KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Podcast Host & Speaker

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

International Award-Winning Fantasy & Science Fiction Author

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "Thank You, Mr. Falker"; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Award-Winning Author of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

NYT Best-Selling Author, Angel Investor, CEO of Renegade Global & Host of the "Why Not Now?" Podcast

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Spiritual Life Coach & Host of "Iyanla Fix My Life"

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

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

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