KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Technology & Diversity Marketer & Storyteller

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

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

MSNBC Correspondent, Political Author & Host of "The ReidOut"

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

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

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Writer, Lecturer, Feminist, Gender Equality Activist & Founder of Award-Winning Blog MsAfropolitan

Public Historian, Equity Advocate & Award-Winning Author Known for "Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells"

Civil Court Judge, Only African American Woman Jurist & Acting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

First African American Woman POW in U.S. War History, Author of "I’m Still Standing" & Veteran Advocate

America’s First Black Female Combat Pilot, Former Marine & Cop; Author of "Zero to Breakthrough”

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

Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm Global, Change Leadership Expert, Author