KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

Educator, Writer, Activist & First Woman of Color Elected President of the League of Women Voters

President & CEO of the NAACP; Civil Rights Activist & Founder of One Voice Inc.

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

Antiracism Educator & Founder of Roots of the Spirit

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker

Civil Rights Attorney, Author & Media Influencer

Civil Rights Activist, Author & Sociologist

Cultural Activist, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Philanthropy Innovator

Attorney & Activist Dubbed "The People's Lawyer;" Founder of Merritt Law Firm

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

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

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate & Diversity Educator; Subject of "Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey"

Author of "America Made Me A Black Man," Winner of the NPR Best Book of 2022

Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar