KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

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

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

Mixed-Media Painter & Installation Artist

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Philosopher, Professor, Political Activist & Author of "Race Matters"; 2024 People's Party Presidential Candidate

Restorative Justice Advocate, Civil Rights Attorney, Educator

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

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

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