Book Dr. Barbara Reynolds to speak at your next event

With her “voice and view,” Dr. Reynolds motivates audiences across the country to find their voice and share their views, just as she has through her journalism, media appearances and ministry.

What she speaks about

Talks drawn from fifty years of reporting, ministry and friendship with the King family. Each can be shaped for your audience.

  • Civil rights
  • Coretta Scott King’s strategy for change
  • Extraordinary Black women
  • Social justice
  • How can we overcome again: the next steps
  • Teachable moments
  • US presidents I’ve interviewed
  • Women soar
  • Finally out of hell and living well
  • 50 Black role models
  • Faith and technology
  • The best is yet to come

Ways to bring her to your audience

  • Keynote addressConferences, banquets, award dinners and commemorations.
  • SermonWorship services, revivals and women’s days, as an ordained minister.
  • CommencementGraduation addresses for universities, seminaries and schools.
  • Panel or conversationModerated discussions, roundtables and book talks.
  • WorkshopSessions on journalism, media, healing and leadership.
  • Virtual eventLive online talks and recorded messages.

Past engagements

A selection of the audiences she has addressed.

  • UK book tour, Coretta Scott King memoirPalace of Westminster and University College London
    London, UK
  • Keynote addressNational Council of Negro Women, Montgomery County Section
    Montgomery County
  • Closing banquet speakerEvan Donaldson Adoption Institute, Conference on Ethics
    Anaheim, CA
  • Keynote addressLucent Technologies, Sheraton Hilton
    Washington, DC
  • MLK commemoration speechCity of Knoxville
    Knoxville, TN
  • Sister for Sister Conference“Positive Change, Positive Growth”
    Richmond, VA
  • Keynote luncheon speakerWomen in Communications, “Media, Gender and Racial Apartheid”
    Washington, DC
  • SpeakerVirginia Education Association’s Human Dignity Conference, “Celebrating Diversity: Many Voices, Many Dreams”
    Virginia

How booking works

  1. Send a request

    Share your event date, location, audience and the topic you have in mind.

  2. Hear back from her team

    Dr. Reynolds’ team confirms her availability and answers your questions.

  3. Confirm the details

    Agree on the format, honorarium and travel, then plan the talk together.

Check her availability

Tell us about your event and Dr. Reynolds’ team will be in touch about her availability.

She also founded Harriet’s Ministry, a weekly healing conversation for women recovering from addiction, and often speaks on healing and recovery.

Prefer email? Write to [speaking email address].