KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Producer & New York Times Best-Selling Author

NAACP Award-Winning Actress & Producer Known for "Black-ish" & "Little"

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

Emmy Nominated Actress, Director & Entrepreneur; Advocate & Family Culture Shaper

Award-Winning Playwright, Author, Producer & Lifestyle Coach

Actress Known for "Scary Movie," "The Best Man" & "Ally McBeal"; First African American to Win a New York Film Critics Circle Award

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

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

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Emmy Award-Winning Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer Known for "Abbott Elementary"; Bestselling Author, "Redefining Diva"

Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Academy Award-Winning Actress & Director

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actress & Singer Known for "Pose"; HIV Awareness Advocate

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY

Award-Winning Executive Producer, Screenwriter & Author; CEO of Shondaland

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Award-Winning British Actress Known for "I Wanna Dace with Somebody," "Blink Twice" & "Mickey 17"

Actor, Director & Producer; Known for "Lost" & "Hawaii Five-0"

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