KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Technology & Diversity Marketer; Mentor; Storyteller; Inclusion & Culture Practitioner

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

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

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

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

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Book Author

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"

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

Public Speaker & Motivator; Head of Development for Rainforest Entertainment; Former Editor-in-Chief of Ebony & Jet

Emmy Award-Winning Creator of ABC's "Abbott Elementary;" Writer, Actress & Stand-Up Comedian

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

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