Liz Cheney Among Speakers Set for Fall Conference

The Council of the Great City Schools’ 67th Annual Fall Conference in San Diego will feature former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, journalist Jemele Hill, and actor/playwright John Leguizamo as speakers.    

Cheney served in Congress from Wyoming from 2017 to 2023. For two years, she chaired the House Republican Conference and then served as vice chair of the Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Last year she was awarded the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library’s Profile in Courage Award commending her “courageous voice in defense of democracy.”