KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

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

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

Author, Attorney, Political Commentator, Health & Education Advocate; Youngest African American Elected Official in the U.S.

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

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

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

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Educator, Counselor & Activist; Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

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

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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