KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Restorative Justice Advocate, Civil Rights Attorney, Educator

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

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

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

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

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Civil Rights Activist, Author & Sociologist

Writer, Filmmaker & Black Studies Scholar; Founder of BYP100

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist