KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

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

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur, Environmental Advocate, Founder & CEO of Sustainable Waste Management Company Goodr

Writer, Cultural Critic, Columnist at Slate, Co-Host of "Mom & Dad Are Fighting" Podcast

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

Scholar, Author, Professor, Civil Rights Historian & Director of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

DEI Professional & Professor