KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

Award-Winning Actress, Producer & Voting Activist; Known for "Black-ish" & "Grown-ish"

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

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

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

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

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

Civic Leader, New York Times Best-Selling Author & Former Senior Advisor to President Obama

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

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Veteran Civil Rights Attorney; Represented Rosa Parks & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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