KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Writer, Filmmaker; Black Studies Scholar & Founder of BYP100

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

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

Olympic Legend & American Record-Holder in the Long Jump; Philanthropist & Founder of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Best-Selling Author of the "Goosebumps" Series; Emmy-Award Winning TV Show & Film Producer

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Social Justice Activist, Civil Rights Trial Attorney & Restorative Justice Practitioner; Founding Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth

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

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

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

CEO of S. Graham & Associates, Leadership Development Expert & Author

Performance Lecturer, Justice Strategist, Facilitator, Vocalist & Founder of RAPtivism

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Digital Equity & Inclusion Speaker