KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Author, Known for "The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore"

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

Poet, Bestselling Author & Social Equity Advocate

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Writing About Culture, War, and Identity; Professor & Distinguished Senior Poet at New York University

Poet Laureate of Philadelphia

Award-Winning Poet & Multimedia Artist

Transgender Poet Known for "feeld"

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet

Co-Founder & COO of Blavity

Author & Managing Director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University

NYT Bestselling Author, Restorative Writing & Wellness Coach

New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Tourists" & "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"

Award-Winning Children's Book Author & Illustrator

Award-Winning Poet' Displacement & Belonging Advocate; Author of "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth"

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

Iranian Author Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

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

Author, Illustrator & Founder of FableVision; Known for Children's Books That Celebrate Creativity & Self-Expression.

Internationally Acclaimed Poet, Comedian, Public Speaker, & Actor; Known for "Beyond the Gender Binary" and "BIOLOGY!" Comedy Special