Aimee Allison is the popular Bay Area radio host and producer of the daily KPFA Morning Show.  She founded the innovative local media project OaklandSeen.  In addition, Aimee hosted Comcast Newsmakers on CNN Headline News regional broadcasts.  Her talk show covers a wide range of issues – from the economy at home to conflict abroad, and she features unlikely heroes bringing new ideas and connections to solve our problems.  Recently, Aimee has hosted national live specials for Pacifica Radio, Link TV, and Clear Channel’s Green 960 on a variety of topics, including: Winter Soldier – Iraq War veterans testimony, the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, “Obama Goes to Africa”,  “Greasy Rider” – Used Vegetables as Fuel”, and “Black Power in the Age of Obama”.

She is a frequent speaker, with recent appearances at many conferences including Renewable Alaska, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Stanford Product Realization Network, the Women’s Leadership Forum and the Craigslist Foundation. She has been profiled in many publications including Yes Magazine, Alternet.org, The Nation and the San Francisco Chronicle.  Her diverse experiences and multicultural background, from soldier to community activist to corporate manager make her wide-ranging discussions engaging to a wide variety of people. She worked as the Media Manager at Green for All in Oakland, CA.  In 2010, she was awarded the Women’s Media Center fellowship Progressive Women’s Voices. She is the co-author of Army of None and held workshops in over forty communities in the US.  She holds a BA and MA from Stanford University.

Recent Presentations:

• What Women Can Do with Marianne Williamson and Attitudinal Healing Network, Oakland. March 2010.
• Hosted “A Forum on our Future: The State of Public Education in 2010″, San Francisco. March 2010.
• Martin Luther King Jr Community Celebration at Taylor United Methodist Church, Oakland, CA. January 2010.
• National Urban League’s – Black Executive Exchange Program; Green Economy panel. June 2009. Audience: HBCU administrators, college students, government officials.
• The Business of Clean Energy Alaska Conference, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Jobs: National Trends and Alaskan Opportunity.  June 2009.  Audience:  State and local legislators, workforce development professionals, representatives of community organizations, area businesses.
• Stanford Product Realization Network, Stanford University. Keynote: New Green Investments and Policy to Rebuild Manufacturing.  June 2009.  Audience: faculty, PhD candidates and undergraduates in Schools of Engineering, Medicine, Silicon Valley manufacturers.
• Sustainability in the Green Economy – Annual Best Practices Summit. Centralia, WA. Keynote: The Climate Bill and Beyond – the Future of the Green Economy.  Audience: Small businesses, labor unions, university administrators, workforce development professionals.
• East Bay Housing Organization 25th Anniversary Celebration, May 2009.
• Pacifica Radio 60th Anniversary Celebration, May, 2009.
• African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame Awards, February, 2009.