KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Political Strategist & Producer; Civil Rights & Environmental Advocate; NYT Bestselling Author; CEO of REFORM Alliance

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

Actress, Immigration Reform Advocate, White House Ambassador

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

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

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Writer, Director and Producer; Known for "Django Unchained" & "House Party"; One Half of Hudlin Brothers Production Company

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

Director, Storytelling Consultant, Former Pixar Animator, Story Artist, Creativity Expert & Author

Tony Award-Winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Actor, Director, Producer & Mental Health Advocate; Known For "Lord of the Rings"

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

Emmy-nominated, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Host of Brad Meltzer’s "Lost History" & Brad Meltzer’s "Decoded" on the History Channel

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

Exonerated Five Member, Criminal Justice Advocate, Entrepreneur

Actress, Writer & Producer; Best Known for "All American"

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Writer; Radio Producer, & Investigative Journalist

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Known For TED Talk on the Intersection of Civil Rights & LGBT Rights

Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & Civil Rights; Former Campaign Chairwoman for Kamala Harris's 2020 Presidential Bid