KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Urban & Suburban Public School Educator; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender & Equity

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Founder, CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Motivational Speaker and Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, Leadership, Improving Education, Youth Development & Family Enrichment; College & University Speaker, known as “Mr. I’m Possible.”

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

DEI Professional & Professor

Teacher Educator & Author of "Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain"

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Technology & Diversity Marketer; Mentor; Storyteller; Inclusion & Culture Practitioner

Founder of Teach and Transform; Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Educator

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Non-Profit C-Suite Leader; Director of Development & External Affairs at Philadelphia Academies; Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Human Rights Activist, Social Impact Strategist & Trainer; Worldwide Strategic Initiative Lead-Education at Apple