well. Atsuko was very easy to work with and the students enjoyed her performance! Thank you again for your recommendation and I hope to work with you again in the future!
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Novello left this morning after a very successful event on our campus! Thank you PDA Group for your help from the first phone to the last you were with us every step of the way.
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Jordan Carlos was very very entertaining! A majority of students who answered the event survey indicated they really enjoyed Jordan and definitely will bring him back!
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can't wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.
FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
It was a great pleasure to work with PDA Group! The communication was always prompt, friendly and helpful. We loved the speakers and events we booked through Mr. Peter Walker (PDA Group).
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Thank you, Peter, for all your help, you'll be happy to know that the event went incredibly well! Aneesa Ferreira was by far one of the best speakers we've ever had!
FURMAN UNIVERSITY
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