KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

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"

Activist, Multimedia Artist, Musician & Filmmaker; Director of "Whose Streets?"

Anti-Racist Essayist, Author & Educator; Expert on White Privilege & Advocate for Belonging

Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party

Civil Rights Leader, Minister, Attorney, Author & Daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Writer, Educator, Artist, Women and LGBT Advocate

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Former Senior Vice President for Social Justice at The New School

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

Social Activist & Founder of the Me Too Movement

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Women's Advocate & Founding Tech Trailblazer; Founder & CEO of Ascend Ventures & Black Innovation Lab; Founder of Black Girls CODE

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Professor of African American Studies, Author, Cultural Analyst

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

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