KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

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

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

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

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

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist; Critic-At-Large for The New York Times; Co-Host of "Still Processing" Podcast

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Co-founder & Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner and VP of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

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

Attorney, Author & LGBTQ Rights Activist; Motivational Disability Speaker; Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid

CNN & ESPN Columnist; Celebrated Voice on Sports, Race & Gay Rights

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100