KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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"

Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America; First Latina Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame; Two-Time U.S. Presidential Award Recipient

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Civil Rights Activist, Co-Founder of MPOWER Change, Women’s March Leader

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Women's Advocate & Founding Tech Trailblazer; Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Human Rights Activist, Episcopal Priest, Anti-Apartheid Advocate

Acclaimed Journalist Known for Being Detained in North Korea; Host of "E! Investigates;" Co-Author of "Somewhere Inside"

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ACLU

CEO & Founder of Diversability, Social Impact Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Disability Advocate & 3x TEDx Speaker

Executive Director of "Equality for HER", Activist & Mental Health Advocate

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

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

Acclaimed Actress, Political Activist, Emmy & Golden Globe Winner

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