KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

Restorative Justice Advocate, Civil Rights Attorney, Educator

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

Civil Rights Icon, Environmental Advocate, Diversity Educator

One of the Central Park 5, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer & Leader

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

World Record Breaking Gold Medal Olympian & Civil Rights Icon Famous for Black Power Salute at the Olympics

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

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

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

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

Social Justice, Equity & Racism Speaker and Consultant; Member of the "Little Rock Nine"

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter & Author of "They Can't Kill Us All"

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

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

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

Civil Rights Activist, Author & Sociologist