KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Baptist Minister, Political, Civil Rights & Social Justice Activist

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown

Senior Political Analyst at Fox News, Emmy Award-winning Author, Veteran Journalist

Political Theorist, Former U.S. Ambassador, Conservative Commentator

Internationally Recognized Voice for Quality Education & Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

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

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Sports Journalist, Analyst & Talk Show Host Known for "First Take"

Pollster, Author, Political Analyst

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Iranian-American Writer, Middle Eastern Women’s Rights Advocate, Guggenheim Fellow

Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Leading Social Activist

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

Genocide Survivor, Founder & President of The John Dau Foundation, Human Rights Activist

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

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist & Author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World"