KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

Spiritual Musician & Poet

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

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

Renowned Scholar, Poet, Playwright, Bestselling Author & Activist

Singer & Songwriter; Founding Member of En Vogue

Contributing Editor at Catapult & Author of "This Will Be My Undoing"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Diversity and Inclusion Speaker, Founder & CEO of Harden Consulting Group, LLC, & Author of The Allyship Challenge™

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

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Founder of STEMbassy, Science Communicator & Molecular Biologist Known as "Raven the Science Maven"

NYT Bestselling Author, Restorative Writing & Wellness Coach

Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress & Singer-Songwriter; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

Grammy Award-Winning Singer, Songwriter, Actress & Poet

Actress Known for "Eve's Bayou," "The Great Debaters" & "True Blood"

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

Singer, Songwriter & Actress; Known for "Knock You Down" and "Pretty Girl Rock"