KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of "Whose Streets?"

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

Contemporary Artist

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

Progressive Political Commentator, Author & Podcaster; Former MSNBC Correspondent & Host of "The ReidOut"

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Feminist Author, Social Justice Advocate, Film & TV Producer

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

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law

Assistant Professor at Princeton University, Writer & Activist

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

Civil Rights Attorney, Author & Media Influencer

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Award Winning Photographer & Visual Artist

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

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