KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Executive Director of The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning

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

Former Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Civil Rights Leader, Broadcast Executive, Founder, President & CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation

Motivational Speaker on DEI, Workplace Wellness, Leadership & Improving Education; Youth Empowerment, Family Enhancement, Anti-Bullying & Social Justice Activist; Known as "Mr. I'm Possible"

Chief Executive Officer at Ghetto People Productions; Former Chief Education Evangelist at Google

Public School Educator & TED Speaker; Consultant on Race, Education, Gender and Equity

2019 National Teacher of the Year

Managing Director of Uncommon Schools & Author of "Teach Like a Champion"

Senior Editor at Fortune Magazine & "RaceAhead" Columnist

Co-Founder & Executive Director of UrbEd Inc., Advocate for Public Education & Frederick Douglass Distinguished Scholar

Social Justice Leader & Movement Strategist

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

Coach, Author, Educator & Inspiration for the Film "Coach Carter"

Head of Youth Engagement & Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Founder of Mindsteps Inc.; Expert on Helping Educators Use the Tools They Have to Build Better Schools

Former WNBA Player, Co-Owner & Vice President of the Atlanta Dream; Non-Profit Founder & Black Lives Matter Activist

Co-Founder & CEO of The Future Project; Youth Empowerment & Education Advocate