Join us for an intimate virtual conversation with Nicole Lynn Lewis, Founder and CEO of Generation Hope, and John Dickerson, a correspondent for 60 Minutes and a CBS News Senior Political Analyst, about Nicole’s new book Pregnant Girl: A story of teen motherhood, college, and creating a better future for young families.
In this book, which is part memoir, and written as an urgent call to action, Nicole explores how we can better support young families so they can thrive and reflects on her experiences as a Black mother and college student fighting for opportunities for herself and her family. Pregnant Girl presents the possibility of a different future for young parents--one of success and stability--in the midst of the dire statistics that dominate the national conversation. Event sponsors will receive invitation to special post-event discussion with Generation Hope Scholars and alumni featured in Pregnant Girl.
“Reading this book, you will learn something important about race, poverty, and gender and how they play a role in teen pregnancy. And you will learn something about how hope can win over adversity.”
— Soledad O’Brien, award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author & philanthropist
John Dickerson:
John Dickerson is a correspondent for 60 Minutes and a CBS News Senior Political Analyst. He recently published his third book, the New York Times Best-Seller The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency.
Dickerson was previously co-anchor of CBS This Morning. From 2015 to 2018 he was anchor of “Face The Nation," and CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent. Dickerson is also a contributing writer to The Atlantic and co-host of Slate’s “Political Gabfest” podcast and host of the Whistlestop podcast.
Dickerson joined CBS News in April 2009, as an analyst and contributor. For six years he was the network’s Political Director and during the 2016 presidential campaign he moderated CBS News’ two presidential debates.
In addition to his political work, Dickerson has interviewed a wide range of people including Apple CEO Tim Cook, actors Glenda Jackson and Christian Bale, author Tara Westover and musicians John Prine, Jon Batiste and Dave Matthews. You can also find all of Dickerson's appearances on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert here.
Dickerson started working in Washington in 1995, covering the White House, Congress and economics. For ten years he was Slate Magazine’s Chief Political correspondent winning the Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency for a 2010 long-form series on risk profiled current Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Before Slate, Dickerson covered politics for 12 years for Time magazine. During his last four years, he was the magazine’s White House correspondent, covering the presidency of George W. Bush. He has covered the six presidential campaigns and has also won the David Broder award from the University of New Hampshire Law School.
A native Washingtonian, Dickerson graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in English and a specialty in American Studies. His mother, Nancy Dickerson, was CBS News’ first female correspondent. Dickerson is the author of On Her Trail (Simon and Schuster), a book about his mother. He is also the author of the New York Times best-seller Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History (Twelve Books).
Known for his pioneering use of social media, Dickerson has more than 2 million Twitter followers at @jdickerson.
Nicole Lynn Lewis:
Nicole Lynn Lewis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Generation Hope, a nonprofit organization that surrounds motivated teen parents and their children with the mentors, emotional support, and financial resources that they need to thrive in college and kindergarten, thereby driving a two-generation solution to poverty. A former teen mother herself who put herself through the College of William & Mary with her three-month old daughter in tow, Nicole now works every day to change the statistic that less than 2% of teen mothers will earn their degrees before age 30. Generation Hope rallies around teen parents to help them earn college degrees and forge a path to economic opportunity and is now expanding its work with young parents beyond the D.C. region by sharing its best practices to help colleges and universities across the country better meet the needs of the nearly 4 million parenting students who are working toward their degrees.
Nicole is a member of the board of trustees of Trinity Washington University and a National Advisory Board member of The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice. She has received various awards, including being honored as a CNN Hero and the national grand prize winner of the Roslyn S. Jaffe Award, and has been featured on major news outlets including “Good Morning America,” CNN, “NBC Nightly News,” and The Washington Post. Most recently, she was honored with the inaugural Black Voices for Black Justice Award, which “recognizes incredible leaders who have been on the frontlines working to dismantle the deep-rooted, racist systems that have plagued our country for centuries.” She is also a nationally known author and speaker with her next, highly-anticipated book, Pregnant Girl, to be released by Beacon Press in the spring of 2021.
Nicole holds a Master’s degree in Social Policy and Communication from George Mason University and a Bachelor’s degree in English from the College of William & Mary. Nicole and her husband, Donté Lewis, live in Maryland with their four children.