KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

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

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

Acclaimed Actress, Political Activist, Emmy & Golden Globe Winner

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

Judge, TV Personality, Youth Advocate

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

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

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show Host; Multiple Sclerosis Survivor; Navy and Marine Corps Veteran; Health Equity & Veteran Advocate

Author / Filmmaker

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

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

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician