KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emmy Award-Winning Journalist; Breast Cancer Survivor; Certified Diversity Executive & Resilience Expert

Best-Selling Author Known for "Call Me by Your Name"; Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "Thank You, Mr. Falker"; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

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

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

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Professor of Management at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics; Co-director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative

CEO of Employee Fanatix; Workplace Culture & Employee Engagement Expert

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

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 Author, Producer, Director & CEO of Social Impact Firm Inspire Justice