KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

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

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

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

Award-Winning Author of "Halsey Street" & "What’s Mine and Yours"

Bestselling Author, Former Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief, Suspense Novelist

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

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

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

Award-Winning Author of "Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide," Professor of Counseling Psychology & Associate Dean for DEI

Social Entrepreneur, Change Agent & Author of "Purposeful Hustle"; Advocate of Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Fashion Editor for The Washington Post; Pulitzer Prize Winner

Award-Winning Journalist, TV Host, Former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue & Maternal Health Advocate

National Book Award Longlisted Poet

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

NYT Bestselling Author, Restorative Writing & Wellness Coach

Poet, Best-selling Author, Social Equity Advocate

Long-Distance Hiker & Author; Overall Record Holder on the Appalachian Trail & The First Woman to Set That Mark

Author & Creative Writing Professor; Best Known for "Tampa" & "Made for Love"

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