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Author of "Heads of the Colored People"

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Award Winning Author, Historian & Feminist

Retired Undercover Police Detective; Expert on Race & Law Enforcement Interactions; Known as the Inspiration for Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman"

Co-Founder & CEO of Fostering Healthy Solutions, LLC

NYT Bestselling Author of "Hood Feminism", Diversity Consultant & Writer

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

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

Director of Commonway Institute

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Award-Winning Author & Historian of Racial and Sexual Violence

Spoken Word Poet, Performing Artist & LGBTQ+ Rights Political Activist

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) & Co-Founder of the Media Action Grassroots Network

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

Transformational Speaker; Creator of S.H.E. Summit™ & The Whole-Life Leadership Framework; Author of "This Is How We Rise"

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet & Professor at NYU

DEI Truth Teller, HR Change Maker, Builder of Inclusive Cultures & Startup Enthusiast

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategist and Consultant; Trans Rights Activist