The Double Tax: An Evening with Anna Gifty & Hope Walz

The approximate run time of the event is 60 minutes with no intermission. 

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is an award-winning Ghanaian-American researcher and writer. She is a postgraduate student at Harvard Kennedy School studying public policy and economics. She is the youngest recipient for a CEDAW Women’s Rights Award by the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Her first book received widespread coverage from outlets like NPR, ESSENCE, TELEMUNDO, and The New York Times.

Hope Walz is a Minnesotan through and through. She was born in Mankato, Minnesota, a town in the southern part of the state. She graduated from Mankato West high school and went on to attend the University of Minnesota and graduated from Montana State University with a bachelor’s degree in Criminology with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies. She currently lives in Bozeman, Montana and works overnights at a homeless shelter, ski instructs, and sometimes attempts to post on social media. 

Hope grew up around politics and is passionate about equity in all spaces. Growing up around national and state politics instilled in Hope a drive to serve others. Growing up and seeing the inner workings of American politics coupled with years of hands on experience working with different communities gives Hope a unique perspective on what change can look like.