KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Award-Winning Actress, Dancer, Singer; Health Advocate & New York Times Bestselling Author

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

Civil Rights Advocate & Leading Scholar in Critical Race Theory

Author of Best-Selling Biography ON HER OWN GROUND: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

Rwandan Genocide Survivor & Motivational Speaker; Author, "Left to Tell" & "Led by Faith"; Recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Reconciliation & Peace Award

Co-Founder & CEO of Rappler, Journalist, Author & Freedom Advocate; 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Prudential Financial's Senior Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion, & Impact; President of the Prudential Foundation

Actress, Choreographer, Activist & Former Co-Host of "The View"

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Feminist Author, Social Justice Advocate, Film & TV Producer

Former Co-Host of "The View", Social Justice & Heart Disease Advocate

Writer, Activist, Fulbright Scholar, Former Executive Editor at Ms. Magazine

Iranian-American Writer, Middle Eastern Women’s Rights Advocate, Guggenheim Fellow

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

Widow of Journalist Daniel Pearl

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

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

Emmy-winning Journalist, Former State Judge, Managing Partner at Cajole Entertainment

Veteran Political Strategist, Best-Selling Author & Former Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Professor in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown