KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

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

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

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

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

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

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

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

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

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

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College