Monthly Luncheon

This month's speaker is Suzanne St John-Crane, who will be giving a talk entitled: Lessons From Alabama: Civil Warfare, Unsung Heroes and Extraordinary Resiliency.

In September of 2023, St. John-Crane joined American Leadership Forum colleagues on a Learning Lab trip to Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma Alabama. Facilitated by the Empower Initiative and Author Ben McBride, the experience revealed pieces of our country’s untold story and the civil rights heroes whose names never made it into the history books.  With the voting rights of Americans being threatened again and with our country as divided and polarized as it is, the resilient and tenacious people of Alabama set an example for Americans everywhere about what it means to be patriots, to fight for what’s right and to never give up. 

About Suzanne:
Suzanne St. John-Crane is a “leaders of leaders.” She serves as CEO of American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley and Executive Director of American Leadership Forum National, where grass-top leaders from across sectors are joined to raise their consciousness, build relationships and change systems in service to the common good. Previously, St. John Crane worked in community media for twenty-four years, having served as the founding executive director of CreaTV San Jose and CMAP. St. John-Crane is the recipient of dozens of regional and national awards for television shows and documentaries she's produced, and was named one of Silicon Valley’s 100 Women of Influence in 2012 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. She is co-authoring the book A Guide to Human Citizenship: The ALF Way due out in 2025.

Lunch will be catered by Table & Terrace.